OTEXA Contact Us

Contact the Office of Textiles and Apparel

Office of Textiles and Apparel

Phone: (202) 482-5078

Fax: (202) 482-2331

 

 

Name

Title

Phone (202) 482-

Email

Jennifer Knight

Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Textiles, Consumer Goods and Materials (TCGM)

3737

Jennifer.Knight@trade.gov

 

 

Paul Morris

Executive Director, TCGM

3737

Paul.Morris@trade.gov

 

Maria D’Andrea-Yothers

Director, OTEXA

 

1550

Maria.DAndrea-Yothers@trade.gov

Richard Stetson

 

Deputy Director, OTEXA

2582

Richard.Stetson@trade.gov

 

Robert Carrigg

Economist; Data & Website Management

2573

Robert.Carrigg@trade.gov

 

Homer Boyer

International Trade Specialist

5156

Homer.Boyer@trade.gov

 

Alyson Demirdjian

Business & Industry Specialist

    240-927-3961

Alyson.Demirdjian@trade.gov

Rebecca (Becky) Geiger

International Trade Specialist

3117

Rebecca.Geiger@trade.gov

 

Kayla Johnson

International Trade Specialist

2532

Kayla.Johnson@trade.gov

 

Pamela (Pam) Kirkland

International Trade Specialist

3587

Pamela.Kirkland@trade.gov

 

Linda Martinich

Senior International Trade Specialist

3588

Linda.Martinich@trade.gov

 

Laurie Mease

International Trade Specialist

2043

Laurie.Mease@trade.gov

 

Thomas Newberg

International Trade Specialist

7578

Thomas.Newberg@trade.gov

 

Marin Weaver

Team Lead, Business & Industry Specialist

       821-5364

Marin.Weaver@trade.gov

James Willett

International Economist

3737

James.Willett@trade.gov

 

 

 

 

OTEXA CONTACTS, BY COMMODITY AND ISSUE

Commodity/Issue

Contact

African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA)

Thomas Newberg; Pam Kirkland, Alyson Demirdjian

Africa Trade Policy

Thomas Newberg; Pam Kirkland, Alyson Demirdjian

Apparel Sector

Thomas Newberg, Alyson Demirdjian

Asia Trade Policy

Linda Martinich; Marin Weaver, Thomas Newberg

Australia Free Trade Agreement

Alyson Demirdjian, Thomas Newberg

Bahrain Free Trade Agreement

Pam Kirkland; Alyson Demirdjian

Berry Amendment

Thomas Newberg; Alyson Demirdjian

CAFTA-DR

Kayla Johnson; Laurie Mease; Richard Stetson

Carbon & Glass Fibers

Pam Kirkland

Carpet & Rug Sector

Linda Martinich

Chile Free Trade Agreement

Kayla Johnson; Richard Stetson

Colombia Free Trade Agreement

Laurie Mease; Richard Stetson

Commercial Availability

CAFTA-DR, Colombia, Panama, Peru, USMCA (NAFTA)

Australia, Bahrain, Korea, Morocco, Oman, Singapore

 

Laurie Mease; Kayla Johnson; Richard Stetson

Marin Weaver; Pam Kirkland; Thomas Newberg; Alyson Demirdjian

Composites (Textiles) Sector

Pam Kirkland

Customs Issues

Laurie Mease; Richard Stetson

Data Publication, Economic Research & Analysis

Rob Carrigg; James Willett

European Union

Linda Martinich; Marin Weaver; Alyson Demirdjian

Fabric Sector (Knit, Woven)

Kayla Johnson; Thomas Newberg

Fibers (Natural & Man-Made)

Linda Martinich; Richard Stetson; Marin Weaver; Alyson Demirdjian; Thomas Newberg

Footwear Sector

Homer Boyer; Alyson Demirdjian

Forced Labor

Linda Martinich; Marin Weaver; Alyson Demirdjian

Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs)

Laurie Mease; Pam Kirkland

Haiti Earned Import Allowance Program

Becky Geiger; Rob Carrigg; Laurie Mease

Haiti Preference Program (HOPE/HELP)

Kayla Johnson; Richard Stetson

Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Textiles and Clothing (ITAC 12)

Laurie Mease, Primary DFO; Pam Kirkland, Secondary DFO

Intellectual Property Rights

Linda Martinich; Thomas Newberg; Alyson Demirdjian

Israel Free Trade Agreement

Pam Kirkland; Alyson Demirdjian

Jordan Free Trade Agreement

Pam Kirkland; Alyson Demirdjian

Korea Free Trade Agreement

Linda Martinich; Marin Weaver; Thomas Newberg

Labelling

Alyson Demirdjian; Thomas Newberg

Legislation

Thomas Newberg; Alyson Demirdjian; Marin Weaver

Made in USA Directory

Homer Boyer; Thomas Newberg; James Willett

Market Access Case Manager

Linda Martinich; Marin Weaver

Miscellaneous Tariff Bills (MTBs)

Marin Weaver (OTEXA MTB liaison)

Monthly Import Press Release

Becky Geiger

Morocco Free Trade Agreement

Pam Kirkland; Alyson Demirdjian

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

Laurie Mease; Richard Stetson

Nonwovens

James Willett

Oman Free Trade Agreement

Pam Kirkland; Alyson Demirdjian

Other Western Hemisphere (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela)

Richard Stetson; Laurie Mease

Panama Free Trade Agreement

Kayla Johnson; Richard Stetson

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) & Medical Textiles

James Willett; Laurie Mease

Peru Free Trade Agreement

Laurie Mease; Richard Stetson

Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZs)

Pam Kirkland; Alyson Demirdjian

Rules of Origin

Richard Stetson; Marin Weaver

Retaliatory Tariffs (Section 301)

Linda Martinich; Marin Weaver; Thomas Newberg

Singapore Free Trade Agreement

Thomas Newberg; Marin Weaver

Smart Fabrics

Pam Kirkland; Laurie Mease

Standards & Regulations

Linda Martinich; Laurie Mease; Alyson Demirdjian

Sustainability & the Circular Economy

Alyson Demirdjian

Technical (Advanced) Textiles Sector

Rob Carrigg; Marin Weaver

Textile Program Administration

Maria D’Andrea-Yothers; Richard Stetson

Trade Data Management & Publication

Rob Carrigg, James Willett

Travel Goods Sector

Becky Geiger; Alyson Demirdjian

Used Clothing

Becky Geiger; Thomas Newberg; Pam Kirkland

Website Content Management

Rob Carrigg; James Willett

Western Hemisphere Trade Policy

Richard Stetson

Yarn Sector

Thomas Newberg; Richard Stetson