Susan Schwab
Susan Carol Schwab ( born March 23, 1955 in Washington, DC) is an American politician and business manager, who was among other things, commercial agent of the United States.
Life
After schooling Susan Schwab studied political economy at Williams College and graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Political Economy ) from. A subsequent post-graduate studies in development policy at Stanford University, she finished 1977 with a Master of Arts (MA Development Policy).
After that, she joined the diplomatic service and was a consultant for trade policy at the embassy in Japan. Then she was 1981-1989 member of the staff of John Danforth, who was 1976-1995 Republican U.S. Senator for Missouri. In the reigning between 1989 and 1993 administration of U.S. President George Bush was only Director General of Foreign Trade service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Commerce ( Assistant Secretary of Commerce).
After she received a Philosophiae Doctor ( Ph.D. in Public Administration ) from the George Washington University in 1993 in public administration specialist, it was between 1995 and 2004 Dean of the Faculty of Public Policy ( School of Public Policy ) from the University of Maryland, College Park ( UMCP ). In addition, it was at times a member of the Supervisory Board ( Board of Visitors ) of the Air Force Academy.
In addition, Susan Schwab also took over functions in the private sector and was among others from 1997 to 2005 Member of the Board of Directors of the gas company Calpine, from 2000 to 2005 the share fund distributor Adams Express Company and at the same time the investment company Petroleum & Resources Corporation. At times, she was also Director of Corporate Business Development at Motorola.
After she was between October 2005 and June 2006, first deputy trade representative, it was in June 2006, U.S. trade representative with the rank of ambassador in the cabinet of George W. Bush, to which it belonged until the end of his term in January 2009. In February 2008, the United States declared their interest to want to engage in discussions on the liberalization of trade in financial services with the TPP members, in September 2008 specified the Susan Schwab in its function as commercial agent a U.S. interest in negotiations with the four TPP countries, their first round in the spring of 2009, it was announced. After her retirement, she was honored by her successor Ron Kirk, who said of them that they are " an excellent choice " was.
After her retirement from the government service, she moved back into the private sector and is a member of the boards of directors of Caterpillar and FedEx as well as additionally since 2001 by Boeing since 2009. In addition, it was also a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and also was involved in the Council on Foreign Relations.
They also accepted a professorship at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park.