Frank Lavin
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Who is Frank Lavin?
Frank Lavin is a native of Canton, Ohio. As Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Lavin headed the International Trade Administration for the United States Department of Commerce from 2005 until 2007.
Lavin served as the United States Ambassador to Singapore from 2001 to 2005. A 2005 report by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State praised Lavin's leadership in this position, calling him "a strong leader with a high degree of intellectual curiosity who wants to be kept well-briefed by all agencies, and yet lets people do their jobs without micromanaging".
Under Secretary Lavin earned a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; a M.S. in Chinese language from Georgetown University; a M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University; and a M.B.A. in Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Frank Lavin and his wife Ann have been married since 29 November 1980. They have three children.
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- Education
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
- Georgetown University
- Lived in
- Canton
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on July 23, 2013
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