Frances Zwenig is the Counselor at the US ASEAN Business Council responsible for the ASEAN countries on the mainland, including Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. Zwenig's long association with the region began with being a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand.

In addition, Zwenig has worked for many years with the U.S. Congress. Her experience on the Hill includes the following: Administrative Assistant to Senator John Kerry (Massachusetts); Staff Director for the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs; Chief of Staff to then Ambassador Madeleine Albright, US Mission to the United Nations; Vice President and Counsel, US-Vietnam Trade Council; and Executive Director, Burma-Myanmar Forum.

She graduated from College of William and Mary, with an A.B. degree, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, with an M.A. and Duke University School of Law, with a J.D. degree.