PRESENTERS
Rennie Alston
American River International
ralston@americanriverintl.com
http://www.americanriverintl.com
http://www.theworldacademy.com
Rennie Alston is currently President of American River Brokerage Services Ltd., as well as President of American River International Customs Consultants, a premiere international trade consulting firm. Mr. Alston is the managing Director of the Professional Association of Import and Export Compliance Managers and CEO and founder of The Alston Group International Trade Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Alston specializes in U.S. Customs regulations, documentation and operations procedures; he is a licensed customhouse broker who holds over twenty eight years of interactive work experience with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. For the past twenty five years, Mr. Alston has served as instructor for the World Trade Institute of Pace University, School of International Trade and Commerce, Baruch College, Union County College and the City University of New York conducting New York State Board of Education college accredited courses on U.S. Customs Regulations and Documentation, as well as Customs Brokerage License Preparation Workshop, Import/Export Compliance and Customs Entry Preparation Workshop, and Global Security Compliance. Mr. Alston has completed the ICC Incoterms® 2010 Rules: ICC Accredited “Masterclass” training held in Paris.
Mr. Alston has also served as a guest instructor and national forum speaker for the American Management Association on import and export compliance issues.
Through auspices from the Academy for International Development in Washington D.C., Mr. Alston was selected from a national listing of compliance experts to conduct training forums for the Customs delegations from Brazil, Nepal, Singapore, India, Republic of Georgia, Armenia, and various other members of the World Customs Council on U.S. Customs regulatory procedures and compliance practices.
Mr. Alston began his career with United Customs Inc. as an import manager. He later became a senior account representative for The Wilson Group USA. Mr. Alston then served nine years as a brokerage manager for Nippon Express USA.
Respected and noted throughout the international trade community, Mr. Alston is an author of international trade compliance publications and resource books, as well as an established educator who works closely with various government advisory committees on a variety of import compliance topics, and is considered an expert in the area of Customs Regulatory issues and Compliance Management.
ralston@americanriverintl.com
http://www.americanriverintl.com
http://www.theworldacademy.com
Rennie Alston is currently President of American River Brokerage Services Ltd., as well as President of American River International Customs Consultants, a premiere international trade consulting firm. Mr. Alston is the managing Director of the Professional Association of Import and Export Compliance Managers and CEO and founder of The Alston Group International Trade Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Alston specializes in U.S. Customs regulations, documentation and operations procedures; he is a licensed customhouse broker who holds over twenty eight years of interactive work experience with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. For the past twenty five years, Mr. Alston has served as instructor for the World Trade Institute of Pace University, School of International Trade and Commerce, Baruch College, Union County College and the City University of New York conducting New York State Board of Education college accredited courses on U.S. Customs Regulations and Documentation, as well as Customs Brokerage License Preparation Workshop, Import/Export Compliance and Customs Entry Preparation Workshop, and Global Security Compliance. Mr. Alston has completed the ICC Incoterms® 2010 Rules: ICC Accredited “Masterclass” training held in Paris.
Mr. Alston has also served as a guest instructor and national forum speaker for the American Management Association on import and export compliance issues.
Through auspices from the Academy for International Development in Washington D.C., Mr. Alston was selected from a national listing of compliance experts to conduct training forums for the Customs delegations from Brazil, Nepal, Singapore, India, Republic of Georgia, Armenia, and various other members of the World Customs Council on U.S. Customs regulatory procedures and compliance practices.
Mr. Alston began his career with United Customs Inc. as an import manager. He later became a senior account representative for The Wilson Group USA. Mr. Alston then served nine years as a brokerage manager for Nippon Express USA.
Respected and noted throughout the international trade community, Mr. Alston is an author of international trade compliance publications and resource books, as well as an established educator who works closely with various government advisory committees on a variety of import compliance topics, and is considered an expert in the area of Customs Regulatory issues and Compliance Management.
Adele Fasano
Ms. Fasano is the Port Director for the New York/Newark. She oversees the sea, air and rail operations at one of the busiest ports in the United States, which includes the East Coast’s largest cargo container seaport, and Newark Liberty International Airport.
Ms. Fasano served as the Director of Field Operations of Customs and Border Protection under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in San Diego, California from 2003 to 2007. Prior to that position, she was District Director for the San Diego Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for five years.
