Everett Eissenstat was named senior vice president of global public policy in August 2018. In this role he is responsible for leading General Motors’ (GM) engagement on key policies impacting the company’s business, customers, and employees.

Prior to joining GM, Eissenstat worked in the White House as the deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs and deputy director of the National Economic Council. Jointly appointed to the National Security Council and the National Economic Council, he led the White House international economic team responsible for the development of U.S. policies on international energy, international trade, and development finance institutions. In this role, he also served as the United States’ lead negotiator for the G-20, APEC, and G-7 international economic summits.

He has twice served as chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, from 2000 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2017. As chief counsel, he drafted legislation implementing trade agreements and managed their consideration through the U.S. Congress. He also served as assistant U.S Trade representative for the Americas with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) from 2006 to 2011, where he negotiated and enforced international trade agreements and partnered with members of Congress on trade legislation. Eissenstat also previously worked as former U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe’s legislative director and as an attorney in private practice in Dallas.

Eissenstat holds a JD, cum laude, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, a master’s in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor’s in political science and Spanish from Oklahoma State University.