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 September 11, 2023[update], according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 9 nominees have been confirmed, 4 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 1 position does 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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Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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![]() Tom Vilsack[2] |
February 24, 2021
(Confirmed February 23, 2021, 92–7)[RC 1] |
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![]() Xochitl Torres Small[3] |
July 17, 2023
(Confirmed July 11, 2023, 84–8)[RC 2] |
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![]() 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 | |
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Jon M. Holladay[6] | Announced July 25, 2023 | — |
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![]() Lynn Moaney[7] |
January 20, 2021 | — |
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![]() 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] |
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![]() Gloria Montaño Greene[11] |
February 22, 2021 | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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![]() Stacy Dean |
Announced May 13, 2022 | — |
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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] |
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![]() 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] |
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![]() 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] |
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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] |
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![]() 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] |
Announced September 11, 2023 | — |
![]() Xochitl Torres Small[21] |
October 13, 2021
(Confirmed October 7, 2021 by voice vote)[V 6] |
July 17, 2023 | |
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![]() 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 7] |
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TBA | — | — |
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Adrienne Wojciechowski[23] | November 10, 2021[24]
(Confirmed November 3, 2021 by voice vote)[V 8] |
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Eric Deeble[25] | July 5, 2022 | — |
![]() Anne Knapke[26] |
February 15, 2021 | December 2021[27] | |
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Jasmine Dickerson[26] | February 15, 2021 | 2022 |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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![]() Margo Schlanger[28] |
Announced September 16, 2021[28] | — |
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![]() Monica Rainge[29] |
February 4, 2021 | — |
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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Farm Service Agency | |||
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![]() Zach Ducheneaux |
February 22, 2021 | — |
Commodity Credit Corporation | |||
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Agricultural Marketing Service | |||
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![]() Bruce Summers |
July 30, 2021 | — |
Agricultural Research Service | |||
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![]() Simon Liu |
February 1, 2023 | — |
Foreign Agricultural Service | |||
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![]() Daniel Whitley |
July 22, 2021 | — |
Rural Housing Service | |||
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Joaquin Altoro | November 8, 2021 | — |
Rural Utilities Service | |||
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![]() Andy Berke |
October 6, 2022 | — |
Rural Business-Cooperative Service | |||
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![]() Karama Neal |
April 26, 2021 | — |
U.S. Forest Service | |||
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![]() Randy Moore[30] |
July 26, 2021 | — |