Operations

Meredith M. Broadbent, Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), announced today that Catherine B. DeFilippo has been named Director of Operations at the USITC.

DeFilippo will oversee the investigative and research activities of the agency’s Offices of Investigations, Unfair Import Investigations, Industries, Economics, Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements, and Analysis and Research Services.

“Cathy DeFilippo brings years of outstanding experience and sound judgment to her new role as Director of Operations,” said Chairman Broadbent.  “She knows the agency extremely well and has developed strong relationships with our stakeholders and staff.  The Commission looks forward to benefiting from her unique strengths of personality, dedication, common sense, and collegiality.”

DeFilippo has served as Director of the USITC’s Office of Investigations since September 2009.  In that role, she oversaw the planning and conduct of the USITC’s import injury investigations under the antidumping and countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, the global safeguard provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, and other import injury statutes.  She served as the Chief of the Applied Economics Division in the Commission’s Office of Economics from 2001 to 2009, leading that office’s work in assessing pricing and the conditions of competition in the U.S. markets for products involved in the Commission’s import injury investigations.

From 2000-2001, DeFilippo served as a senior economist in the office of Commissioner Deanna Tanner Okun.  Prior to that, she worked in the USITC’s Office of Economics from 1986 to 2000, first as an economist, then as an international economist in the Investigation Support Division, and finally as a senior international economist in the Applied Economics Division.

DeFilippo holds a master of business administration degree with an emphasis on international business and economics from the University of Maryland and a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Boston College.  She resides in Potomac, Maryland, with her husband and two children.

The U.S. International Trade Commission is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of government, determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries, and directs actions against certain unfair trade practices in import trade, such as patent and trademark infringement.

Deanna Tanner Okun, Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), has announced that Dr. Robert B. Koopman has been appointed the USITC's Director of Operations.

Koopman will oversee the investigative and research activities of the agency's Offices of Investigations, Unfair Import Investigations, Industries, Economics, Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements, and Analysis and Research Services.

Prior to his appointment, Koopman served as the Director of the USITC's Office of Economics, where he functioned as the agency's Chief Economist. He was appointed to that position in July 1999. Previously, Koopman worked for 15 years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). He was the Deputy Administrator for Economic and Community Systems in the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service at the time of his USITC appointment. Earlier, he was the Deputy Director of the Commercial Agriculture Division of the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS). He began his professional career at the ERS as an economist and later served as Leader of the ERS Central and Eastern Europe Section and Chief of the ERS Europe, Africa, and Middle East Branch.

Koopman holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston College and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern Maine. He lives in Alexandria, VA, with his wife and three children.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is an independent, nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency that makes determinations concerning the impact of imports and their potential injury on domestic companies. The USITC staff includes experts who analyze virtually every commodity imported into the United States. The USITC provides data on international trade to the President, Congress, other federal agencies, and the public.