Ms. Fasano began her federal government service in 1985 working for the office of Management and Budget in Washington, DC. She joined INS at its Headquarters Division in 1990 and served as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Inspections until 1996. She then went to the San Diego INS district office as Deputy District Director. She was promoted to District Director in 1998, serving until the DHS reorganization in 2003.
Ms. Fasano holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clark University and a Master’s degree from the University of California at Berkley.
Ms. Fasano served as the Director of Field Operations of Customs and Border Protection under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in San Diego, California from 2003 to 2007. Prior to that position, she was District Director for the San Diego Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for five years.
Ms. Fasano began her federal government service in 1985 working for the office of Management and Budget in Washington, DC. She joined INS at its Headquarters Division in 1990 and served as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Inspections until 1996. She then went to the San Diego INS district office as Deputy District Director. She was promoted to District Director in 1998, serving until the DHS reorganization in 2003.
Ms. Fasano holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clark University and a Master’s degree from the University of California at Berkley.
Michael P Golden
Senior Vice President
Trade Sales Director
Citi Commercial Bank
Mike Golden’s career in Trade Finance started over 35 years ago as an Int’l teller with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., responsible for Letter of Credit and BA financing needs of mid-Manhattan importers. An International Business Development role followed, calling on local Tri-State area importers and exporters. After his completion of MHT’s Corporate Credit Training program and a merger with Chemical Bank, Mike’s business development responsibilities expanded to the US Middle Market. The Chase merger turned Mike’s focus towards Large Corporates, with industry specialization in Oil & Gas and eventually growing to team lead assignments in additional industries. Upon merging with JPMorgan, Mike became Director of Sales for Vastera, a newly purchased entity that dealt with the physical aspects of Global Trade. This lead to Mike being tasked with creating “hybrid” physical and financial Trade Sales Officers that were capable of delivering an enhanced suite of Trade Products to JPMorgan clients and prospects nationwide. More recently, Mike has joined Citibank as Trade Sales Manager, tasked with finding new opportunities to grow the usage of Citibank Trade products by Commercial Banking clients and prospects nationwide.
Trade Sales Director
Citi Commercial Bank
Mike Golden’s career in Trade Finance started over 35 years ago as an Int’l teller with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., responsible for Letter of Credit and BA financing needs of mid-Manhattan importers. An International Business Development role followed, calling on local Tri-State area importers and exporters. After his completion of MHT’s Corporate Credit Training program and a merger with Chemical Bank, Mike’s business development responsibilities expanded to the US Middle Market. The Chase merger turned Mike’s focus towards Large Corporates, with industry specialization in Oil & Gas and eventually growing to team lead assignments in additional industries. Upon merging with JPMorgan, Mike became Director of Sales for Vastera, a newly purchased entity that dealt with the physical aspects of Global Trade. This lead to Mike being tasked with creating “hybrid” physical and financial Trade Sales Officers that were capable of delivering an enhanced suite of Trade Products to JPMorgan clients and prospects nationwide. More recently, Mike has joined Citibank as Trade Sales Manager, tasked with finding new opportunities to grow the usage of Citibank Trade products by Commercial Banking clients and prospects nationwide.
Julie Hartenfels
Vice President
William B Skinner Inc
julieh@wbskinner.com
http://www.wbskinner.com
Julie Hartenfels (formerly Julie Skinner), a licensed Customs House Broker and Certified Customs Specialist, joined WB Skinner in 1981 and trained under the tutelage of her father, founder WB Skinner Jr.
She closely monitors and follows OGA releases, particularly FDA, CBP and Agriculture Department, and has an in-depth and up-to-date personal knowledge of each, with a particular expertise in FDA matters. Additionally, she has a specialty in tough automobile entries, depth classification and binding rulings.
Julie is the mother of four children and a lover of the outdoors. Nights and weekends she can often be found on the Jersey shore or up in the mountains camping.
William B Skinner Inc
julieh@wbskinner.com
http://www.wbskinner.com
Julie Hartenfels (formerly Julie Skinner), a licensed Customs House Broker and Certified Customs Specialist, joined WB Skinner in 1981 and trained under the tutelage of her father, founder WB Skinner Jr.
She closely monitors and follows OGA releases, particularly FDA, CBP and Agriculture Department, and has an in-depth and up-to-date personal knowledge of each, with a particular expertise in FDA matters. Additionally, she has a specialty in tough automobile entries, depth classification and binding rulings.
