President Donald Trump is naming two of his local campaign supporters, Allen Frenzel and Gigi N. Jones, to oversee much of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s operations in Hawaii.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Friday that Frenzel has been named state director of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Hawaii, and Jones has been appointed USDA’s Rural Development state director.

Frenzel, 62, was Hawaii co-chairman for the general election Trump campaign in Hawaii, and Jones was Trump’s Hawaii campaign state director, according to Hawaii Trump campaign Co-Chairman Warner Kimo Sutton.

Sutton said Jones was the only paid employee who worked on the Trump campaign in Hawaii.

Frenzel retired as an Army colonel with 27 years of active-duty service and went on to work for the Defense Logistics Agency on the U.S. Pacific Command staff, according to Perdue’s announcement.

The announcement described Frenzel as a “logistics management professional,” but does not mention any involvement in agriculture. Frenzel was also an unsuccessful Libertarian Party candidate in 2014 for the state House district that includes Waianae and Makaha.

Jones founded a grass-roots organization called Cool Our Keiki to press for air conditioning or other improvements that would lower temperatures in overheated Hawaii public school classrooms, according to the USDA announcement.

She has also worked in construction, small business, engineering and business development for more than 20 years, according to the USDA.

Scott Enright, chairman of the Hawaii Board of Agriculture, said he is unaware of any involvement by Frenzel or Jones in Hawaii agricultural issues, and said that is a concern because “we are unique.”

Enright said the Obama administration appointed Diane Ley as Hawaii state executive director for the Farm Service Agency, and named Chris Kanazawa as the head of Rural Development for the Hawaii, Western Pacific and American Samoa region. Both had extensive experience in Hawaii agricultural issues, Enright said.

As for the new appointees, “it might turn out that they’re excellent administrators and they can get some things done,” but that will be more challenging if they do not understand local industry, Enright said.

Frenzel said he is subject to a “gag order” about the USDA position because he has not yet been sworn in, and could not discuss the job. Jones could not be reached for comment.