Five new appointments are made to leadership positions in ITA - International Trade Administration

Business America, Sept 24, 1990

Five New Appointments Are Made To Leadership Positions in ITA Five new appointees to leadership positions in the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) have been announced. All hold the rank of deputy assistant secretary.

* Christina M. Bolton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Capital Goods and International Construction, responsible for developing programs and strategies to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. capital goods and international construction industry sectors, and to promote their access to foreign markets. Bolton most recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Development in ITA. From 1979-89, she worked on the staff of Senator Robert Dole (R-Kan.), serving as chief of staff, legislative director, and legislative assistant. Before that, Bolton was employed at Yale University, the Republican National Committee, and the Georgetown University Medical Center. She has a bachelor of arts degree from Smith College and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

* Marjorie Ann Chorlins, principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, where her job is to oversee the offices responsible for antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and compliance, foreign trade zones, and statutory import programs. Most recently Chorlins served for 3-1/2 years as chief legislative assistant for international trade for Sen. John C. Danforth (R-Mo.). In that capacity, she was involved in the enactment of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the implementing legislation for the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement. She also served in the same office as a legislative correspondent and staff assistant in 1985-86. Chorlins has a master's degree in international relations from The Jons Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelor of arts degree from Wellesley College.

* Alan Dunn, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Electronics, responsible for programs and strategies to improve the domestic and international competitiveness of U.S. high-technology industries, and to improve their access to foreign markets. Dunn most recently served as deputy assistant secretary for basic industries in ITA. Before joining the Commerce Department, he practiced maritime and shipping law. Before that, he was a member of the U.S. Foreign Service for almost five years before leaving in 1980 to practice law. In 1984-85, Dunn was executive assistant to the chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. He attended Washington and Lee University and George Mason University as an undergraduate, earned his law degree from the University of Virginia and did postgraduate studies in international law at the Academie de Droit Internationale in The Hague, Netherlands.

* James C. Lake, principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Development, responsible for assessing U.S. international competitiveness, analyzing trade issues from an industry perspective and promoting U.S. exports. Most recently, Lake served as director of the Office of Planning and Coordination for Trade Development in ITA. Before that, he was special assistant to former Secretary of Commerce William Verity. He began his service at the Commerce Department as special assistant to the assistant secretary for administration in 1985. Prior to working in the Commerce Department, Lake served in the 1980 and 1984 Reagan/Bush campaigns in the Division of Advance Operations. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from California State University at Fullerton.

* Frederick W. Volcansek, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Basic Industries, responsible for promoting exports from such industries as energy, chemicals, forest products, domestic construction, and steel. Most recently, Volcansek served as director of the Office of Exernal Affairs and assistant to Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher. During 1988-89, he was a managing director of the American Bicentennial Inaugural Committee and a staff member of the Bush-Quayle campaign. Before that, Volcansek was a mortgage banker and president of Lone Star Investments Inc. He arranged funding for real estate development, mergers, and acquisition in the western United States and Hawaii. Volcansek has a bachelor of science degree from Texas Tech University.