Brooke Rollins
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Brooke Leslie Rollins (born April 10, 1972) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 33rd United States secretary of agriculture since February 2025. Rollins previously served as deputy general counsel, ethics advisor, and policy director to Texas governor Rick Perry. From 2003 to 2018, Rollins led the Texas Public Policy Foundation, an Austin-based conservative think tank. Rollins was director of the Office of American Innovation from 2018 until 2020 and the acting director of the United States Domestic Policy Council during Donald Trump's first presidency. In 2021, Rollins and Larry Kudlow co-founded America First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank that helped plan the policy agenda for a second Trump administration. Rollins was President and CEO until March 2025. On November 23, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Rollins to serve as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. On February 13, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Rollins as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by a 72–28 vote.