Jake Colvin
Vice President for Global Trade Issues at the National Foreign Trade Council
Jake Colvin is Vice President for Global Trade Issues at the National Foreign Trade Council, a business association which promotes an open, rules-based global economy on behalf of its member companies, which include Boeing, Caterpillar, General Electric, Google, Microsoft and Wal-Mart Stores. Through NFTC, Jake encourages public policies that facilitate international trade, business travel and diplomacy. He leads the business group's efforts to promote trade policy solutions to climate change and directs a project dedicated to modernizing global trade rules through the World Trade Organization. He has also helped to drive a series of discussions around the United States under the Council's Foundation with small business leaders, educators and entrepreneurs to highlight gaps in U.S. innovation policies. From 2005-2009, he directed USA*Engage, a business coalition established under the Council to promote U.S. economic, diplomatic and citizen engagement in the world. Jake has written for a variety of outlets including Business Week, Forbes, The Guardian, Miami Herald, Politico, and Reuters, and has provided analysis on economic and foreign policy issues for CNN, NPR, Time Magazine and U.S. News and World Report. Originally from Long Island, New York, he is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and the University of Richmond.