Ramona Romero

Ramona Emilia Romero is an American lawyer and former government official. She was the General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture and currently serves as Vice President and General Counsel of Princeton University.

Biography Romero was born in the Dominican Republic and emigrated to the United States when she was 11 years old. She graduated from Barnard College in 1985 and was president of the student government her senior year. She then went to Harvard Law School and was director of the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project.

In 2010, Romero was nominated by President Barack Obama to be General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Romero left USDA for Princeton University in 2014, when she became the University's Chief Legal Officer.

In 2019, Romero was named a trustee of Barnard College.

Romero is an elected member of the American Law Institute.

Personal life and family Romero lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her husband and two daughters.