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Arnold Levine is the Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor
Affairs. In that role he advises the Secretary on a wide range of international policy,
planning and program matters. He joined the Department in May 2003.
Among the International Labor Affairs Bureau’s responsibilities are: representing the
Department in international trade negotiations and on interagency trade policy forums; leading
U.S. Government participation in the International Labor Organization and other international
organizations with labor committees; managing the National Administrative Office, which handles
NAFTA labor issues; planning, funding and managing technical assistance to help strengthen
labor laws and compliance and to advocate the acceptance of core labor standards around the
globe; conducting economic research on international labor issues; and developing and managing
programs to eliminate the worst forms of child labor and the spread of HIV/AIDS in the
workplace.
Mr. Levine has had long and successful careers in both the public and private
sectors. For more than two decades he was a career civil servant at the U.S. Department of
Transportation, where he was involved in the development and implementation of laws, regulations
and policies that led to the deregulation of the transportation sector in the 1970s and
1980s. He was a part of the core team that developed the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Program and
other forms of assistance for the U.S. automobile industry in the late 1970s. He investigated
the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and helped develop tighter security measures for air
travel. And he managed the office of international transportation and trade for many years,
participating in numerous trade and transportation negotiations. As a consultant, Mr. Levine
provided economic, financial and strategic planning advice to clients around the globe. He had
a particular focus on privatization, working predominantly on aviation-related projects in such
countries as China, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina and Botswana.
Mr. Levine holds degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of
Pittsburgh and undertook post-graduate studies in economics and public policy at
Carnegie-Mellon’s School of Urban and Public Affairs.
Martha Newton serves as the Associate Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs
in the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor. She was appointed to
this position in November 2003 after serving as the Chief of Staff for the Bureau since February
2002. In this capacity she assists in carrying out the Department of Labor’s international
responsibilities under the direction of the Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs,
providing detailed experience in the area of grant administration and technical assistance
programming.
Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Ms. Newton was the Chief of the Crime Victim
Services Division for Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan. Ms. Newton was promoted to that
position in 1999 after serving as the Attorney General’s Grant Administration Coordinator where
she was responsible for over $70 million in grant programming for the State of Illinois. Ms.
Newton joined the Office of the Attorney General in 1995 after serving as the Executive Director
for the Pettengill-Morron Museum in Peoria, Illinois.
An active volunteer, Ms. Newton is a member of the DAR and has served on the board of
the Junior League of Chicago.
Ms. Newton is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received both her
Bachelor and Master of Arts in 1989 and 1991 respectively.
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