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    Senior leadership

    Office of the Under Secretary

    Jeffrey Kessler

    Under Secretary

    Joe Bartlett

    Deputy Under Secretary

    Robert Burkett

    Chief of Staff

    Arielle Goldberg

    Deputy Chief of Staff

    Madison Hardimon

    Director of Legislative Affairs

    Keven Valentin
    Keven Valentin

    Chief Financial Officer and Director of Administration

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    Vacant

    Chief Information Officer

    Export Administration

    Kevin Kurland
    Kevin Kurland

    Performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration

    Kevin Kurland
    Kevin Kurland

    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade and Technology Security

    Julia Khersonsky

    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade

    Robby Saunders
    Robby Saunders

    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security

    Philip Johnson
    Philip Johnson

    Chief of Staff

    Export Enforcement

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    John Sonderman

    Performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement

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    John Sonderman

    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement

    Teresa Telesco

    Chief of Staff

    Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services

    Elizabeth Cannon
    Elizabeth Cannon

    Executive Director for Information and Communications Technology and Services

    Evan Broderick
    Evan Broderick

    Deputy Director for Information and Communications Technology and Services

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    Virginia Clark

    Chief of Staff

    Export Administration

    • International Policy Office (IPO)

      Develops country-based export control policy, builds relationships with foreign trade ministries and others involved in export controls, assists with foreign government and foreign industry export control trainings, creates country-specific policy analysis, and crafts regulatory measures to combat circumvention of export controls by foreign actors. 

    Strategic Trade

    • Office of Exporter Services (OExS)

      The Office of Exporter Services is responsible for the Bureau’s outreach, education, compliance, and regulatory activities.

    • Office of National Security Controls (ONSC)

      This office manages national security (NS) export controls, enforcing multilateral measures under the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, and overseeing U.S. encryption export policies.

    • Office of Nonproliferation and Foreign Policy Controls (NFPC)

      Multilateral export control responsibilities under the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, and the Australia Group.

    • End-User Review Committee (ERC)

      The ERC is an interagency committee that identifies entities for U.S. export control lists to protect national security and support foreign policy objectives.

    Technology Security

    • Office of Technology Evaluation (OTE)

      Analyzes the effectiveness of export controls, identifies emerging and foundational technologies, and assesses the supply chain, foreign availability, and mass market status of those technologies through global trade data, financial data, and all-source intelligence.

    • Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security (SIES)

      Protects and promotes national security by implementing defense, foreign investment, and industrial sector programs to safeguard a robust and resilient U.S. industrial base.

    Export Enforcement

    • Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA)

      Evaluates all-source, including publicly available and government-privileged, information to inform the adjudication of export control license applications.

    • Office of Export Enforcement (OEE)

      OEE Special Agents are sworn Federal law enforcement officers with authority to make arrests, execute search warrants, serve subpoenas, and detain and seize goods about to be illegally exported.

    • Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC)

      Administers and enforces the antiboycott provisions set out in part 760 of the EAR.

    Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS)

    • Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS)

      The Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) is responsible for implementing the Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Program for the Department of Commerce.