David Hirschmann, President and CEO

David Hirschmann, President and CEO

As president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) Hirschmann leads the Chamber’s initiative dedicated to making U.S. capital markets the most fair, efficient, transparent, and attractive in the world. This effort addresses domestic and international securities regulation and enforcement and financial reporting issues, including auditor viability, and proxy rules.

Hirschmann also serves as president and CEO of the Chamber’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC). The GIPC works to champion intellectual property (IP) as a vital engine of global development, growth, and human progress. He oversees the Center’s work in communicating the value of IP, building support for IP protection in the United States, growing alliances to promote IP in international markets, and improving enforcement.

As senior vice president at the U.S….

Mark Elliot, Executive Vice President

Mark Elliot, Executive Vice President

Mark Elliot is executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC). In this capacity, Elliot provides strategic leadership to GIPC’s comprehensive initiative to protect the intellectual property rights that are vital to creating jobs, growing the economy, and enhancing U.S. competitiveness.

Elliot joins GIPC after nine years at Pfizer Inc., where he most recently developed and implemented public affairs strategies across the developed world as senior director for International Public Affairs. Before moving to New York in 2009, Elliot, a native Australian, served on the Pfizer Australia and New Zealand leadership team and led the public affairs team. In this position, Elliot contributed to Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme Reform negotiations and implementation, Australia-U.S. Free Trade Agreement negotiations, and various other national initiatives that impacted Australia’s pharmaceutical industry.

Brian Noyes, Executive Director of Strategy and Communications

Brian Noyes, Executive Director of Strategy and Communications

Brian Noyes is executive director of strategy and communications at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC). Noyes is charged with strategic planning for the GIPC, including collaboration with government, media, and third-party resources to advance intellectual property rights and policy. He directs the efforts of the GIPC team to promote IP to key audiences in the United States and around the world.

Noyes joined the GIPC after seven years as president of Brock Clay Government and Public Affairs in Atlanta, where he developed and implemented grassroots, public policy, and public relations campaigns for companies such as Wal-Mart, AT&T, and Prudential Mortgage (Prudential Huntoon Paige).

Jasper MacSlarrow, Executive Director of International IP

Jasper MacSlarrow, Executive Director of International IP

Jasper MacSlarrow is executive director of international intellectual property for the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  MacSlarrow oversees the center’s multilateral and international programs promoting the protection and enforcement of IP rights.

MacSlarrow previously served as legislative director for Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and staff co-director of the congressional U.S.-China Working Group (USCWG) where he organized and led delegations to China.

Andrew Kovalcin, Senior Director of Stakeholder Advocacy

Andrew Kovalcin, Senior Director of Stakeholder Advocacy

Andrew Kovalcin is the senior director of stakeholder advocacy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC). He brings a diverse set of skills and experience from his work in managing coalitions, building strategic alliances, and designing and implementing issue advocacy campaigns. Kovalcin leads and manages one of GIPC’s top initiatives, which is to build national and state strategic alliances. His work includes identifying new and creative approaches to delivering intellectual property (IP) messages to various audiences around the country and ensuring that these messages echo back to Capitol Hill and the Administration. He has developed and implemented a comprehensive strategy to promote the importance of IP to jobs, the economy, and American competitiveness.

Kovalcin has extensive experience engaging third-party voices, grassroots, and academics in educating state and federal policymakers on telecommunications, health care, and IP issues.

Trinh Nguyen, Director of Communications and Marketing

Trinh Nguyen, Director of Communications and Marketing

Trinh Nguyen is the director of Communications and Marketing at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC). She leads the GIPC Communications team in developing and overseeing the execution of its comprehensive communication campaigns. Nguyen also manages all multimedia operations, including media relations, social media programs, and marketing initiatives.

Since joining the Chamber in September 2009, Nguyen has played an instrumental role in revamping the GIPC website, leading GIPC’s efforts in utilizing new media, and raising GIPC’s public profile as the go-to place for all IP-related matters through earned media.

Previously, Nguyen served in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), working closely with regional and functional policy offices within USTR and policy officials in related federal agencies to develop public messaging of U.S. trade policies.

Miti Sathe, Director of International IP (India and Special Projects)

Miti Sathe, Director of International IP (India and Special Projects)

Miti Sathe is director of international intellectual property for India and special projects at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC).  She works on the protection and enforcement of IP rights in India and internationally through building advocacy coalitions and interfacing with foreign decision makers and lawmakers. To this job she brings more than a decade of political experience designing and managing complex marketing and advocacy campaigns.

Before joining the Chamber in 2011, Sathe served as associate director for the Office of Public Engagement at the White House. In this capacity, she handled outreach strategy and communications to third-party groups, nonprofits, surrogates, academics, and foundations. She worked on many of the president’s and first lady’s major initiatives, including the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, the Military Family Initiative, and the Job Creation Act.

Aaron Smethurst, Director of International IP (Multilateral)

Aaron Smethurst, Director of International IP (Multilateral)

Aaron Smethurst is the director of international intellectual property (multilateral) at the U.S. Chamber’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC). He advocates for the rights of innovators and creators internationally and works to bring their stories to negotiators in multilateral fora.

Before joining the Chamber, Smethurst managed agricultural chemicals and plant biotechnology intellectual property issues at CropLife International for four years.