United States Department of Agriculture

Leadership & Staff

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Brooke Rollins USDA Secretary. former Assistant to President Trump and Acting Director of the Domestic Policy Council; former President & CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation

• secretary (Feb 13 '25→?) [+1]

• Position

Kristi Boswell Senior advisor at USDA

• Senior Advisor (May '17→?)

Maggie Lyons Chief of staff, USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

• Chief of Staff (Jul '17→?)

Kailee Tkacz Policy advisor at USDA

• Policy Advisor (Jul '17→?)

Brooke Appleton Chief of staff to the deputy secretary of the USDA

• Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary (Sep '17→?)

Stephen Censky Former CEO, American Soybean Association; Trump Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

• Deputy secretary

Jonathan Adelstein Rural Utilities Administrator (Confirmed 7-24-09); CEO, Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA)

• Rural Utilities Administrator (Jul 24 '09→?)

Kathleen Merrigan Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

• Deputy Secretary of Agriculture (Feb '09→?) [+1]

• Head of Agricultural Marketing Service ('99→'01)

Sonny Perdue former Secretary of Agriculture, former Republican governor of Georgia

• Secretary of Agriculture (Apr 25 '17→?)

James Wilson Secretary of Agriculture for Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft

• Secretary (past)

Donations

Poor Richard Partnership A farmland holding company owned by the family of white supremacistRichard Spencer

• Subsidies · 120,312 USD ('95→'21)

Ginkgo Bioworks

• Donation/Grant

NeighborWorks America Affordable Housing Developer

• Donation/Grant

Eden Housing Eden Housing is a non-profit with more than 50 years of experience in tackling affordable housing from all angles.

• Donation/Grant*

Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association

• Donation/Grant

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT) International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center - Green Revolution Mexico

• Funder

EcoAgriculture Partners

• Donation/Grant

Child Organizations

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Food and Nutrition Service

• agency

Natural Resources and Environment USDA Mission Area

• Mission area

Research, Education, and Economics A mission area of the USDA

• Child Org

Office of the Inspector General, United States Department of Agriculture USDA office

• Child Org

U.S. Forest Service

• Child ('81→?)

Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Part of the USDA

• Child Org

Bureau of Soils

• Child Org

Rural Development USDA - Rural Development

• Child Org

Assistant Secretary for Administration

• Child Org

Office of the Chief Information Officer | USDA

• Child Org

Parents

Executive Branch Led by the president and vice president

• Parent Org

Memberships

Integrated Benefits Initiative Pilot Program Sponsored By Center of Budget and Policy Priorities

• Partner ('18→?)*

Partnership for Sustainable Communities

• Member

Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships federal social impact bond entity

• Member

Career Pathways Program US government program created and run by 13 federal departments

• Member

Services & Transactions

USAID U.S. federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance

• Service/Transaction

National Instruments Provides systems to engineers and scientists. Revenues are $1 billion.

• Service/Transaction

National Association of Wheat Growers Trade group for the wheat industry

• Service/Transaction

Tutor Perini Building Corp.

• building contractor

Lobbied By

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

• Lobbying (for client) ('00→'05)

McGuireWoods LLP Major US law firm

• Lobbying (for client) ('06→'08)

Sidley Austin LLP Sidley is a global law firm committed to providing excellent client service, fostering a culture of cooperation and mutual respect, and creating opportunities for lawyers of all backgrounds.

• Lobbying (for client) ('08)

Motorola Solutions, Inc. Mission-critical communications products and services to enterprises and governments.

• Direct Lobbying ('07→'08)

Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates Since 1981, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates has helped Fortune 500 companies, trade associations and other clients impact public policy as Washington’s top full service government affairs fir

• Lobbying (for client) ('99→'05)

Weyerhaeuser Company The biggest owner of timberland in North America

• Direct Lobbying ('99→'08)

New York Life Insurance Company

• Direct Lobbying ('08)

Akin Gump Large law and lobbying firm; founded by Robert Strauss in 1945

• Lobbying (for client) ('99→'08)

Thelen LLP Defunct law firm, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2009

• Lobbying (for client) ('00→'08)

EOP Group, Inc. A regulatory consulting firm

• Lobbying (for client) ('99→'05)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Neuralink Brain-Machine Interface - Elon Musk Advanced

• Affiliation

Justice40

• Affiliation

Federal Data Strategy OMB, CDO Council, GSA

• Use Case Submitted*

America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative

• Affiliation

Text4Baby App For PreNatal Health Information

• Project*

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 USDA Program - Obama Backed

• Administered By ('10→?)*

Anna Schowengerdt Vice President of Business Development for Save the Children

• Grant Manager for CRS ('00→'03)*

CitySDK Initiative that Allows Software Developers to Combine Census Data With Other Datasets

• Program