WITA Academy Faculty

Adam Hemphill, Director, Global Government Affairs, Walmart

Aik Hoe Lim, Director, Trade and Environment Division (TED), World Trade Organization

Alexandra Koutoglidou, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Trade F2, Dispute Settlement and Legal Aspects of Trade Policy, European Commission

Alexandra Whittaker, Democratic Chief Trade Counsel; Staff Director Trade Subcommittee, House Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Amanda Blunt, Counsel, Legal Affairs & Trade, General Motors; former Associate General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Amie Kreppel, Jean Monnet Chair, Director of the Center for European Studies, and a Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida

Ana Lizano, Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the World Trade Organization

Anabel González, Vice President for Countries, Inter-American Development Bank; former Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization

Angela Ellard, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization

Angela Marshall Hofmann, Head of Government Affairs, JCPenny; former Legislative Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Anna Benevente, Director of Labeling & Ingredient Services, Registrar Corp

Arnoud Willems, Advocaat, Partner, International Trade, Baker McKenzie, Brussels

Ashley Llorens, Vice President, Distinguished Scientist & Managing Director, Microsoft Research Outreach

Atli Stannard, Associate, Covington & Burling LLP; former Inter-institutional Affairs, European Commission Secretariat General

Audrae Erickson, Vice President, Global External & Public Affairs, Reckitt Benckiser; former President Corn Refiners Association; former Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Department of Agriculture

Barbara Stallings, IIEP Distinguished Visiting Scholar, William R. Rhodes Research Professor, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Schwarzman Scholars Program, Tsinghua University 

Bill McRaith, former Chief Supply Chain Officer, PVH Corp.

Blake Harden, Vice President, International Trade at Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA); former Trade Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade

Bob Stack, Managing Director, Washington National Tax, International Tax Group, Deloitte Tax LLP; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs, Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Department of Treasury

Ambassador Brajendra Navnit, Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization

Brenda Smith, Global Director, Government Outreach, Expeditors; former Executive Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Brian Grunenfelder, Trade Advisor,  American Sugar Alliance; former USDA Foreign Agricultural Service and former AUSTR for Agricultural Affairs

C.J. Mahoney, Deputy General Counsel, International Trade and Azure, Microsoft; former Deputy United States Trade Representative from 2018 to 2020

Catherine DeFilippo, Director of Operations, United States International Trade Commission; former Economist, US International Trade Commission

Catherine Schultz, Vice President, Tax and Fiscal Policy, Business Roundtable; former Vice President for Tax Policy, National Foreign Trade Council

Charlotte McClure, Logistics Supervisor, Cap America; former Overseas Specialist, Cap America; former Logistics Specialist, Cap America

Christine Davies, Founder and CEO, Poligage; former Director of Planning and Outreach, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Clete Willems, Partner, Akin and Non-resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics and Deputy NEC Director, The White House; former Chief Counsel for Negotiations, Legislation, and Administrative Law, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Colin Brown, Head of Unit, Legal Affairs/Dispute settlement (trade and sustainable development and investment), European Commission

Cornelia Kutterer, Multidisciplinary Institute in Artificial Intelligence, University of Grenoble; Member of the AI Governance Center Advisory Board, International Association of Privacy Professionals; Member of the OECD.AI Network of Experts

Cristina Rueda-Catry, Cabinet Expert, European Commission Executive Vice-President, Valdis Dombrovskis

Cynthia F. Whittenburg, Executive VP, National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) National Educational Institute; former Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Damien Levie, Head of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit at DG TRADE, European Commission

Daniel Bahar, Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Services and Investment, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Daniel Mullaney, former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East

Ambassador Darci Vetter, Global Head, Policy and Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy; former Diplomat in Residence at the University of Nebraska Lincoln

Darryl Leong, Deputy Permanent Representative at Mission of Singapore to the World Trade Organization and World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva

David Skillman, Managing Director, Arnold & Porter; former Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel to Congressman Earl Blumenauer, former Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means

Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, JP Morgan & Chase Co.

