Trump to nominate former Monsanto executive to top interior department position

Aurelia Skipwith, who worked as a lawyer and in research at Monsanto, will be nominated to run the Fish and Wildlife Service

Donald Trump is nominating a former executive of agrochemical company Monsanto to run the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Aurelia Skipwith has been the deputy assistant secretary of fish, wildlife and parks for the interior department since April 2017. She is a lawyer and was in research for six years at Monsanto, where she led a team that brought new agricultural products to market, and then was in corporate affairs, according to her self-reported work history.