Catherine A. Novelli
Catherine Ann Novelli is president of Listening for America, a non-profit organization in international trade policy. She was formerly a U.S. diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for [Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment] at the U.S. Department of State from 2014 to 2017. She was also the State Department's Senior Coordinator for International Information Technology Diplomacy.
Early life and education
Novelli is a graduate of Tufts University, holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan and a Master of Laws from the University of London.Career
Novelli served as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterranean from 1991 to 2005. She then served as vice-president of Worldwide Government Affairs at Apple, Inc. from 2005 to 2013.President of [the United States|President] Barack Obama nominated Novelli as Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment on September 24, 2013. Novelli was sworn in on February 18, 2014.
In 2015, President Obama unsuccessfully nominated Novelli to be United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Her nomination expired upon the swearing in of a new Congress in January 2017.