Dennis Simmons, Special Advisor in the Office of Global Talent Management, Department of Commerce

Ambassador Didier Chambovey, former Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the World Trade Organization; former General Council Chair, World Trade Organization

Donna O. Charles, Principal Advisor and Professional Staff Member (Africa and PKO), House Foreign Affairs Committee – Majority

Dontai Smalls, Senior Vice President, Global Public Affairs, UPS

Douglas M. Bell, Global Trade Policy Leader, Ernst & Young; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and Investment, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Ed Gresser, Vice President and Director, Trade and Global Markets at PPI; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Policy and Economics at the Office of the United States Trade Representative

Efthymia (Emmy) Korodima, Deputy Head of Unit of the Trade Strategy Unit, DG Trade, European Commission

Ambassador Eheth Salomon, Permanent Representative of Cameroon and Coordinator of the African Group to the World Trade Organization

Elle O’Flaherty, Founder, Interlace Solutions Coaching

Emily Beline, Senior Counsel for International Regulatory Affairs, FedEx; formerly with U.S. Customs & Border Protection and the Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce

Eric Biel, Senior Advisor, Fair Labor Association; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; former Associate Deputy Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Eric Trachtenberg, Practice Lead & Senior Director, Land & Agricultural Economy Practice Group, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

Erin Ennis, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Dell Technologies; former Assistant to the Deputy US Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Evelyn Suarez, Principal, The Suarez Firm

Everett Eissenstat, Partner, Public Policy Practice Group, Squire Patton Boggs; former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, The White House; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; former Chief International Trade Counsel, Senate Finance Committee

Florie Liser, President and CEO, Corporate Council on Africa; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, USTR

Dr. Frances G. Burwell, Senior Director, McLarty Associates; former Vice President for European Union and Special Initiatives, and Director of Transatlantic Programs and Studies, Atlantic Council

Giovanna M. Cinelli, Partner and Practice Lead, International Trade & National Security, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Ambassador Gloria Abraham Peralta, Consultant with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); former Costa Rican Ambassador to the World Trade Organization; former Chair of the WTO Committee on Agriculture in Special Session

Gregg Doud, Chief Operating Officer, National Milk Producers Federation; former Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Heidi Colby-Oizumi, Division Chief, Chemicals and Textiles Division, USITC

Henry Almond, Partner, Arnold & Porter; former International Trade Analyst, U.S. Department of Commerce

Hervé Jouanjean, Senior Trade Expert, King & Spalding; former Director of DG Trade in charge of WTO and OECD; former Deputy Secretary General for inter-institutional relations, and Director-General for budget and financial programming, European Commission

H.E. Ambassador Hilda Suka-Mafudze, African Union Ambassador to the United States

Ambassador Hugo Paemen, Senior Advisor, Brussels, Hogan Lovells; former EU Chief Trade Negotiator; former Head of the European Commission’s Washington Delegation

Hun Quach, Head of Global Government Relations, Levi Strauss & Co.; former Head of Government Relations, Under Armour; former Vice President for International Trade, Retail Industry Leaders Association; former Office of the USTR and Senate Finance Committee

Jaclyn Bellomo, Director of Cosmetics Software & Services, Registrar Corp

Jake Colvin, President, NFTC

James Foster, Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics, George Washington University; Research Associate, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Oxford University 

Jamila Thompson, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Jason Prince, Partner, Crowell & Moring; former Chief Counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), U.S. Department of Treasury

Jeannette Chu, Vice President for National Security Policy, National Foreign Trade Council; former Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce; Senior Export Control Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Beijing

Jeff Winter, Sr. Director Industry Strategy, Manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions

Jennifer A. Hillman, Professor from Practice, Georgetown Law Center, and Former Member of the WTO Appellate Body

Ambassador João Aguiar Machado, Permanent Representative of the European Union to the World Trade Organization

Jodi Herman, Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs, USAID; former Vice President for Government Relations and Public Affairs, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

JoEllen Urban, Senior Trade Advisor and Africa Team Lead, Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce; former Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State; former Director, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, & U.S. International Trade Commission

Johanna Hill, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization

John Magnus, President, TRADEWINS, LLC; Adjunct Professor, American University Washington College of Law; former Equity Partner, Dewey Ballantine LLP

