Mara M. Burr

Executive leadership in complex global and national policy issues, with nearly 30 years of government, legal, negotiations, multilateral organizations, regulatory, administrative, international trade, global health policy and litigation experience. Creative approach to complex issues, providing an accessible and understandable explanation of complex issues and employing innovative thinking to achieve shared goals.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Distinguished Service Award (Multilateral Relations) (2023), HHS Spot Award for Innovative work on the International Health Regulations (2022), FDA Award for FDA-USDA MOU on U.S. Dairy Exports (2021), Mitchell Hamline Law School Award for International Leadership (2020), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Award for PAHO (2020), U.S. Department of State, Superior Honor, World Trade Organization Interagency Cooperation (2019), United States Department of Agriculture, Administrator Award for Excellence (2019), FDA Awards for Team Building and Collegiality, FDA Award for the FDA-CNCA MOU to facilitate U.S. exports to China (2017-2018), USTR’s inaugural representative to the National Security Executive Leadership Seminar, National Foreign Affairs Training Center – September 2013 to May 2014, USTR Awards and Certificates of Appreciation (2004-2014), 2006 Distinguished Alumna for Achievement in the Legal Profession, ethical leadership and service, Hamline University School of Law (October 2006)

• District of Columbia Bar Association, International Trade Section, Public Health Section
• Association of Food and Drug Officials, Women in International Trade, Food and Drug Law Institute, Institute of Food Technologists, European Food Law Association, International Association of Food Protection
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration Alumni Association

• A Closer Look at TPP’s Labor Protections: Will Labor Costs Undermine Competitiveness? January 27, 2016, Sourcing Journal
• TPP: Don’t Hold Your Breath for Cheaper T-Shirts and Jeans: November 13, 2015, Sourcing Journal with Julia K. Hughes
• TPP: It’s Not Over – The Hill, October 12, 2015
• 1998 Supplement, Export Practice, Customs and International Trade Law, Practising Law Institute (1998). Will the General Agreement on Trade in Services Result in International Standards for Lawyers and Access to the World Market? 20 HAMLINE L. REV. 667, International Law Symposium, Spring 1997.
• Co-Author: Trade and Domestic Protection of Endangered Species: Peaceful Coexistence or Continued Conflict? The Shrimp-Turtle Dispute and the World Trade Organization, with Terence P. Stewart, 23 WM. & MARY ENVTL. L. & POL’Y REV. issue 1, Fall 1998.
• The WTO Panel Process: An Evaluation of the First Three Years, with Terence P. Stewart, 32 INT’L LAW, number 3, Fall 1998. ABA Symposium – The WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding: A Review of the First Three Years.
• The WTO’s First Two and a Half Years of Dispute Resolution, with Terence P. Stewart, 23 N.C. J. INT’L L. & COM. REG., issue 3, Summer 1998.

• Member, Agriculture Trade Advisory Committee (Processed Foods) advising the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Trade Representative
• Board of Directors, Women in International Trade
• Advisory Committee, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), University of Maryland

• Adjunct Professor of Law January 2015- Present
• Georgetown University Law Center Washington, DC International Negotiations, International Trade and Development