Elizabeth Erin Walsh is an American government official who, until May 3, 2018, served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the

United States Commercial Service The United States Commercial Service is an agency of the International Trade Administration under the United States Department of Commerce that assists United States businesses with exports and sales in foreign markets. Commercial Officers in ...

. Prior to assuming this role, she was special assistant to the U.S. President and associate director for presidential personnel. During the

first presidential transition of Donald Trump Donald Trump's first United States presidential transition, presidential transition began when he won 2016 United States presidential election, the presidential election on Election Day (United States), November 8, 2016, and became the Presiden ...

, Walsh was part of the landing team for the United States Department of State, helping to fill vacancies at that department and at the

United States Agency for International Development The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the United States government that has been responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. Established in 1961 and reorganized in 1998 ...

. Walsh has held posts at the

United States Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy of the United State ...

, the

United States Mission to the United Nations The United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN) serves as the United States delegation to the United Nations. USUN is responsible for carrying out the nation's participation in the world body. In 1947, the United States Mission was created ...

, and the

United States Department of Energy The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear w ...

. She worked for the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

during the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

. In the private sector, Walsh worked for

Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, m ...

and

Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in Lower Manhattan in New York City, with regional headquarters in many internationa ...

. In 2018, Walsh joined the U.S. National Security Council, directing the agency's sections for international organizations and alliances and for Africa.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walsh, Elizabeth Erin Living people Georgetown University alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics United States Department of Commerce officials First Trump administration personnel Year of birth missing (living people)