Sarah B. Rogers
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Sarah B. Rogers | |
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| CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media | |
Nominee | |
| Assumed office TBD | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Michael Rigas (acting) |
| 11th Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs | |
| Assumed office October 10, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth M. Allen |
| Personal details | |
| Education | |
Sarah B. Rogers is an American lawyer serving as the 11th United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs since October 10, 2025.[1][2]
In March 2026, Rogers was nominated to become CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, parent agency of the Voice of America government-funded news broadcaster, a position that requires Senate confirmation.[3][4] In April 2026, following the departure of Pam Bondi, Rogers appeared on a rumored shortlist of potential nominees for Attorney General.[5]
Rogers received her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Dartmouth College in 2005.[6] She earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2008, where she served as a Staff Editor of the Journal of Transnational Law and was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.[6] In 2003, while an undergraduate, she gained her first exposure to public diplomacy as an intern and Nelson Rockefeller fellow in the Bureau of International Information Programs at the U.S. Department of State.[7] As a child, she competed in equestrian competitions.[8]
Legal career
Prior to her government service, Rogers worked as an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP, where she represented clients in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts in a variety of complex commercial, securities, and insolvency-related litigation and regulatory matters.[9] She also worked in-house for Philip Morris International, managing litigation and regulatory issues related to tobacco products.[9][2]
In May 2016, Rogers joined Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors in their New York office as a senior associate and was promoted to partner in September 2025.[9][10] At the firm, she focused on high-stakes advocacy, representing clients such as the National Rifle Association, major tobacco manufacturers, and investors and executives in the artificial intelligence industry.[11]
She litigated a winning Supreme Court appeal in 2024 under the First Amendment, challenging the "debanking" of disfavored speakers by hostile regulators in the case NRA v. Vullo.[11][10] Rogers also spearheaded challenges to social media censorship and the weaponization of law enforcement, including the successful appeal of the wrongful conviction of Douglass Mackey and cases involving the online censorship of Charlie Kirk.[11]
She served as a judge for the International Public Policy Forum, a high school debate competition.[9]
