President Trump has nominated Gregg Doud to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, with the Rank of Ambassador, for the United States Trade Representative. Doud is the current President of the Commodity Markets Council, where he has served since 2013. Prior to that, he was a senior Professional Staff member of the Senate Agriculture Committee for Senator Pat Roberts and Senator Thad Cochran. While working for the Senate Agriculture Committee, he assisted in drafting the 2012 Senate Farm Bill. Doud also spent eight years as the Chief Economist for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

Doud received a BS in Agriculture and a MS in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State University. He was named the Outstanding Young Alumnus of the Kansas State University Agriculture Alumni Association. He was raised on a farm near Mankato, Kansas. Gregg and his family currently live on their horse farm in Lothian, Maryland.