Many of USTR's senior officials are lawyers and economists with extensive backgrounds in trade law. The senior staff includes about 30 key officials appointed by the U.S. Trade Representative who supervise trade negotiations, monitor trade disputes, enforce laws, and keep a constant flow of communication with Congress, industry, nongovernmental organizations and the public on U.S. trade policy.
United States Trade Representative
Deputy United States Trade Representative
Deputy United States Trade Representative
Deputy United States Trade Representative and Chief of Mission, Geneva
Chief Agricultural Negotiator
Chief of Staff
Heather Hurlburt
Deputy Chief of Staff
Ginna Lance
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Executive Secretary
Shantanu Tata
General Counsel
Greta Peisch
Senior Advisor
Elizabeth Baltzan
Senior Advisor
Jamila Thompson
Other Senior Officials and Assistant U. S. Trade Representatives (AUSTR)
Laurie-Ann Agama, AUSTR for Textiles (Acting)
Fred Ames, AUSTR for Administration
Heather Barmore, DAUSTR for Digital Communications
David Bisbee, Deputy Chief of Mission, Geneva
Julie Callahan, AUSTR for Agricultural Affairs and Commodity Policy
Sushan Demirjian, AUSTR for Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competitiveness
Andrea Durkin, AUSTR for WTO and Multilateral Affairs
Sarah Ellerman, AUSTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Acting)
Constance Hamilton, AUSTR for Africa
Adam Hodge, AUSTR Media & Public Affairs
Daniel Lee, AUSTR for Innovation and Intellectual Property
Brendan Lynch AUSTR for South and Central Asia (Acting)
Dan McCarthy, AUSTR for Congressional Affairs
Terrence J. McCartin, AUSTR for China Affairs
Sam Michel, DAUSTR for Public Affairs
Juan Millan, Deputy General Counsel for Monitoring and Enforcement
Kelly Milton, AUSTR for Environment & Natural Resources
Samuel Negatu, DAUSTR for Congressional Affairs
Kenneth Schagrin, AUSTR for Services and Investment
William Shpiece, AUSTR for Trade Policy and Economics (Acting)
Allison Smith, DAUSTR for Congressional Affairs
Roberto Soberanis, AUSTR for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement
Daniel Watson, AUSTR for the Western Hemisphere
Tim Wedding, AUSTR for Europe and the Middle East (Acting)
Christopher Wilson, AUSTR Japan, Korea, and APEC Affairs
Tommy Wolfe, Deputy Executive Secretary
