Gina Marie Raimondo is an American businesswoman, lawyer, politician, and venture capitalist who has served since 2021 as the 40th United States secretary of commerce. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 75th governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021, and was the first woman to serve in the role.
Official portrait, 2021
Raimondo at her inauguration in 2015
Elizabeth H. Roberts, who resigned as Secretary of Health and Human Services due to the statewide computer system rollout.
First official portrait of Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo
United States Secretary of Commerce
The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary reports directly to the president and is a statutory member of Cabinet of the United States. The secretary is appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The secretary of commerce is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries; the department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce".
United States Secretary of Commerce
The Commerce Secretary's office as it looked in the mid-20th century.
Image: William Cox Redfield
Image: Joshua Willis Alexander
