Council of Economic Advisers Member to Serve as Next WTO Deputy Director-General

Jennifer Nordquist has been appointed to serve as the new deputy director-general of the World Trade Organization, replacing Angela Ellard who will step down at the end of August, WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala announced on July 28. Nordquist, whose appointment is effective Oct. 1, currently serves as counselor on the Council of Economic Advisers at the White House. She previously served as executive vice president of the Economic Innovation Group, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, executive director for the U.S. at the World Bank Group, and chief of staff and deputy of economic studies at the Brookings Institution.