CONGRATULATIONS MARIA D’ANDREA-YOTHERS, APPOINTED DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL

On June 27, 2018, our daughter, Maria, assumed the position of Director, Office of Textiles and Apparel, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

As Director, Maria will be responsible for oversight of all operations related to the implementation of Free Trade Agreements, preference programs, and other international and domestic policy areas that impact the textile, apparel, footwear, and travel goods industries. She will also be more heavily involved in personnel, budget and travel undertaken by office staff, currently at 10 full time employees.

She will also work closely with the Directors of the Office of Materials and Consumer Goods, who are under the umbrella of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, and Materials. Maria has been in the Office of Textiles and Apparel since 1992 and is highly respected amongst her peers and industry stakeholders!

This new position is certainly a testament to her dedication and hard work to advance the priorites for textile, apparel, footwear, and travel goods industries as well as the priorities of the Department. (submitted by Lucio & Edvige D’Andrea).