Kristi L. Noem

A Representative from South Dakota. Born in Watertown, Codington County, S. Dak. , November 30, 1971. Graduated from Hamlin High School, Hayti, S. Dak. , 1990. Attended Mount Marty College, Yankton, S. Dak. Attended Northern State University, Aberdeen, S. Dak. , 1990-1992. B. A. , South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. Dak. , 2011. Farmer. Rancher. Member of the South Dakota state house of representatives, 2007-2010. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2019). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Governor of South Dakota, 2019-2025. Secretary of Homeland Security in the Cabinet of President Donald J. Trump, 2025-present.