Education
Johns Hopkins University. Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. The Wharton School.
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Frank Lavin
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Career
As Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Lavin headed the International Trade Administration for the United States Department of Commerce from 2005 until 2007. From 2001 to 2005, Lavin served as the United States Ambassador to Singapore. A 2005 report by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State praised Lavin"s leadership in this position, calling him "a strong leader with a high degree of intellectual curiosity who wants to be kept well-briefed by all agencies, and yet lets people do their jobs without micromanaging".
Under Secretary Lavin earned a Bachelor of Surgery from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
A Master of Surgery in Chinese language from Georgetown University. A Master of Arts in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.
And a Master of Business Administration in Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. They have three children.
Since 2010, Lavin has served as Chief Executive Officer of Export Now, a company dedicated to helping consumer brands sell their products in China.
