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Steve Lamar

Steve Lamar is Senior Vice President for the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the national trade association of the US apparel and footwear industries. In this capacity, Mr. Lamar represents the apparel and footwear industries on a variety of international trade, customs, and economic policy issues. Before joining AAFA, Mr. Lamar was a Senior Vice President at Jefferson Waterman International where he advised foreign government and US corporate clients on lobbying strategies for a series of issues relating to trade legislation and US Government export finance programs. Previously, Mr. Lamar worked in the Commerce Department, where he counseled US firms on doing business in Africa and the Middle East. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Lamar chaired the diplomatic series committee for WITA, and was Vice President in 2003 and 2004. He now serves as President.