Discover Global Markets: The Americas (Portland, Oregon)

Paulo Camposeco is the commercial specialist in charge of the Healthcare Industries for Mexico, based at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Paulo has over 10 years of international experience in the public sector, where he has worked for the UK government as well as multiple international companies as a regional manager for the Americas. Paulo joined the US Commercial Service in 2021, and along with Healthcare, he also covers woodworking and paper.

Jim Golsen serves as Deputy Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service at the International Trade Administration (ITA), the U.S. government’s primary commercial diplomacy, export, and investment promotion agency. He manages a staff of more than 1,450 trade professionals across more than 225 domestic and overseas trade offices.

With a career marked by over twenty years of service, Golsen has cultivated extensive expertise in facilitating collaborations between American and global businesses. He is a member of the Senior Foreign Service and has held roles across the U.S., globe, and at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Prior to his current role, Jim served as the Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His career trajectory also encompassed significant positions such as: Commercial Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia; Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon, Burma; and Principal Commercial Officer for South India in Chennai. His work has taken him to various locations, including Bangkok, Thailand, and Shanghai, China.

Jim’s influence also extended to his role as ITA’s Executive Director of Asia for Global Markets, where he managed 14 Commercial Service posts across Asia, in conjunction with three policy offices in Washington.

Eric Olson is the Commercial Counselor based at the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires with responsibility for coordinating the activities of the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Southern Cone countries of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Eric’s previous assignments include: Commercial Attaché in Seoul, Korea, where he was a member of the U.S. team that negotiated the KORUS Free Trade Agreement; Senior Commercial Officer in Quito, Ecuador and Caracas, Venezuela; Principal Commercial Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Recife, Brazil; Commercial Officer at the U.S. Export Assistance Center in West Los Angeles; and Principal Commercial Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey, Mexico. Prior to his career in the Foreign Service, Eric worked in Washington, DC, at the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Office of the Western Hemisphere as the Deputy Regional Director. Before coming to the Department of Commerce, Eric worked in the U.S. Congress as a legislative assistant to Congressman Dan Schaefer of Colorado. He earned an MA from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, DC and a BA from the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

E.J. Richardson most recently served as a commercial officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Sao Paulo (2020-2023). He oversaw a team of commercial specialists responsible for sectors including civil aviation, tourism, franchising, and IT. During his tour in Brazil, E.J. coordinated the Visit USA travel and tourism conference (2022-2023), organized the International Aviation Trade Event with Embraer (2022), and served as the in-country liaison for the 2022 Trade Americas Mission to South America. E.J. joined the U.S. Commercial Service in July 2020.

E.J. is currently a diplomat in residence at the Irvine, CA U.S. Export Assistance Center where his portfolio includes supporting aerospace and defense exporters access new markets. He also serves as a regional champion for the SelectUSA program, helping attract foreign direct investment to the United States.

Prior to joining the Commercial Service, E.J. worked in due diligence, compliance and risk analysis in Washington, D.C. where he primarily researched and prepared reports on subjects in Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions for Fortune 500 companies. He holds a master’s degree in international relations and economics from Johns Hopkins SAIS and a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Arizona.

Lisa White joined the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) in 2020 and is currently Commercial Attaché at U.S. Embassy Bogota. She manages FCS services to assist U.S. businesses develop their export sales in Colombia and SelectUSA for Colombian investments in the United States. Her prior posting was at the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Seattle where she advised Washington businesses on how to grow international sales and developed special programs to accelerate women-owned businesses. Lisa has more than 15 years of combined federal service with experience at three previous agencies. Previous roles include the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) where she worked as an Economic Development Specialist and Public Information Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) where she worked as an Immigration Services Officer, and the U.S. Peace Corps where she worked as a Regional Recruiter. Prior to that, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea and Mali in West Africa where she supported small business development and developed French proficiency. Lisa graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a BS in Business Administration with a focus on marketing and communications.