Trump nominates Lee Greenwood's wife for ambassador role

President Donald Trump has nominated Kimberly Greenwood, the wife of country singer Lee Greenwood, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. The White House sent the nomination to the U.S. Senate on Monday, September 14, 2026. If confirmed, Kimberly Greenwood would serve concurrently as ambassador to Barbados and, without additional compensation, as the top U.S. envoy to seven other Eastern Caribbean nations: St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The nomination highlights Greenwood's long association with Trump through the Miss Universe Organization. According to her husband, she worked with Trump for 18 years while he owned the pageant company, directing state pageants in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Greenwood, 59, is a former Miss Tennessee USA who currently serves as president of Greenwood Productions, which holds the state franchises for the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA competitions in those states. In an Instagram post, Kimberly Greenwood thanked the president for the nomination. "Mr.