George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III is an American politician who served as the 31st United States secretary of agriculture from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 81st governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011 and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1991 to 2002.
Michael Richard Pence is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 50th governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017,and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013.
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is the foreign affairs agency with primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) overseas programs –market development,international trade agreements and negotiations,and the collection of statistics and market information. It also administers the USDA's export credit guarantee and food aid programs and helps increase income and food availability in developing nations by mobilizing expertise for agriculturally led economic growth. The FAS mission statement reads,"Linking U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security," and its motto is "Linking U.S. Agriculture to the World."
Theodore Edward Rokita is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 44th and current Attorney General of Indiana. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served two terms as Secretary of State of Indiana from 2002 to 2010. When Rokita was elected to office in 2002 at age 32,he became the youngest secretary of state in the United States at the time.
Suzanne Kreitner Hale is a former United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia. The United States Senate confirmed Hale on June 25,2004. She took charge on August 24 and presented her credentials the next day.
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services was the third-ranking official in the United States Department of Agriculture prior to reorganization of several mission areas,announced on May 11,2017. The mission area of USDA's purpose was to "help to keep America's farmers and ranchers in business as they face the uncertainties of weather and markets..." and that "...deliver[s] commodity,credit,conservation,disaster,and emergency assistance programs that help improve the stability and strength of the agricultural economy." The Under Secretary was traditionally appointed to serve as the President of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
The Under Secretary for Research,Education,and Economics is a high-ranking official within the United States Department of Agriculture that provides leadership and oversight for the Agricultural Research Service,National Institute of Food and Agriculture,Economic Research Service,National Agricultural Library,National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Earl Lauer "Rusty" Butz was a United States government official who served as the secretary of agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His policies favored large-scale corporate farming and an end to New Deal programs.
Kenneth Ian Juster is a veteran American diplomat,who served as the United States Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021. He is currently senior counselor at the global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer,senior adviser at the institutional investor CDPQ,strategic adviser at the software company Salesforce,and distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
William Howard Northey is an American politician who served as the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation in the United States Department of Agriculture from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa,first elected on November 7,2006 and sworn in on January 2,2007. In that position he led he led the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
Todd Christopher Young is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Indiana,a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,Young previously served as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district. He was elected to the United States Senate in the November 8,2016,general election,succeeding retiring Republican Dan Coats. From 2019 to 2021,he served as the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Young was reelected in 2022.
Susan Lynn Brooks is an American prosecutor and politician. She is a Republican and the former U.S. Representative for Indiana's 5th congressional district. She was elected in 2012. The district includes the northern fifth of Indianapolis,as well as many of the city's affluent northern and eastern suburbs. Brooks served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 2001 to 2007.
Dr.Basil Ivanhoe Gooden is an American governmental executive whose career has advanced equitable food systems,agriculture policy,public health,and community economic development in rural America. Gooden served as the 3rd Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry for the Commonwealth of Virginia in the cabinet of Governor Terry McAuliffe. He became the first Black American to serve in this position and during his tenure from September 2016 until January 2018,he was the only Black American Secretary of Agriculture in any state in the United States. In his capacity as Secretary,he provided strategic vision and leadership to two of Virginia's largest private industries,Agriculture and Forestry,with an annual economic impact of $91 billion on the Commonwealth.
Michael T. Scuse is an American government official serving as the Delaware Secretary of Agriculture. Scuse previously served as the acting United States deputy secretary of agriculture and United States secretary of agriculture in the Obama administration.
Joshua Matthew Pitcock is an American political operative who served as chief of staff to Mike Pence,the Vice President of the United States,from January 2017 to July 2017. Pitcock has also been Assistant to the President. He was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team.
Gregory Doud is an American economist and government official who served as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) during the Trump Administration. Doud previously served as the president of the Commodity Markets Council. He also served as a staff member for the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition and Forestry and as chief economist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
Gregory Ibach is an American farmer and government official from Sumner,Nebraska,who served as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. Prior to assuming the role,he was the Nebraska director of agriculture.
Michael Kent Braun is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Indiana since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously represented the 63rd district in the Indiana House of Representatives from 2014 to 2017. Braun was elected to the United States Senate in 2018,defeating Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly.
Stephen James Akard is a former American diplomat who was the United States director of the Office of Foreign Missions,a division of the Department of State,and beginning in May 2020 also the acting inspector general of the department after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor,Steve Linick. Akard resigned less than three months later to return to the private sector,according to a department spokeswoman.
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs is a position within the United States Department of Agriculture. The position was mandated after the passing of the 2014 Farm Bill and officially created in 2017. Ted McKinney served as the first under secretary from 2017 to 2021. The current officeholder is Alexis Taylor,who was sworn in on December 29,2022.
