Craig Owen White, a graduate of Williams College and the University of Virginia School of Law, is a partner with Cleveland-based law firm Hahn Loeser & Parks LLC, where he focuses his practice on representing and counseling established and growth-oriented companies in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, enterprise governance, financing and licensing issues, both domestically and internationally. His role as a legal advisor to businesses is complemented by his experience as a corporate counselor, which includes service as a member of Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc., one of the largest privately-owned food companies in the U.S. White, who lives in Russell Townshp, lectures internationally on issues of global commerce and enterprise governance, delivering an annual series in Lusaka, Zambia and Johannesburg, South Africa. He also serves on the boards of the International Senior Lawyers Project, the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio. White was recently appointed by the United States Trade Representative to serve on the Trade Advisory Committee on Africa to provide advice in the establishment of United States trade policy throughout Africa.