John Miller, Chief Economic Analyst, Trade Data Monitor

Ambassador John Simon, Founding Partner, Total Impact Capital, and Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS; former Ambassador to the African Union and Executive Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Jon Gold, Vice President of Supply Chain and Customs Policy, National Retail Federation

Jorge Castro, Director of the Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization

Joseph W. Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions, International Food Policy Research Institute; former Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and former Special Doha Agricultural Envoy, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Josh Kagan, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; former Deputy Director, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor/ILAB

Juan A. Millán, Deputy General Counsel for Monitoring and Enforcement; former Senior Legal Advisor, U.S. Mission to the WTO

Julia Hughes, President, U.S. Fashion Industry Association; Senior Vice President, United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel

Julie Callahan, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs and Commodity Policy, Office of the U.S Trade Representative

Kaitlin Sighinolfi, Senior Director, Government Affairs at International Paper; former Legislative Director, Congressman Charles Boustaney, and former Legislative Assistant, Senator Olympia Snowe

Professor Kathleen Claussen, Georgetown Law; former Associate General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Katie Morley, Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Congressman Adrian Smith, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways & Means, House of Representatives

Katrin Kuhlmann, Visiting Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Center on Inclusive Trade and Development, Georgetown Law; Member, Trade Advisory Committee on Africa, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Kelly Ann Shaw, Partner, Hogan Lovells; former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council

Kelly Milton, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources

Ken Ash, Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Trade (Adelaide); former OECD Director of Trade and Agriculture

Laura Black, Senior Counsel, Akin; former Director of Policy and International Relations, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Office of Investment Security, U.S. Department of Treasury

Lee Tiedrich, Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Law and Responsible Technology, Duke University; Global Partnership on AI; and Member of the OECD AI Expert Group

Lewis Karesh, former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Ambassador Li Chenggang, Permanent Representative of People’s Republic of China to the World Trade Organization

Linda Dempsey, Vice President, Public Affairs, CF Industries

Linda Martinich, Senior International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel

Linda Wilson, Student Employment Team Lead, USAID

Lisa Schroeter, Global Director of Trade & Investment Policy, Dow; former Executive Director of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD)

Lourdes Catrain, Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP, Brussels

Lucilla Sioli, Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry, European Commission

Marco Theobald, Director, Drug & Medical Device Department, Registrar Corp

Maria Luisa Boyce, Vice President, UPS Global Public Affairs; former Executive Director Office of Trade Relations/Senior Advisor for Trade Engagement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; former President, Border Trade Alliance

Ambassador Maria Pagan, Deputy United States Trade Representative and Chief of Mission for the Permanent Mission of the United States to the World Trade Organization

Maria Zieba, Vice President of International Affairs, National Pork Producers Council (NPPC); former Trade Policy Manager, National Milk Producers Federation

Marjorie Chorlins, Senior Vice President, Europe, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce; and former Executive Vice President, Business for Social Responsibility

Mark Linscott, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council; Senior Advisor at the Asia Group; and former Assistant United States Trade Representative for WTO and Multilateral Affairs

Mary Hancock, Senior Regulatory Specialist and Food Facility Registration Team Manager, Registrar Corp

Maureen Hinman, Co-Founder, Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator

Melanie Wyche, Pathways Program Manager, USAID

Melissa Brewer, Special Counsel, Kelley Drye; former Attorney Advisor, Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement & Compliance, Department of Commerce

Meredith Broadbent, Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); former Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission

Michael O. Moore, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, George Washington University

Michael Roberts, Head of Aid for Trade, World Trade Organization

Michael Smart, Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors; formerly served on the staff of the National Security Council, and as International Trade Counsel in the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Michelle Tarry, Vice President, Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability, American Eagle Outfitters; former International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), New York Representative, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Mirna Calero, Regulatory Specialist, Medical Devices, Registrar Corp

Naomi Freeman, Consultant, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg; former International Trade Specialist, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Nasim Fussell, Partner, Holland & Knight; former Chief International Trade Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Natalie Hanson, Deputy Assistant USTR for Textiles, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Nate Herman, Senior Vice President, Policy, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA); former International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce

