Name Mary Ryckman | Political party Democratic Party | |
President George W. Bush, Barack Obama Born June 6, 1961 (age 62)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. ( 1961-06-06 ) Alma mater George Washington University Education George Washington University, Princeton University | ||
Mary E. Ryckman is a Senior Advisor for trade policy affairs in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
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Ryckman was appointed to this role in March 2012 by Michael Froman, the United States Trade Representative.
Senior Policy Advisor for trade policy affairs
Within the Executive Office of the President, Ryckman represents the United States Trade Representative, as part of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. Ryckman assumed this role in spring 2012.
Ryckman sits on the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation MCC on behalf of the United States Trade Representative, together with the U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, USAID Administrator and representatives of the private sector.
In this capacity she represented the United States in 2013 negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas FTAA.
Ryckman represents the highest-levels of U.S. government such as pertains to trade policy at U.S.-based organizations such as the American Enterprise Institute.
Ryckman is currently the head of the International Development Committee at the Organization for Women in International Trade (OWIT), in Washington, D.C.
She also represents the USTR on the President's Council on Women and Girls.
United States Trade Representative
Between 2004 and 2012, she served as Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade and Development (AUSTR). This was a role created by United States Trade Representative Robert Zoellick. As the AUSTR, Ryckman's principal responsibility was coordinating United States trade capacity building activities. The role provided assistance to developing countries by enabling them to better participate in the World Trade Organization so as to maximize benefits from opportunities created by trade. In this capacity, "Ryckman work[ed] closely with other federal agencies, international organizations, the private sector and non-governmental organizations....". During this period, Ryckman served as a participent on the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation MCC.
Ryckman also served as Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade Capacity Building and as Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Canada.
In 2006, Ryckman's biography at the World Bank stated that "[Ryckman] has over 15 years of negotiating experience covering...[a] range of trade issues, from the Uruguay Round to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to investment issues, including bilateral investment treaties and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment negotiations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Ryckman also played a significant role in the CAFTA negotiations.
Education
Ryckman graduated from Princeton University in 1981, and received a graduate degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University in 1988.