Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump choice to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a former NFL player who ran the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump’s first term. Turner, 52, is the first Black ...

President-elect Donald Trump made several late-night Cabinet appointments last week, including Scott Turner to serve as the secretary of housing and urban development. Turner, a former NFL player and Texas state lawmaker,

Turner has recently been focused on education policy, but worked on Opportunity Zones under the first Trump administration.