BIS Names New Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement
Wendy L. Wysong has been named as the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement.
Prior to joining BIS, Ms. Wysong served in the Justice Department for 16 years, most recently as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Working in the Transnational/Major Crimes Section, she was responsible for overseeing the investigation, indictment, and trial of export fraud cases. Before working in the international area, she also prosecuted public corruption cases.
Ms. Wysong graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1981 and received her law degree in 1984 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a member of the law review. She clerked for U.S. District Judge Stanley S. Harris of the District of Columbia and later worked at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson, before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office in 1989.