Isabella Cascarano

Isabella Cascarano is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere at the International Trade Administration. She is a career member of the Department of Commerce’s U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, class of Minister-Counselor. She served most recently as the Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy (2020 -2024) responsible for supporting U.S. commercial interests in Italy and promoting Italian direct investment into the United States. She previously served as Deputy SCO at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico; SCO at the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; SCO at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait; Deputy SCO at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt; and Principal Commercial Officer at the U.S. Consulates in Munich, Germany and Guadalajara, Mexico.   

Isabella earned a MA in Economics and Management from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and a BA in International Economics from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She speaks German, Spanish and Italian, and studied Arabic at the Foreign Service Institute. She has a son who is in college in Virginia.