Anya Landau French joined the Lexington Institute in February 2008 as a Senior Fellow, focusing on U.S.-Cuban affairs.

She is a former International Trade Advisor to Chairman Max Baucus of the Senate Finance Committee.  In that capacity she focused on trade and worker adjustment policy, U.S.-Cuba relations, and helped draft and pass the 2006 SAFE Port Act.  Previously she advised Senator Baucus on defense, homeland security, immigration, and foreign policy.  During her time in the Senate, she worked extensively on issues dealing with U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba, Treasury Department sanctions enforcement and the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba. 

As a Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund, Landau French focused on trade and foreign aid policy. 

Prior to her tenure on Capitol Hill, Landau French focused on U.S.-Cuba affairs at the Center for International Policy, where her research and publications covered U.S.-Cuba trade, travel, intellectual property, terrorism, and Cuban American attitudes.  At the Center, she implemented media, congressional, and public education strategies and events, and organized trips to Cuba for Congressional, business, and civic leaders’ delegations. 

Landau French holds a B.A. in English from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina and a M.A. in International Education from the George Washington University.  She speaks Spanish and German.