Grant D. Aldonas

Grant D. Aldonas Adjunct Professor of Law; Principal Managing Director, Split Rock International, and the William M. Scholl Chair in International Business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

"B.A., J.D., University of Minnesota. Professor Aldonas is the Principal Managing Director of Split Rock International. He formerly served as the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade in the U.S. Department of Commerce. He also served as the Chief International Trade Counsel to the Majority, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He had responsibility for granting extensions of trade negotiating, the implementation of trade agreements, preferential trade arrangements such as the Generalized System of Preferences and the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and the enforcement of the U.S. trade and customs laws. Prior to joining the Senate Finance Committee, Professor Aldonas was a partner with Miller & Chevalier, specializing in tax, international trade, investment, and litigation. He also served concurrently as Counsel to the Bipartisan Commission on U.S.-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy. Previously, he chaired the American Bar Association Task Force on Multilateral Investment Agreements, and as the Vice Chair of the ABA International Section's Trade Committee and its Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States."


 * Director, Global Fairness Initiative
 * Director, Center for Private Enterprise