Douglas Alan Hartwick, a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, assumed his duties as the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative in February, 2006.  Prior to coming to USTR, Ambassador Hartwick served as International Advisor to the Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University. From January until July 2005, he led the State Department’s Tsunami Reconstruction Task Force charged with international and interagency coordination of tsunami assistance to the affected countries. 

Mr. Hartwick served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic from 2001 to 2004.  In 2001, he served as senior advisor to the Director General of the Foreign Service and was a National Defense University’s Capstone Fellow.  As Director, he headed the Office of Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore Affairs at the State Department from 1997 to 2000.  He was the Counselor of Embassy for Economic and Science Affairs in New Delhi (1994-1997) and Economic Counselor in Kuala Lumpur (1990-1993).  He has served in various other positions in Africa, India and Washington.

Mr. Hartwick is fluent in French and Spanish, proficient in Lao, and speaks some German and Italian.  He holds a B.A. in Government from the College of William and Mary, an M.A. in International Economics from Washington State University, an M.A. in Applied Economics and Development from Stanford University, and an M.S. (Distinguished Graduate) in National Security Studies from the National War College.  He is married to Regina Zuehlke-Hartwick and they have two daughters.  Ambassador Hartwick enjoys running, scuba-diving, rugby and tennis.