Vice President East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa
Rana Tarraf, vice president East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, joined the APC team in February 2025. In her role, she leads APC’s strategy and market development efforts across East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, driving efforts to expand market access and export opportunities, strengthen key trade and industry relationships, and grow demand for U.S. peanuts across established and emerging markets.
Rana brings more than a decade of experience in market promotion, trade facilitation, research and market intelligence to APC. She served as a regional agricultural marketing advisor for the USDA’s Regional Office of Agricultural Affairs in Dubai, UAE. She has also worked as a consultant for various cooperator groups, research firms and the U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council (USAEDC), of which APC is a member.
Some of Rana’s professional accomplishments prior to joining APC include coordination of the Foreign Agricultural Service Dubai’s participation in Dubai Expo 2020; execution of USAEDC’s 2024 Attache Seminar, with more than 400 participants; coordination of multiple trade missions and state promotional events in the UAE; and program implementation for the USA Pavilion at the 2020 FIFA World Cup.
Rana holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering from Homs University in Homs, Syria.
