Carol Annette "Annie" Petsonk[1] is an American attorney who had served the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs in the Biden administration.

[2] Pentsonk began her undergraduate education at Harvard University before transferring to Colorado College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979.

[3] She then earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

[4] After graduating from law school, Pentsonk worked in the United States Department of Justice and Office of the United States Trade Representative, where she worked on issues related to trade and environmental policy.

Prior to the start of the Biden administration, was the international counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund.