Recent Council Guests (Partial List)

Fiscal Year 2024

Tarun Chhabra
NSC

Joe Pauloski
U.S. Department of Treasury

Amb. Jovita Neliupšienė
EU Amb. to the United States

Mark Lambert
China House Coordinator and DAS
U.S. Department of State

Hideaki Fujisawa
Minister of Econ., Trade and Industry
Embassy of Japan

Clete Willems
Fmr. Dep. Ass. to President Trump (Curr. Akin)
The White House

Dr. Ajay Kumar
Head of Commerce Wing
Embassy of India

Rick Waters
Fmr. Head- China House (State Dept)
Eurasia Group

Alan Estevez
Under Secretary of Commerce
Bureau of Industry and Security

Michael Laychak
Director
Defense Technology Security Administration

Fiscal Year 2023

Nisha Biswal
Deputy CEO
Development Finance Corporation

Kurt Campbell
NSC Indo-Pacific Coordinator
Dep. Secretary of State Nominee

Steve Lang
DAS- Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy

Amb. Craig Allen
US-China Business Council

Enoh Ebong
USTDA

Lisa Kubiske
State Department (APEP Co-Lead)

Reta Jo Lewis
President and Chair, ExIm Bank

Matt Murray
Senior Official (APEC) at State

Marisa Lago
Under Secretary of Commerce (ITA)

Suja Menon
Minister of Commerce
Embassy of India

Thea Kendler
Assistant Secretary BIS

Andrea Gacki
Director of OFAC

Fiscal Year 2022

Jose Fernandez
Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth

Dan Mullaney
AUSTR For Europe and the Middle East

Amb. Sarah Bianchi
Deputy USTR

Andrew Weiss
VP for Studies
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Terry McCartin
AUSTR for China Affairs

Fiscal Year 2021

Thomas Krueger
Director of Strategic Trade
NSC

Algene Sajery
VP of External Affairs
DFC

Arun Venkataraman
Director of Policy
Department of Commerce

Peter Harrell
Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness
NSC

Richard Steffens
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia
Global Markets
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Fiscal Year 2020

Matthew Goodman
Senior Vice President
CSIS

Robert Blair
Director of Policy and Strategic Planning
U.S. Department of Commerce

Cordell Hull
Acting Undersecretary
U.S. Department of Commerce

Amb. Craig Allen
US-China Business Council

Amb. Stavros Labrinidis
Ambassador of the European
Union to the United States

Alan Turley
Deputy Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Commerce

Adam Boehler
Chief Executive Officer
DFCFiscal Year 2018-2019

Thomas Hardy
Acting Director
US Trade and Development Agency

Chief Banking Officer Stephen Renna
Export-Import Bank of the United States

Assistant Secretary Mitchell Silk
Treasury Department

John Melle
AUSTR for Western Hemisphere
Chief Negotiator, USMCA

Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State
Brian Hook

U.S. Department of State

Acting OFAC Director Andrea Gacki
Treasury Department

Assistant Secretary Richard Ashooh
Bureau of Industry and Security
Department of Commerce

Amb. Craig Allen US-China Business Council

Daniel Mullaney Assistant U.S. Trade Representative

Fiscal Year 2017-2018

Ian Steff
Ass’t Secretary of Commerce and
Director General, United States and Foreign Commercial Service
Commerce Department

Under Secretary Gil Kaplan
Commerce Department

Acting Under Secretary Manisha Singh State Department

Dr. Andrey Bondarev (Russia), Zhu Hong (China), Dr. Arunish Chawla (India) BRIC Commercial Counselors

Fiscal Year 2015-2016

Under Secretary-designate Adam Szubin Treasury Department

Acting OFAC Director John Smith Treasury Department

Fiscal Year 2014-2015

Amb. Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. State Department

Under Secretary Cathy Novelli
State Department

Chairman Fred Hochberg
Eximbank

Caroline Atkinson
NSC