Experience

Silverado Policy Accelerator

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair and Cofounder

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director, Environment and Natural Resources

  • Feb 2018 - Jan 2021

• Deputy Director, Technical Barriers to Trade

  • Nov 2017 - Apr 2018



International Trade Administration

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Environmental Technology Trade Specialist

  • Jan 2011 - Nov 2017

  •Senior industry trade specialist responsible for international policy development and interagency advocacy for the water and waste-water, waste management, recycling, air pollution control, environmental engineering and consulting, and environmental remediation industry segments. •Global Industry Expert for the WTO Environmental Goods Agreement negotiations. •Principal Investigator, Environmental Technologies Top Markets Study: http://www.trade.gov/topmarkets/environmental-tech.asp •Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) •Team Lead for U.S. - China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) Environment Working Group. •Developer and staff lead of the U.S. Environmental Export Initiative under President Obama's National Export Initiative (NEI): www.export.gov/envirotech. •Staff Chair of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) Environment Trade Working Group (ETWG) Show less



Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Policy Analyst, Environment and Natural Resources

  • Feb 2017 - Sep 2017



U.S. Department of Commerce

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Foreign Trade Zones Analyst

  • Apr 2009 - Dec 2010

  Evaluated Foreign Trade Zone requests on behalf of the the U.S. Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce. Provided FTZ regulatory oversight to ports across the eastern seaboard. Facilitated the development of FTZ programs with local governments in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida. Evaluated Foreign Trade Zone requests on behalf of the the U.S. Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce. Provided FTZ regulatory oversight to ports across the eastern seaboard. Facilitated the development of FTZ programs with local governments in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida.



Nathan, a Cadmus Company

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate

  • Mar 2005 - Feb 2009

  Economics and trade policy consultant focusing on trade policy development and implementation, regional integration, government finance, and national and regional economic analysis. Economics and trade policy consultant focusing on trade policy development and implementation, regional integration, government finance, and national and regional economic analysis.



J.E. Austin Associates

• Consultant

  • 2004 - 2004