deputy predecessor successor president party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
michael punke demetrios marantis -lrb- acting -rrb- michael froman barack obama democratic united states trade representative acting 1960 may 23 , 2013 miriam sapiro official portrait.jpg miriam sapiro
 june 21 , 2013 miriam sapiro williams college new york university
miriam sapiro

miriam elizabeth sapiro -lrb- born 1960 -rrb- is a non-resident senior fellow at the brookings institution .
she previously served as the deputy trade representative under ron kirk , and became the acting trade representative on may 23 , 2013 .
sapiro attended new york university school of law .
she was the founder and president of summit strategies international , a consulting firm involved in internet and telecommunications policies .
prior to that , she was an executive in the technology sector .
sapiro worked in the white house for then-president bill clinton as special assistant and counselor to the president for southeast european stabilization and reconstruction .
she also served as director of european affairs at the national security council , and as a member of the secretary of state 's policy planning staff and office of legal advisers .
sapiro has taught international courses at new york university school of law , georgetown university law center , and columbia university .
she is a member of the council on foreign relations and the washington international trade association .
sapiro is a democrat .
