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Katrin Kuhlmann

Katrin Kuhlmann joined GMF as a resident fellow in April 2009. During her fellowship, her work will focus on establishing a developing country demand-driven approach to trade and development policies pursued by the United States and European countries. In addition to her position at GMF, Katrin also serves as President of the Trade, Aid and Security Coalition (TASC), a project of GlobalWorks Foundation and as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University School of Law.  She is a leading voice on international economic development and trade policy and has testified before Congress on these issues. Prior to her current positions, Ms. Kuhlmann was the Senior Vice President for Global Trade at the Women' Edge Coalition, where she developed and led the organization's trade policy program. From 1999 to 2005, Ms. Kuhlmann served as the Director for Eastern Europe and Eurasia in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) where she was responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. trade policy with Russia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.  She played a key role in negotiations involving Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization and successfully led an inter-agency effort to conclude a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the five Central Asian Republics. 

Prior to joining USTR, Ms. Kuhlmann practiced law at Dewey Ballantine LLP in Washington, D.C. and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP in New York, New York. Ms. Kuhlmann serves on the board of the Malaika Foundation and is a member of the advisory board for the Haiti Investment-Trade and Association Development (I-TRADE).  She is also a Senior Advisor to the Business Council for Global Development (BCGD).

Ms. Kuhlmann holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Economics and German Studies from Creighton University. She was the recipient of a Fulbright grant to study international economics in Halle, Germany in 1992.