Kenneth I. Levinson
Chief Executive Officer
Ken Levinson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of WITA – The International Trade Association and Washington International Trade Foundation.
WITA is the world’s largest non-profit, non-partisan membership organization dedicated to providing a neutral forum for the open and robust discussion of international trade policy and economic issues. WITA and its affiliated groups have over 10,000 members, and more than 160 corporate sponsors and group memberships.
Ken has over 30 years of experience working with companies, associations, NGOs and governments, advocating innovative solutions to complex public policy challenges. Over the years, Ken has worked with clients in the technology, telecommunications, biopharmaceuticals, agriculture and food, financial services, retail, apparel, energy, and consumer products sectors.
Previously, Ken served as Senior Director for Global Government Affairs for AstraZeneca. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Ken served as Senior Vice President and COO at the Washington, DC consulting firm of Fontheim International. Ken joined Fontheim after spending six years on the staff of U.S. Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV. Ken advised the Senator on foreign policy and national security matters, and served as the Senator’s chief advisor on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, dealing with issues related to international trade and tax policy.
Ken received his Master’s Degree from New York University after doing his undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst. Ken also spent a year studying at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Ken and his wife, The Reverend Donna Marsh, live in River Forest, IL.
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Diego Añez
Diego AñezWITA Academy Executive Director
WITA Managing Director
Diego Añez is the Managing Director of WITA – The International Trade Association and the Executive Director of the WITA Academy. He is responsible for management of operations, policy programs, strategic engagements and member services for the organization’s 5000+ members and corporate sponsors across all 50 states and over 100 countries worldwide. He provides direction, with the WITA CEO and Board of Directors, to WITA’s portfolio of programming and capstone events, such as the Washington International Trade Conference and Annual Dinner.
Diego also spearheads the organization’s WITA Academy – a program of the Washington International Trade Foundation which strives to make trade education and career opportunities in international trade accessible to communities in the United States and around the world. The mission of the WITA Academy is to make the trade community itself more diverse and inclusive.
Diego is originally from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and was raised in Mobile, Alabama. Diego graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs with concentrations in International Political Economy and Comparative Politics.
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Maya Ghazi
Associate Director
Maya Ghazi is the Associate Director at the WITA – The International Trade Association. She joined WITA in October 2022 as the WITA Academy Fellow. Her enthusiasm and positive outlook will continue to foster a collaborative and supportive environment reflective of WITA’s mission.
She has experience in the field of Arabic-English translation. She has also taught in the fields of English, Math and Science at Al-Wataniah Syrian National School in Damascus, Syria.
Maya is fluent in both Arabic and English; and has professional working proficiency in French. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Damascus University. She grew up spending time between both Damascus, Syria and Dassel, Minnesota.
Tarang Mishra
WITA Academy Fellow
Tarang Mishra is the WITA Academy Fellow at WITA – The International Trade Association. He joined WITA in January 2026. He graduated of James Madison University where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Entrepreneurship.
He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Global Commerce and Public Policy at George Mason University. Along with his graduate studies, he also runs a motivational apparel startup, Untitled Kingdom Clothing.
Previously, he was the Culture and Finance Coordinator at Issue One, a non-profit that works to educate the public and pass legislation on Capitol Hill to bolster U.S. elections build a healthier environment for American democracy. He also served as a Policy and Research Intern at the US-ASEAN Business Council, a non-profit organization that conducts research and analysis of economic, environmental, financial, political, and social, conditions in the eleven countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Lorenzo Etchevehere
Lorenzo EtchevehereWITA Academy Fellow
Lorenzo Etchevehere is the WITA Academy Fellow at WITA – The International Trade Association. He joined WITA in June 2026. He brings a global perspective shaped by professional and academic experience across Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, and the United States.
Previously, Lorenzo worked at Veterans for Public Office (VPO), a joint initiative of the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families and the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, where he focused on outreach and program coordination. Prior to his graduate studies, he built experience in financial analysis and cross-cultural client work across Argentina, the United States, and the UAE.
Lorenzo received his Master of Arts in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires.
He is fluent in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Lorenzo is based in Washington, D.C.
Julia Widding
WITA Intern
Julia Widding is an Intern at WITA – The International Trade Association. She joined WITA in May 2026. She will be a senior at Lehigh University in the fall, where she is obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations.
Previously, she spent the spring 2026 semester studying abroad at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. She also acted as the communications intern for the Lehigh/United Nations Partnership from January 2025 to December 2025, as Lehigh University is a United Nations accredited non-governmental organization retaining Economic and Social Council Consultative Status. Additionally, she served as a legislative intern to Vice Chair and Ashburn District Supervisor Michael R. Turner on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.
Julia is from Northern Virginia and based out of Washington, D.C.
Stephen Zaken
WITA Intern
Stephen Zaken is an Intern at WITA – The International Trade Association. He joined WITA in May 2026. He will be a senior at the University of Kansas in the fall, where he is a current Research Assistant at the Trade War Lab. Stephen is obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Previously, he was a research intern in the Oral History Department at the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans LA, from May 2025 to August 2025. Where his primary focus was in data collection, archival preservation, and digitalization. At the Trade War Lab, Stephen serves as a member of the Substack team, producing original data briefs on trade news related to the US and heartland communities.
Stephen is from Hudson Valley, New York and based out of Washington, D.C.
Juliet Traver-Kazemba
Juliet Traver-KazembaWITA Intern
Juliet Traver-Kazemba joined May 2026 as a Summer Intern at WITA – The international Trade Association. Juliet is currently a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln representing the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance. She is studying Business Law, Economics, and International Trade.
Juliet’s studies and experience combine practical business principles with legal theory and international politics. She has relevant coursework in international finance, relations, law, and economics. At school, Juliet is involved as the Director of Academics for her sorority and an active member of Pre-Law Club. She plans to attend law school in the fall of 2027.
Juliet is from Minneapolis, Minnesota and based out of Washington, D.C.
Will Dunham
Will DunhamWITA Intern
Will Dunham is an Intern at WITA – The International Trade Association. He joined WITA in May 2026. He will be a senior at Pomona College in the fall, where he is obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations while minoring in Middle Eastern Studies.
During the Fall of 2025, he spent his semester studying abroad in Amman, Jordan, where he studied the geopolitics of the wider region along with Arabic. He is currently serving as President of Pomona College Model United Nations for the 2026-2027 academic year. Previously, he worked as the Associated Students of Pomona College’s Elections Commissioner for the 2024-2025 academic year, and before that as a Diaper Bank Coordinator in Portland, Maine.
Will is originally from Freeport, Maine, but is currently based out of Washington, D.C.