Gregory K. Schoepfle
Gregory K. Schoepfle
Director, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Gregory Schoepfle is the Director of the Office of Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA), and was appointed to the Department’s Senior Executive Service on February 18, 2007.
Mr. Schoepfle leads a staff of 31 employees who implement trade-related labor policy and coordinate international technical cooperation in support of the labor provisions in free trade agreements; develop and coordinate Department of Labor positions regarding international economic policy issues and participate in the formulation and implementation of U.S. policy on such issues; conduct research relating to international trade and labor activities; and provide services, information, expertise, and technical cooperation programs that effectively support the international responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. foreign labor policy.
From 2006 until his appointment to the current position, Mr. Schoepfle served as Acting Director of the Office of Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA). From 2005-2006, he served as Acting Director of the Office of International Economic Affairs (OIEA), the predecessor of OTLA. From 1984-2006, he was the Director of the Division of Foreign Economic Research in OIEA. He began his Department of Labor career in 1975 as an economist in the Division of International Comparisons and Trade at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In 1980, Mr. Schoepfle served as a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the American University in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the Department, he taught 6 years in the Department of Economics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Mr. Schoepfle received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Oberlin College in 1966, a Master of Science degree in economics from Purdue University in 1968, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in economics from Purdue University in 1969.