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• Tara Holeman
• Ed Gresser
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• Marjorie Chorlins
• Stephen Herbits
• Richard Leach
• Ken Levinson
• Shehnaz Rangwala
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Marjorie Chorlins

Senior Advisor

Marjorie A. Chorlins is a Senior Advisor of Fontheim International, LLC with 25 years in international business advocacy, international trade policy and corporate responsibility.

Throughout her career, Marjorie has engaged in activities aimed at forging consensus among competing points of view. She has represented the US Government in multilateral trade negotiations, advocated in support of global sales, and consulted with leading multinational corporations on their corporate responsibility policies and practices.

Ms. Chorlins began her federal government service in the Office of Senator John C. Danforth (R-MO, Ret.), advising the senator on international trade and competitiveness issues.  Through her active participation in the drafting of the 1988 Trade Act and the 1989 implementing legislation for the US-Canada Free Trade Agreement, she gained firsthand experience in managing the intersection of public, private and independent sector priorities. She continued her government service as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration at the US Department of Commerce, representing the US in the GATT Uruguay Round and NAFTA negotiations.

From 1992 to 1998, Marjorie was director for international trade relations at Motorola Inc., where she advanced company priorities on trade policy and promotion matters.  She was prominently engaged in business community efforts to normalize US-China commercial relations, and was an early proponent of moving the private sector toward a more constructive approach in addressing human rights and environmental concerns.

In 1998, Marjorie became executive vice president of Business for Social Responsibility, the leading provider of information and technical assistance on socially responsible business policies and practices. Together with the CEO, Ms. Chorlins developed the strategic direction for and managed the continued growth of the organization, and she consulted directly with company executives on specific social responsibility topics.

Ms. Chorlins rejoined Motorola’s global government relations organization in June 2000 as as Senior Director of Advocacy & Global Strategy.  She leveraged political resources to support Motorola’s global sales and to resolve matters of global strategic importance to the corporation.  She also worked on structural, operational and programmatic issues to ensure that the organization effectively supported customer and business priorities.

Ms. Chorlins served at director of government & regulatory affairs at Lockheed Martin from 2007 to 2011, where she managed the international portfolio and focused on export control reform and defense trade policy.

Marjorie is fluent in French, proficient in Spanish, and has reading knowledge of German.  She holds an M.A. in International Relations and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a B.A. in French and Economics from Wellesley College. She is a member of the Trade Policy Forum, Washington International Trade Association, and Women in International Trade.  She has served on the International Trade Advisory Committee on Aerospace Equipment (USG appointment), as well as the boards of the Corporate Council on Africa, the American-Turkish Council, the US-Pakistan Business Council, the Human Rights Campaign, and Washington Adventist Hospital.