International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce

Holly Vineyard

Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia

Holly Vineyard serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia in the International Trade Administration's Market Access and Compliance unit. In this position, she directs the Department's regional activities on market access, trade, commerce and compliance with international trade agreements. She is responsible for developing programs, policies and strategies to strengthen the United States' commercial position in over 80 countries throughout Africa, the Near East, South Asia and Oceania.

Ms. Vineyard joined the Commerce Department in 1994. Prior to her current position, Ms. Vineyard served as the Director of the Office of Africa, as Senior Policy Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and as a desk officer in the Office of South Asia and Oceania. She has been detailed twice to the Senate Finance Committee, where she worked with the Trade Subcommittee on a wide range of issues, including its consideration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Prior to joining the Commerce Department, Ms. Vineyard worked in the private sector.

She holds a master's degree from George Mason University and a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary.