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# Robert Foster Named FDA Chief Counsel
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/robert-foster-named-fda-chief-counsel/
- Published: 2025-02-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:53:38.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5158695

HHS has appointed **Robert Fox Foster** as FDA’s next chief counsel. Foster previously served in the first Trump Administration as an HHS advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (4/2020 to 1/2021). He then moved to Capitol Hill to serve as a senior attorney on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Prior to his HHS stint, Foster was the chief legal officer of two bio-tech companies — SaponiQx (4/2023 to 1/2025) and Mink Therapeutics (4/2024 to 1/2025). He received his undergraduate degree from the Catholic University of America, and his law degree from Rutgers Law School.