Rachel Brand is Walmart’s executive vice president of global governance, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary. She oversees the company’s global legal, compliance, ethics, corporate governance, digital citizenship, aviation, investigative, and corporate security functions, including Walmart’s Emergency Operations Center. Immediately before joining Walmart, Rachel served …
Jul 21, 2017 · Brand, the first woman to serve as associate attorney general, was nominated by Trump in February and confirmed by the Senate by a 52-46 margin in May. She was previously appointed to federal government positions by both former …
Brand, the first woman to serve as associate attorney general, was nominated by Trump in February and confirmed by the Senate by a 52-46 margin in May. She was previously appointed to federal government positions by both former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Jun 20, 2017 · Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand could go from obscurity to the harshest spotlight possible overnight. Here's what you should know about her.
Brand was born in Michigan and grew up in Pella, a small Iowa town, on a farm with three siblings. At Pella Christian High School, Brand seemed to do it all, playing sports, editing the yearbook, acting in class plays, and still having time for band practice and cheerleading. In fact, according to her hometown paper, there’s little that she didn’t do:
Rachel Lee Brand, 44, has been aligned with Republican politics for decades. At Harvard Law School, New York magazine notes, she was deeply involved with the “ arch-conservative ” Federalist Society. According to Politico, the group has long been considered “a talent pool for anyone interested in serving in the administration of a Republican president or on the Supreme Court.”
The Associate Attorney General advises and assists the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters.
The Office of the Associate Attorney General was created on March 10, 1977, by Attorney General Order No. 699-77.
On January 21, 2021, it was announced that President Biden had appointed Matthew Colangelo, who most recently worked in the Office of the Attorney General of New York, to serve as Acting Associate Attorney General while the Senate considers the nomination of Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General.