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]
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Incumbent Tenure
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Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Tom Vilsack [2] |
February 24, 2021
(Confirmed February 23, 2021, 92–7) [RC 1] |
— | |
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 | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
TBA | — | — |
Janie Simms Hipp [5] |
August 1, 2021
(Confirmed July 30, 2021 by voice vote) [V 2] |
August 2023 | |
— |
Jon M. Holladay [6] |
Announced July 25, 2023 | — |
— |
Lynn Moaney [7] |
January 20, 2021 | — |
— |
Oscar Gonzales |
March 29, 2021 [8] | February 2023 [9] |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Robert Bonnie [10] |
November 19, 2021
(Confirmed November 16, 2021, 76–19) [RC 3] |
— |
— |
Gloria Montaño Greene [11] |
February 22, 2021 | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
TBA | – | — |
— |
Stacy Dean |
January 21, 2021 | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Jose Emilio Esteban |
January 4, 2023
(Confirmed December 22, 2022 by voice vote) [V 3] |
— | |
— |
Sandra Eskin [12] |
March 16, 2021 | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Jennifer Moffitt [13] |
August 13, 2021
(Confirmed August 11, 2021 by voice vote) [V 4] |
— |
— |
Mae Wu [14] |
January 21, 2021 | — |
Katie Zenk | November 2022 [15] | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Homer Wilkes [16] |
February 11, 2022
(Confirmed February 8, 2022 by voice vote) [V 5] |
— |
— |
Meryl Harrell [11] |
May 24, 2021 | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Chavonda Jacobs-Young [17] |
June 8, 2022
(Confirmed June 7, 2022, 95–4) [RC 4] |
— |
— |
Sanah Baig |
November 2022 [15] | — |
Shefali Mehta | November 15, 2021 [18] | July 2022 [19] |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Basil Gooden [20] |
February 2024
(Confirmed February 26, 2024 by voice vote) [V 6] |
— | |
Xochitl Torres Small [21] |
October 13, 2021
(Confirmed October 7, 2021 by voice vote) [V 7] |
July 17, 2023 | |
— |
Farah Ahmad [22] |
August 2022 | — |
Justin Maxson [14] |
January 21, 2021 | August 2022 |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Alexis Taylor |
December 29, 2022
(Confirmed December 21, 2022 by voice vote) [V 8] |
— |
— |
TBA | — | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
Adrienne Wojciechowski [23] | November 10, 2021
[24]
(Confirmed November 3, 2021 by voice vote) [V 9] |
— |
— |
Eric Deeble [25] | July 5, 2022 | — |
Anne Knapke [26] |
February 15, 2021 | December 2021 [27] | |
— |
Jasmine Dickerson [26] | February 15, 2021 | 2022 |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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— |
TBA | – | — |
— |
Monica Rainge [28] |
February 4, 2021 | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Farm Service Agency | |||
— |
Zach Ducheneaux |
February 22, 2021 | — |
Commodity Credit Corporation | |||
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TBA | — | — | |
TBA | — | — | |
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 [29] |
July 26, 2021 | — |
Office | Appointee | Announced | Withdrawn | Notes |
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Stacy Dean |
May 13, 2022 | January 3, 2024 | Nomination not resent |
— |
Margo Schlanger [30] |
September 16, 2021 | January 3, 2024 | Nomination not resent |
Confirmation votes