Biographies of Key Officials 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 Robert E. Lighthizer Deputy United States Trade Representative Jeff Gerrish Deputy United States Trade Representative C.J. Mahoney Deputy United States Trade Representative and Chief of Mission, Geneva Dennis Shea Chief Agricultural Negotiator Gregg Doud Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator Chief of Staff Jamieson L. Greer Deputy Chief of Staff Pamela A. Marcus Stewart Ackerly General Counsel Sam Damon Senior Advisor Timothy Reif Other Senior Officials and Assistant U. S. Trade Representatives (AUSTR) Fred Ames, AUSTR for Administration Daniel Bahar, AUSTR for Services and Investment Michael Beeman, AUSTR for Japan, Korea, and APEC Karl Ehlers, AUSTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Jeff Emerson, AUSTR for Public & Media Affairs Edward Gresser, AUSTR for Trade Policy and Economics Constance Hamilton, AUSTR for Africa Bill Jackson, AUSTR for Textiles Christopher Jackson, AUSTR for Congressional Affairs Lewis Karesh, AUSTR for Labor Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, AUSTR for Agricultural Affairs Daniel Lee, AUSTR for Innovation and Intellectual Property (Acting) Terrence J. McCartin, AUSTR for China Affairs (Acting) John Melle, AUSTR for Western Hemisphere Juan Millan, AUSTR for Monitoring and Enforcement L. Daniel Mullaney, AUSTR for Europe and the Middle East Maria Pagan, Deputy General Counsel Jennifer Prescott, AUSTR for Environment & Natural Resources Jim Sanford, AUSTR for Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competitiveness Dawn Shackleford, AUSTR for WTO and Multilateral Affairs Christopher Wilson, Deputy Chief of Mission, Geneva
Donor projects For the disaster-stricken countries where housing units, schools and hospitals are built by contracting with executive companies through non-profit institutions and distributed free of charge by donor countries through the World Bank
