Her name is Ann Venneman and she was the first term Cabinet Secretary of Agriculture for Bush.  That’s right, George H.W. Bush. According to Politico, Barack Obama’s vice presidential search team, led by Caroline Kennedy and Eric Holder, has raised Venneman’s name more than once in discussions. Apparently, she’s clashed with democrats and environmentalists, but according to the article:

Veneman, 59, has a biography that could be suited to Obama’s unifying message. A Republican raised on a California peach farm, she rose to become the nation’s first female agriculture secretary. In 2002 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which was treated successfully. Today she serves as executive director of the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF.