Brandon Judd
Brandon Judd | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| 50th United States Ambassador to Chile | |
| Assumed office TBD | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Bernadette Meehan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arizona, U.S. |
Brandon Judd is an American law enforcement officer and union organizer who is the United States ambassador to Chile under Donald Trump.[1]
Early life and education
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[edit | edit source]Judd was commissioned as a field agent in the United States Border Patrol in 1997. His first duty station was in Imperial, California.[3] Beginning in 2002, he was Special Operation Mountain Team Leader and a field training officer stationed in Naco, Arizona.[3] He has also served as an instructor at the Border Patrol Academy, and as a field agent at Border Patrol posts in Houlton, Maine; El Centro, California; Tucson, Arizona; and Havre, Montana.[3]
In 2001, Judd was elected president of the National Border Patrol Council local union in El Centro, California and, from 2010 to 2012, served as president of the NBPC local in Tucson, Arizona.[3] In 2013, he was unanimously elected NBPC national president.[4]
Judd retired from the U.S. Border Patrol in May 2024 after 27 years of service.[5] In December of that year, Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint Judd as United States ambassador to Chile.[6] He was confirmed in October of 2025.[7]
Personal life
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External links
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