Julie is the mother of four children and a lover of the outdoors. Nights and weekends she can often be found on the Jersey shore or up in the mountains camping.
Craig C. Healy
Director, Federal Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2)
Craig C. Healy is the director of the Federal Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2). Mr. Healy also is deputy assistant director for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Counter-Proliferation Investigations program. He has served in a variety of management positions throughout his 24 years of federal government service. Mr. Healy began his government service in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1983. In 1991, he joined the U.S. Customs Service, Office of Field Operations at JFK Airport, New York, specializing in export enforcement as an Outbound/Operation Exodus Inspector. He also served as a member of the Automated Export System (AES) Development Team's Field Advisory Group. In 1995, Mr. Healy was selected for a special agent position with Customs and from 1995 to 2001 he was assigned to the Special Agent in Charge, Buffalo, N.Y. office. In 2001, he transferred to Customs headquarters where he served as a program manager and desk officer in the Cyber Smuggling Crimes Center and Foreign Operations Division. In 2003, Mr. Healy was selected as the Assistant ICE Attaché Toronto with responsibility for ICE operations in the Greater Toronto and Ontario areas. He was subsequently promoted to serve as the ICE Attaché Ottawa with oversight of U.S. Mission Canada's largest investigative presence, consisting of ICE offices in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. In 2010, Mr. Healy returned to headquarters to serve in the Office of the Director as the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Liaison to the deputy director, as well as the senior advisor to the HSI Executive Associate Director.
Craig C. Healy is the director of the Federal Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2). Mr. Healy also is deputy assistant director for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Counter-Proliferation Investigations program. He has served in a variety of management positions throughout his 24 years of federal government service. Mr. Healy began his government service in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1983. In 1991, he joined the U.S. Customs Service, Office of Field Operations at JFK Airport, New York, specializing in export enforcement as an Outbound/Operation Exodus Inspector. He also served as a member of the Automated Export System (AES) Development Team's Field Advisory Group. In 1995, Mr. Healy was selected for a special agent position with Customs and from 1995 to 2001 he was assigned to the Special Agent in Charge, Buffalo, N.Y. office. In 2001, he transferred to Customs headquarters where he served as a program manager and desk officer in the Cyber Smuggling Crimes Center and Foreign Operations Division. In 2003, Mr. Healy was selected as the Assistant ICE Attaché Toronto with responsibility for ICE operations in the Greater Toronto and Ontario areas. He was subsequently promoted to serve as the ICE Attaché Ottawa with oversight of U.S. Mission Canada's largest investigative presence, consisting of ICE offices in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. In 2010, Mr. Healy returned to headquarters to serve in the Office of the Director as the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Liaison to the deputy director, as well as the senior advisor to the HSI Executive Associate Director.
JOSHUA A. HOLZER, ESQ., CFE
Chief Counsel for Global Trade
Pfizer Inc.
Joshua is the architect and head of Pfizer’s first, enterprise-wide, Global Trade Controls Center of Excellence, which serves as a central resource to over 100,000 colleagues, spread across 120 countries. Joshua manages the strategic direction of legal guidance and compliance oversight for activities impacted by international laws and regulations pertaining to import and export controls, economic sanctions, and anti-money laundering. Joshua has supervised the development of customized risk assessments and control matrices to enhance the Company’s compliance programs, and established and implemented comprehensive audit strategies in collaboration with Corporate Audit colleagues. Joshua provides regular guidance on investigations regarding possible compliance anomalies and oversees the creation and completion of corrective action plans.
Prior to joining Pfizer, Joshua was in private practice where he assisted clients with investigations and compliance efforts regarding global trade, anti-corruption, government contracting, and national security laws and regulations.
Earlier in his career, Joshua served as a Senior Special Agent and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce and as a Special Agent with the Office of Inspector General at both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. General Services Administration.
Joshua is a Certified Fraud Examiner and an attorney admitted to practice before several Federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court, and all courts in the State of New York and the District of Columbia.
Joshua serves as a Member of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP), Sanctions Subcommittee.
Pfizer Inc.
