WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback announced today that Shelly Han has joined the staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe as a Senior Advisor. Senator Brownback is Chairman of the Commission.
Prior to joining the Commission, Han was a senior advisor on immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), focusing on border security, worksite enforcement and asylum issues. While at the Department she also served as acting Chief of Staff and acting Director of Policy at U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the second largest federal investigative agency with over 15,000 employees and budget authority of over $4 billion.
Prior to joining DHS, Han was a Senior International Advisor at the Bureau of Industry and Security in the Department of Commerce. At Commerce, she was the lead staff negotiator on successful negotiation with China to enhance safeguards for exports of sensitive U.S. technology to China; she managed the Bureau’s attaches posted in U.S. Embassies; and she advised on sensitive issues such as the Iraq Oil-for-Food program, trade in conflict diamonds and nuclear sanctions on India and Pakistan. Before joining the U.S. government, Han was an international trade consultant in the private sector for over ten years, focusing on international trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
Han has a Master of Arts degree in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Oriental Studies from the University of Arizona.