Neena Shenai, Senior Legal Director & Chief Counsel for Global Trade, Medtronic, and Nonresident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; former Trade Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means; and former Senior Adviser, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the WTO

Niall Meagher, Executive Director of the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL)

Nicholas Bramble, Head of Trade Policy & Economic Opportunity, Google

Nicole Bivens Collinson, President, International Trade and Government Relations, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.; former Assistant Textile Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative

Nicole Venable, Principal, Workforce & Education Practice Group Chair, Invariant

Nikole Burroughs, Deputy Chief of Staff for Management and Resources, USAID; former Staff Director, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific the Nonproliferation, United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Nova J. Daly, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Wiley Rein; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security & Policy, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury; former Director for International Trade, National Security Council, The White House

Patty Lopez, Head of Americas Sourcing Strategy, Gap Inc.; former Sr. Director-Global Production, Gap Inc. 

Paul H. DeLaney, III, Partner, Kyle House Group; former International Trade Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance; former Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Peter Berz, Head of Unit for Enforcement, Market Access and SMEs, DG Trade, European Commission

Peter Chase, Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund; former U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President for Europe; and Director of the State Department’s office of EU Affairs

Peter Fatelnig, Minister-Counsellor for Digital Economy Policy, Delegation of the European Union to the United States; former Acting Head of Unit for Next Generation Internet, European Commission

Peter Harrell, Non-Resident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness, National Security Council at the White House

Peter Young, Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Head of the Trade & Agriculture Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United States; former Senior Expert in the Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission in Brussels

Philip Torbøl, Partner, Brussels, K&L Gates; former Press Officer, European People’s Party, European Parliament

Ralph Ossa, Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World Trade Organization

Ambassador Robert Holleyman, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP and President & CEO, Crowell & Moring International; former Deputy United States Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Robert Slack, Partner, Trade and National Security, Fenwick & West LLP; former Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Roger Coelho, Senior Policy Director, AmCham EU; formerly with the Information and Communication Unit in DG Enlargement at the European Commission

Ambassador Rufus Yerxa, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates; former Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization; former Deputy United States Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Ryan Meilak, Head of Outreach, European Parliament in USA; former Administrative Manager for Stakeholder Relations, European Parliament

Ambassador Santiago Wills, Director, General Council and Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) Division, World Trade Organization; former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization

Sarah Clarke, former Chief Supply Chain Officer, PVH Corp.

Sarah Stewart, CEO and Executive Director, Silverado Policy Accelerator; former Assistant Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Sarah Thorn, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs, Walmart Stores, Inc

Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, Principal and Founder, AgTrade Strategies, LLC; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs and Commodity Policy, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Simon Hess, Head of Monitoring & Evaluation, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) Secretariat, World Trade Organization

Srinivas Kuppa, Chief Strategy Officer, SymphonyAI Industrial

Stacy J. Ettinger, Partner, K&L Gates; former Senior Legal and Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer; former Associate Chief Counsel, Import Administration

Stephanie Lester, Vice President, Head of Government Affairs, Gap Inc.; former Professional Staff, House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Trade

Steve Lamar, Chief Executive Officer, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)

Susan Zimmerman, Global Public Policy Manager, John Deere

Tarun Chhabra, Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council at the White House

Ambassador Terence P. McCulley, Managing Director, Africa Practice Lead, McLarty Associates; former US Ambassador to Mali, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire, and Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at US Embassies in Togo, Senegal Tunisia, and Denmark

Thea Mei Lee, Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor/ILAB; former Deputy Chief of Staff, Policy Director, and Chief International Economist, AFL-CIO

Thomas Beline, Partner, Cassidy Levy Kent; former attorney with the Office of the Chief Counsel for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce

Thomas Newberg, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel

Tiffany Atwell, Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Ecolab

Tricia Van Orden, Director of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee Secretariat for the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Van Yeutter, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Cargill

Vanessa Sciarra, Vice President for Trade and International Competitiveness, American Clean Power Association; former Vice President, Legal Affairs and Trade & Investment Policy, National Foreign Trade Council

Wendy Cutler, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Washington, D.C. Office; former Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative