Stephen Lamar is President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the national trade association representing more than 1,100 brands in the apparel and footwear industry. He leads a dedicated team of professionals who represent AAFA members before the government, through the media, and in industry settings on key brand protection, supply chain and manufacturing, and trade issues. Mr. Lamar also advises AAFA member companies on legislation and regulatory policies. Before his current roles, he served as Executive Vice President for the association.

Prior to AAFA, Mr. Lamar spent more than a decade engaged in international public policy work, including stints at the U.S. Commerce Department and in the Peace Corps. A runner, juggler, and genealogist in his spare time, he is on the board of the Washington International Trade Association.
Mr. Lamar holds a bachelor of arts from Colgate University and a master of arts in international affairs, with a concentration on African politics and international trade, from George Washington University.