in economics from the College of Wooster, Ohio and earned an MBA in International Business from George Washington University. Fitch worked for many years as a Foreign and Commercial Service Officer with the U.S. Department of Commerce. During the Reagan Administration, he was The Commerce Department's chief implementation official for The Caribbean Basin Initiative, travelling to almost every Caribbean and Caribbean Rim nation, meeting with Finance and Trade officials, and, occasionally, heads of State.
Fitch earned his economics degree from the College of Wooster, Ohio and an MBA in International Business from George Washington University. He had a long career as a Foreign and Commercial Service Officer with the U.S. Department of Commerce during the Reagan Administration. During that time, he was responsible for implementing The Caribbean Basin Initiative, visiting nearly every Caribbean and Caribbean Rim nation, meeting with Finance and Trade officials, and sometimes heads of state.