Devon Westhill
The data on this page comes from a financial disclosure filed by Devon Westhill, who was picked to be: Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Agriculture. It is part of a collection of thousands of ethics documents ProPublica has been collecting from across the Trump administration.
Roles Outside Government
Officials are required to disclose paid or unpaid positions they hold or recently held outside the federal government, including roles as officer, director, trustee or employee. (Form 278e, Part 1)
Employment Assets
Officials are required to disclose assets associated with their employment, including salary, retirement accounts, stocks, intellectual property and awards or prizes. (Form 278e, Part 2)
| Description | Value | Income | Income Type | Endnote | Line No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Equal Opportunity | $324K | Salary | 1 | ||
| IRA | 2 | ||||
| Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | 2.1 | ||
| Boeing CO (BA) | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | 2.2 | ||
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $12,437 | expert witness fees | 3 | ||
| University of Wisconsin - Madison Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 2/20/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 4 | ||
| Chicago-Kent Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 2/21/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 5 | ||
| University of Iowa Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 2/22/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 6 | ||
| Washington University St. Louis Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 2/20/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 7 | ||
| Drake Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 2/22/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 8 | ||
| Michigan State program sponsored by Voices for Liberty Initiative at George Mason University - 3/28/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 9 | ||
| Claremont McKenna College Athenaeum Speaker Series - 4/2/24 | $2,500 | honorarium | 10 | ||
| University of California - Davis Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 4/3/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 11 | ||
| University of Toledo Stranahan Lecture Series - 4/9/24 | $3,000 | honorarium | 12 | ||
| Tufts Federalist Society student chapter - 4/17/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 13 | ||
| Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association Annual Program - 5/16/24 | $3,500 | honorarium | 14 | ||
| David Wright Tremaine LLP | $1,650 | deposition fee | 15 | ||
| University of South Carolina Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/4/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 16 | ||
| University of Nevada - Las Vegas Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/9/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 17 | ||
| Arizona State University Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/10/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 18 | ||
| University of New Mexico Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/11/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 19 | ||
| University of South Dakota Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/12/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 20 | ||
| University of Wisconsin - Madison Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/17/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 21 | ||
| University of Illinois Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/18/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 22 | ||
| Indiana University Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/19/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 23 | ||
| Western State University Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/24/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 24 | ||
| Pepperdine University Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/25/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 25 | ||
| University of Southern California Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 9/26/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 26 | ||
| University of Kansas Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 10/8/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 27 | ||
| Emory Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 10/9/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 28 | ||
| Wake Forest University Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 10/15/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 29 | ||
| Florida International University Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 10/17/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 30 | ||
| Jacksonville University Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 10/30/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 31 | ||
| Buckley Institute at Yale University Firing Line Debate - 12/3/24 | $1,500 | honorarium | 32 | ||
| Anticipated Honorarium Southern Illinois University Law School Federalist Society Student Chapter - 2/10/25 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | 33 | ||
| Anticipated Honorarium Campbell University Law School Federalist Society student chapter - 2/12/25 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | 34 | ||
| Anticipated Honorarium University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Law School Federalist Society student chapter - 2/13/25 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | 35 |
Compensation
Officials are required to disclose the sources of any compensation above $5,000 in a year. (Form 278e, Part 4)
Spouse’s Assets
Officials are required to disclose their spouse’s assets, including salary and retirement accounts worth more than $1,000. (Form 278e, Part 5)
Other Assets and Income
Officials are required to disclose other assets and sources of investment income belonging to them, their spouse or their dependent children. These include annuities, bonds, cash, college savings plans, farms, precious metals, real estate, stocks, trusts and wills. (Form 278e, Part 6)
| Description | Value | Income | Income Type | Endnote | Line No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank (Cash) | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | 1 |
Liabilities
Officials are required to disclose their liabilities totaling more than $10,000, as well as any linked to their spouse or dependent children. These include mortgages, credit card debt and student loans. The interest rates and loan repayment terms are also required. (Form 278e, Part 8)
| Creditor | Description | Endnote | Line No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Federal Credit Union | type: Mortgage on Personal Residence, amount: $250,001 - $500,000, year-incurred: 2021, rate: 3.25, term: 30 years | 1 | |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | type: Home Equity Loan, amount: $50,001 - $100,000, year-incurred: 2023, rate: 9.65, term: 20 years | 2 | |
| Lendkey | type: Student Loan, amount: $15,001 - $50,000, year-incurred: 2017, rate: 8.64, term: 15 years | 3 | |
| MOHELA | type: Student Loan, amount: $15,001 - $50,000, year-incurred: 2019, rate: 5.76, term: 20 years | 4 | |
| MOHELA | type: Student Loan, amount: $100,001 - $250,000, year-incurred: 2016, rate: 0.00, term: 20 Years | 5 |
About the Data
Most political appointees and senior officials in the executive branch are required by law to file public financial disclosure reports. These are documents that detail their financial holdings, positions they hold outside government, their spouse’s holdings, their liabilities and their recent financial transactions (such as buying or selling stock) during a defined reporting period.
The most senior officials file their disclosures with an agency called the Office of Government Ethics, and others file them with a designated ethics official within their agency. The Ethics in Government Act allows members of the public and the press to request these documents.
We’re publishing this information to give the public an important glimpse into the financial ties of a powerful and often hidden cadre of presidential appointees within the federal bureaucracy.
The main document type included in the database is the OGE Form 278e, which appointees must file when they are nominated (for Senate-confirmed appointees) or when they enter government (all others), and then annually while in the position. Another common document included is the OGE Form 278-T, also known as a periodic transaction report, which all public filers must submit within 30 days of a transaction. We are also making other ethics documents available, such as ethics agreements, certificates of divestiture and other documents we have obtained under the Ethics in Government Act.
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