List of Department of Agriculture appointments by Joe Biden
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Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Agriculture by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of February 26, 2024[update], according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 10 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 3 positions do not have a nominee, 19 appointments have been made to positions that don't require Senate confirmation, and 5 positions do not have an appointee.[1]
Color key
Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
Leadership
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
.jpg) Tom Vilsack[2] |
February 24, 2021
(Confirmed February 23, 2021, 92–7)[RC 1] |
— |
|
|
.jpg) Xochitl Torres Small[3] |
July 17, 2023
(Confirmed July 11, 2023, 84–8)[RC 2] |
— |
 Jewel H. Bronaugh |
May 17, 2021
(Confirmed May 13, 2021 by voice vote)[V 1] |
March 3, 2023[4] |
Office of the Secretary
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Janie Simms Hipp[5] |
August 1, 2021
(Confirmed July 30, 2021 by voice vote)[V 2] |
July 31, 2023 |
|
— |
 Lynn Moaney[6] |
January 20, 2021 | — |
|
— |
 Oscar Gonzales |
March 29, 2021[7] | February 2023[8] |
Farm Production and Conservation
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Robert Bonnie[9] |
November 19, 2021
(Confirmed November 16, 2021, 76–19)[RC 3] |
— |
|
— |
 Gloria Montaño Greene[10] |
February 22, 2021 | — |
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Stacy Dean |
January 21, 2021 | — |
Food Safety
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
 Jose Emilio Esteban |
January 4, 2023
(Confirmed December 22, 2022 by voice vote)[V 3] |
— |
|
— |
 Sandra Eskin[11] |
March 16, 2021 | — |
Marketing and Regulatory Programs
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Jennifer Moffitt[12] |
August 13, 2021
(Confirmed August 11, 2021 by voice vote)[V 4] |
— |
|
— |
 Mae Wu[13] |
January 21, 2021 | — |
| Katie Zenk | November 2022[14] | — |
Natural Resources and Environment
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Homer Wilkes[15] |
February 11, 2022
(Confirmed February 8, 2022 by voice vote)[V 5] |
— |
|
— |
 Meryl Harrell[10] |
May 24, 2021 | — |
Research, Education, and Economics
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Chavonda Jacobs-Young[16] |
June 8, 2022
(Confirmed June 7, 2022, 95–4)[RC 4] |
— |
|
— |
 Sanah Baig |
November 2022[14] | — |
| Shefali Mehta | November 15, 2021[17] | July 2022[18] |
Rural Development
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
 Basil Gooden[19] |
March 4, 2024
(Confirmed February 26, 2024 by voice vote)[V 6] |
— |
 Xochitl Torres Small[20] |
October 13, 2021
(Confirmed October 7, 2021 by voice vote)[V 7] |
July 17, 2023 | |
|
— |
 Farah Ahmad[21] |
August 2022 | — |
 Justin Maxson[13] |
January 21, 2021 | August 2022 |
Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Alexis Taylor |
December 29, 2022
(Confirmed December 21, 2022 by voice vote)[V 8] |
January 16, 2025 |
Office of Congressional Relations
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
Adrienne Wojciechowski[22] | November 10, 2021[23]
(Confirmed November 3, 2021 by voice vote)[V 9] |
— |
|
— |
Eric Deeble[24] | July 5, 2022 | — |
 Anne Knapke[25] |
February 15, 2021 | December 2021[26] | |
|
— |
Jasmine Dickerson[25] | February 15, 2021 | 2022 |
Office of Civil Rights
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Monica Rainge[27] |
February 4, 2021 | — |
USDA Agencies, Corporations & Services
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Service Agency | |||
— |
 Zach Ducheneaux |
February 22, 2021 | — |
| Agricultural Marketing Service | |||
— |
 Bruce Summers |
July 30, 2021 | — |
| Agricultural Research Service | |||
— |
 Simon Liu |
February 1, 2023 | — |
| Foreign Agricultural Service | |||
|
— |
 Daniel Whitley |
July 22, 2021 | — |
| Rural Housing Service | |||
|
— |
Joaquin Altoro | November 8, 2021 | — |
| Rural Utilities Service | |||
|
— |
 Andy Berke |
October 6, 2022 | — |
| Rural Business-Cooperative Service | |||
|
— |
 Karama Neal |
April 26, 2021 | — |
| U.S. Forest Service | |||
— |
 Randy Moore[28] |
July 26, 2021 | — |
Withdrawn nominations
| Office | Appointee | Announced | Withdrawn | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
— |
 Jon M. Holladay[29] |
July 25, 2023 | January 3, 2025 | Nomination not resent |
|
— |
Stacy Dean |
May 13, 2022 | January 3, 2024 | Nomination not resent |
|
— |
 Margo Schlanger[30] |
September 16, 2021 | January 3, 2024 | Nomination not resent |
See also
- Cabinet of Joe Biden, for the vetting process undergone by top-level roles including advice and consent by the Senate
- List of executive branch 'czars' e.g. Special Advisor to the President
Notes
Confirmation votes
- Confirmations by roll call vote
- "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture)". US Senate. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture)". US Senate. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Robert Farrell Bonnie, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation)". US Senate. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- Confirmations by voice vote
- "PN123 - Nomination of Jewel Hairston Bronaugh for Department of Agriculture, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. May 13, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- "PN247 - Nomination of Janie Simms Hipp for Department of Agriculture, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. July 30, 2021.
- "PN1366 — Jose Emilio Esteban — Department of Agriculture, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". United States Congress. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- "PN481 - Nomination of Jennifer Lester Moffitt for Department of Agriculture, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. July 26, 2021.
- "PN746 — Homer L. Wilkes — Department of Agriculture 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. February 8, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- "PN1015 — Basil Ivanhoe Gooden — Department of Agriculture, 118th Congress (2023-2024)". www.congress.gov. February 26, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- "PN745 - Nomination of Xochitl Torres Small for Department of Agriculture, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- "PN2130 — Alexis Taylor — Department of Agriculture, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". United States Congress. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- "PN933 — Adrienne Wojciechowski — Department of Agriculture 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.