Commisioner O. Felix Obi

Biography

Commissioner O. Felix Obi is a commercial diplomacy executive and member of the Executive Office of U.S. President’s Trade Advisory Committee on Africa (TACA), Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Felix is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics: Global Trade and Political Economy, at the City University of New York, Medgar Evers College. He is Chair of the Economic & Trade Development Taskforce (Africa), at the Maryland Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives (GOCI), where he conceived and leads the GOCI Maryland Business Forum. Felix was the 2020 Biden-Harris Presidential Campaign’s Chair of Policy and Communications for African Diaspora engagement, among other roles. He graduated with a Master of Policy Management from the McCourt School of Public Policy, at Georgetown University.