Xochitl Torres Small
Xochitl Torres Small served as Deputy Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture, following a bipartisan Senate Confirmation on July 11, 2023. As Chief Operating Officer for a department with over 100,000 civil servants, Torres Small reinvisioned agency permitting processes and designed and implemented USDA's first drought program financed through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Prior to serving as Deputy Secretary, Torres Small was Under Secretary for Rural Development. In this role, she oversaw an annual $40 billion in loans and grants to provide affordable and clean energy, high speed internet, housing, community facilities, and water infrastructure in rural, Tribal, and high-poverty areas.
Before joining USDA, Torres Small was a United States Representative for New Mexico's Second Congressional district where she authored and passed into law measures on border security and border trade, water conservation, and a measure to make White Sands a National Park.
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