White_House_Rural_Council
White House Rural Council
Rural development council established and later dissolved
The White House Rural Council was an entity within President Obama's Domestic Policy Council of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The council was formed on June 14, 2012, and was intended to assist low-income residents residing in rural communities as an effort to build on the administrations rural economic strategy by promoting economic prosperity and quality of life. The Council was overseen by the Secretary of Agriculture and the members include the leaders of 25 executive agencies. President Trump dissolved the White House Rural Council on April 25, 2017 with Executive Order 13790.