# Trump selects Heidi Overton to lead FDA, pending Senate approval

_Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM EDT · Power · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

President Donald Trump has picked White House aide Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration, according to the supplied report. Overton is deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and would need Senate confirmation. The report says the FDA's next leader will inherit unfinished work involving food, drug approvals, vaccines, peptides and ultraprocessed-food policy after former commissioner Marty Makary resigned in May.

## Sources

- [Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/91592472/fda-donald-trump-heidi-overton-marty-makar)

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