Gretchen Krantz Evans | Senior Manager, Africa and the Middle East
US Trade & Development Agency (USTDA)

Gretchen E. Krantz Evans is the U.S. Trade and Development Agency Country Manager for the Middle East and North Africa.  Ms. Krantz Evans is responsible for business development, project preparation and evaluation, and supervision of USTDA activities in the region.  She is a member of USTDA’s Digital Industry Team, for which she is co-lead for artificial intelligence, and Healthcare Infrastructure Industry Team. Prior to Joining USTDA, Gretchen held positions with the Department of State in public diplomacy in India and with the Foreign Commercial Service in Ghana as a grantee specializing in intellectual property issues.  Prior to her career in government service, Gretchen practiced corporate law in the New York, Frankfurt, and Hong Kong offices of a U.S. law firm.  Gretchen holds a B.A. in German and International Studies from West Virginia University and a J.D. from Columbia University.  She is fluent in German.