President-elect Donald Trump will nominate his transition co-chair, Linda McMahon, for secretary of Education, according to a person familiar with the transition discussions.
McMahon, 76, rose to prominence as a powerful force who turned World Wrestling Entertainment into a multibillion-dollar enterprise before leading the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. She remained a key player in the newly elected president’s orbit after he left the White House in 2021.
McMahon was appointed to the Connecticut State Board of Education, but resigned about a year later in 2010 when she failed to run for Senate. She graduated from East Carolina University with a bachelor’s degree in French and is certified to teach the language. She has minimal teaching experience but is the board chair of the America First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank full of other Trump insiders.
