Annie Froehlich is a nonresident senior fellow with the Economic Statecraft Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center. Froehlich is a partner at Cooley LLP, where she practices in the firm’s export controls and economic sanctions group. She advises innovative technology start-ups and emerging companies as well as established public and private companies regarding issues arising under Export Administration Regulations, International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and the various trade and economic sanctions programs administered by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. Previously, Froehlich served as the director and senior counsel, sanctions and export for Carrier Corporation. She resides in Washington, DC, with her husband and three energetic children.