Joshua is the architect and head of Pfizer’s first, enterprise-wide, Global Trade Controls Center of Excellence, which serves as a central resource to over 100,000 colleagues, spread across 120 countries. Joshua manages the strategic direction of legal guidance and compliance oversight for activities impacted by international laws and regulations pertaining to import and export controls, economic sanctions, and anti-money laundering. Joshua has supervised the development of customized risk assessments and control matrices to enhance the Company’s compliance programs, and established and implemented comprehensive audit strategies in collaboration with Corporate Audit colleagues. Joshua provides regular guidance on investigations regarding possible compliance anomalies and oversees the creation and completion of corrective action plans.
Prior to joining Pfizer, Joshua was in private practice where he assisted clients with investigations and compliance efforts regarding global trade, anti-corruption, government contracting, and national security laws and regulations.
Earlier in his career, Joshua served as a Senior Special Agent and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce and as a Special Agent with the Office of Inspector General at both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. General Services Administration.
Joshua is a Certified Fraud Examiner and an attorney admitted to practice before several Federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court, and all courts in the State of New York and the District of Columbia.
Joshua serves as a Member of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP), Sanctions Subcommittee.
Neil Lenok
Managing Director, American River International
nlenok@americanriverintl.com
http://www.americanriverintl.com
http://www.theworldacademy.com
Neil has been involved in international business for over 30 years. He graduated from Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY with an AAS degree in Liberal Arts and attended Baruch College in New York City.
Prior to starting his own export management firm in 1990, Neil spent 10 years in importing from the Far East. He had an array of responsibilities from managing a sales force generating $20 million in annual sales, to heading up design and production. He was also responsible for logistics and domestic distribution management.
Neil travels extensively in key global markets in Europe, Asia, and Latin America developing marketing strategies, identifying distributors and prospects for his important clientele.
Neil is an accomplished seminar instructor on Import/Export Trade as well a sales, sales management, and negotiation skills training. He has lectured with numerous global associations and organizations, inclusive of The World Academy, American Management Association Pan Asia Council, the American Pet Products Association, Federal District Export Council, Airforwarders Association, and The Transportation Intermediaries Association.
Neil is an active partner in American River International, a premiere international consulting and logistics company based in New York. He also owns an export trading and management company called Axis World Link.
nlenok@americanriverintl.com
http://www.americanriverintl.com
http://www.theworldacademy.com
Neil has been involved in international business for over 30 years. He graduated from Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY with an AAS degree in Liberal Arts and attended Baruch College in New York City.
Prior to starting his own export management firm in 1990, Neil spent 10 years in importing from the Far East. He had an array of responsibilities from managing a sales force generating $20 million in annual sales, to heading up design and production. He was also responsible for logistics and domestic distribution management.
Neil travels extensively in key global markets in Europe, Asia, and Latin America developing marketing strategies, identifying distributors and prospects for his important clientele.
Neil is an accomplished seminar instructor on Import/Export Trade as well a sales, sales management, and negotiation skills training. He has lectured with numerous global associations and organizations, inclusive of The World Academy, American Management Association Pan Asia Council, the American Pet Products Association, Federal District Export Council, Airforwarders Association, and The Transportation Intermediaries Association.
Neil is an active partner in American River International, a premiere international consulting and logistics company based in New York. He also owns an export trading and management company called Axis World Link.
Robert Leo
Partner, Meeks, Sheppard, Leo & Pillsbury LLC
robert.leo@mscustoms.com
http://www.mscustoms.com
Robert J. Leo is a partner in the New York office of Meeks, Sheppard, Leo & Pillsbury. The firm’s practice focuses on U.S. and international law and regulations affecting exports and imports. Bob has been in private practice since 1991.
After law school, Bob joined the staff of the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), a national trade association representing U.S. companies before Congress and the Executive Branch. He served as its Vice President and Counsel from 1989 to 1991. Currently, Bob is a member of the AAEI Board of Governors. He is also a Board member of the New York based trade association, NEXCO, and is active in various other associations, including the Home Fashion Products Association, which the firm serves as Counsel.
Bob is a cleared advisor to the U.S. government on customs and trade facilitation issues and has served in that capacity since 1991. He was re-appointed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Customs and Trade Facilitation (ITAC 14).
