Heidi Overton

Heidi Overton (born 1989) is an American physician who has served as the deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy since 2025. Overton graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Arts in 2011 and with a Doctor of Medicine in 2015. At the University of New Mexico, she served as its student regent in her final two graduate years. Overton performed her residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, at first specializing in surgery and then training in public health and general preventive medicine. In December 2019, Overton was named as a White House fellow. Following Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election, she joined the America First Policy Institute, where she helped to lead the institute's healthcare policy. After Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election, Overton was named as the deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy. She was involved in executing Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda, particularly as a mediator and policy strategist. In August 2026, Trump named Overton as his nominee to serve as the commissioner of food and drugs.