Steven Emme serves as Chief Strategy Officer for the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), where he helps guide the regulations, policies, and strategic planning of the bureau.
 
Mr. Emme initially joined the Biden-Harris Administration as Chief of Staff for BIS and served in that role for nearly three years.  Previously, during the Obama-Biden Administration, he served as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.  In that position, he focused on the development and implementation of the Export Control Reform initiative, which involved significant changes to the U.S. export control system to help further military interoperability with U.S. allies and partner countries.  He began his BIS career as a member of the Regulatory Policy Division, where he drafted regulations, handled advisory opinions, and spoke on export controls at seminars across the country.
 
In addition to his government service, Mr. Emme was an attorney in the international trade group of a global law firm in Washington, DC and at a global law firm in Houston, Texas.  In those positions, he counseled organizations on compliance with U.S. export controls administered by BIS and the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, as well as the sanctions regulations administered by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
 
Mr. Emme has a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School and a BS in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He also studied in Russia and Sweden.