Abigail Bowman is serving as Acting Director of Digital Engagement at the Department of Commerce. She joined the Office of Public Affairs as Deputy Director of Digital Engagement in October 2015, where she has led the Department's social media outreach surrounding major events such as the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, SelectUSA Investment Summit, and U.S. Africa Business Forum. Previously, she served as a Public Affairs Specialist at SelectUSA, the U.S. government program to promote and facilitate business investment in the United States (housed within Commerce’s International Trade Administration). She joined the Department of Commerce as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2014.
 
Abigail graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern Studies. After completing a Fulbright Scholarship to translate modern Turkish literature into English, she earned her master's degree in History at Sabancı University in Istanbul, Turkey.