Kellie Jarman is a Commercial Officer with the US Commercial Service, US Department of Commerce. Following her 2004 departure from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, she was asked to direct a national China outreach and trade promotion campaign for the US Commercial Service. In this capacity she liaises with five offices in China, Washington DC, and the 105 US district offices of the US Department of Commerce. As part of this effort she manages the China Business Information Center for the Commerce Department, including its web content, export counseling and educational outreach activities.
During her three years with the commercial section of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, she was responsible for facilitating the entry of U.S. business into the China market and focused her efforts in the Environmental, Agri-business and Industrial Equipment industries. Prior to that assignment, she worked for the U.S. Commercial Service in Washington, DC, Phoenix, Arizona, The Hague, the Netherlands, and Toronto, Canada. She has held leadership responsibilities on the U.S. Department of Commerce's national Environmental Technologies and Healthcare Teams and has organized trade missions to Asia and Europe. While in Arizona, she served as a board member of the Arizona Governor directed Arizona Bio-industry and Environmental Technology Clusters.
Prior to joining the Commercial Service, Ms. Jarman worked as a management consultant in Portland, Oregon, supporting high tech and energy sector clients in international joint venture activities. She also spent two years in Hiroshima, Japan as a cultural consultant and English teacher.
Ms. Jarman has a BSBA in Marketing from the University of Arizona supplemented with course work from the University of Copenhagen and a MBA in International Management from Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management.
