Jennifer Miel is the Executive Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Middle East, Türkiye and Kazakhstan Affairs Department. In this capacity, Jennifer draws upon more than 10 years of service to the U.S., business community to advance commercial cooperation between the public and private sector in the United States and this critical region.

As Executive Director of corporate bilateral business councils between the United States and Türkiye, Bahrain and Kazakhstan, Jennifer leads more than 150 companies to identify and deepen strategic partnership models and growth sectors. Jennifer works closely with senior business leaders of U.S. companies to advance their investments in the region. She directs the respective councils’ policy and programmatic agenda, including meetings with heads of state, senior government officials, business delegations, and the preparation and launch of policy reports.

In 2014, she led the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to open its Regional Office in Istanbul which she now directs from Washington. This new office has established a permanent advocacy presence in the region for U.S. companies to grow and create enhanced economic opportunities for countries in Türkiye, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Jennifer earned a B.S. in urban and regional planning and a B.A. in Spanish literature from Cornell University. She completed her graduate studies in public policy at Georgetown University. Jennifer is a contributing author of two books on Turkey and transatlantic relations.