Brooke Rollins
Brooke Rollins | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| 33rd United States Secretary of Agriculture | |
| Assumed office February 13, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Tom Vilsack |
| Director of the Domestic Policy Council | |
| Acting May 24, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Joe Grogan |
| Succeeded by | Susan Rice |
| Director of the Office of American Innovation and Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives | |
| In office February 16, 2018 – May 24, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Jared Kushner |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| President of the Texas Public Policy Foundation | |
| In office January 1, 2003 – February 16, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jeff Judson |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Roberts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1972 Glen Rose, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mark Rollins |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent | Helen Kerwin (mother) |
| Education | Texas A&M University (BS) University of Texas at Austin (JD) |
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 between President Donald Trump's first and second administrations, Rollins co-founded the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank established to promote an America First policy agenda.