Professor (on leave) and former Dean (1995-2003)
301-445-1941
sschwab@umd.edu


Expertise: Dr. Schwab has taught courses at MSPP in U.S. trade policy, US/China Relations (with Amb. James Lilley), and U.S. policymaking (politics and process). She also lectures on management & leadership, career development, and doing business internationally for MSPP's executive programs. She has published articles on U.S. trade policy, U.S. Japan trade relations, and on public policy education, as well as a book on U.S. trade policy (Trade-Offs: Negotiating the Omnibus Trade Act, (Harvard Business School Press, 1994).

Ambassador Susan C. Schwab was nominated in April by President Bush to be the next U.S. Trade Representative. She has served as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative since November 10, 2005.

Schwab became Dean of the School of Public Policy in 1995, leaving in 2003 to accept the position of President and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation and USM Vice Chancellor for Advancement.

Schwab came to the from Motorola, Inc., where she served as Director of Corporate Business Development. Prior to that appointment she was Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director-General of the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service during the Administration of George H.W. Bush. Schwab spent most of the 1980s as a trade policy specialist and legislative director for Senator John C. Danforth (R-Mo.), playing a major role in numerous U.S. trade policy initiatives, including landmark trade legislation that Congress enacted in 1984 and 1988.As a Foreign Service Officer, Schwab served in the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration ( NAPA ). She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Council for Excellence in Government and on the National Selection Committee of the Innovations in American Government Awards. She holds a B.A. in Political Economy from Williams College, a Masters in Development Policy from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Public Administration and International Business from The George Washington University.