He served as Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s International Section from January 2005 through January 2006 and was Program Co-Chair for the Section’s Fall Meeting in Shanghai in 2006. He was re-elected in 2010 as Co-Chair of the Section’s International Trade Committee after previously serving as Chair from 1991-1996. Bob is also a long-standing member of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association. He graduated from the State University of New York at Albany and received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. While in law school he was Managing Editor of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law, and served as an intern for former Chief Judge Edward D. Re of the U.S. Court of International Trade.
robert.leo@mscustoms.com
http://www.mscustoms.com
Robert J. Leo is a partner in the New York office of Meeks, Sheppard, Leo & Pillsbury. The firm’s practice focuses on U.S. and international law and regulations affecting exports and imports. Bob has been in private practice since 1991.
After law school, Bob joined the staff of the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), a national trade association representing U.S. companies before Congress and the Executive Branch. He served as its Vice President and Counsel from 1989 to 1991. Currently, Bob is a member of the AAEI Board of Governors. He is also a Board member of the New York based trade association, NEXCO, and is active in various other associations, including the Home Fashion Products Association, which the firm serves as Counsel.
Bob is a cleared advisor to the U.S. government on customs and trade facilitation issues and has served in that capacity since 1991. He was re-appointed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Customs and Trade Facilitation (ITAC 14).
He served as Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s International Section from January 2005 through January 2006 and was Program Co-Chair for the Section’s Fall Meeting in Shanghai in 2006. He was re-elected in 2010 as Co-Chair of the Section’s International Trade Committee after previously serving as Chair from 1991-1996. Bob is also a long-standing member of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association. He graduated from the State University of New York at Albany and received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. While in law school he was Managing Editor of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law, and served as an intern for former Chief Judge Edward D. Re of the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Tracey Leonard
Vice President, Global Trade Solutions at Choice Logistics
http://www.choicelogistics.com
Tracey Leonard, Vice President, Global Trade Solutions at Choice Logistics, is responsible for setting corporate-level policies and increasing global opportunities through trade development, supply chain optimization and compliance standards. She has more than 20 years of international regulatory and operational experience, building business coalitions between multi-national corporations and countries and regions to mitigate risk while improving inventory velocity for her employers and their clients.
Tracey was most recently the Director of Trade Compliance at Sojitz Corporation of America, one of the world’s largest global trading companies. Her areas of global oversight included export licensing, import regulations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, training and audits. Tracey also held director level positions in global trade and Customs compliance with Pitney Bowes, TRW Automotive Holdings, and Smiths Aerospace (now GE).
During her career, Leonard designed global trade compliance roadmaps that detailed best practices from cradle to grave, as well as international social responsibility and trade security programs. She provided significant savings to her employers and their clients through intangible value assessment (IVA) risk avoidance, international financing solutions, and tax strategies. Her comprehensive regulatory involvement spans more than 90 countries, covering dual use and defense imports and exports, security programs with government multi-agency involvement, and complex and high profile commodities such as food, chemicals, textiles, automotive, aerospace, electronics, machinery, steel, and nuclear energy.
Tracey is active in the American Association of Exporters and Importers, serving as Co-Chair of the International Policy Committee; Delegate to the Private Sector Consulting Group, an advisory body to the World Customs Organization (WCO); and Member of the WCO’s subgroups on AEO, SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, and Integrated Supply Chain Management. She is a charter member of the International Compliance Professionals Association and serves on the FedEx International Customers Board of Directors.
Tracey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business Relations from DePaul University in Chicago, IL.
http://www.choicelogistics.com
Tracey Leonard, Vice President, Global Trade Solutions at Choice Logistics, is responsible for setting corporate-level policies and increasing global opportunities through trade development, supply chain optimization and compliance standards. She has more than 20 years of international regulatory and operational experience, building business coalitions between multi-national corporations and countries and regions to mitigate risk while improving inventory velocity for her employers and their clients.
Tracey was most recently the Director of Trade Compliance at Sojitz Corporation of America, one of the world’s largest global trading companies. Her areas of global oversight included export licensing, import regulations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, training and audits. Tracey also held director level positions in global trade and Customs compliance with Pitney Bowes, TRW Automotive Holdings, and Smiths Aerospace (now GE).
During her career, Leonard designed global trade compliance roadmaps that detailed best practices from cradle to grave, as well as international social responsibility and trade security programs. She provided significant savings to her employers and their clients through intangible value assessment (IVA) risk avoidance, international financing solutions, and tax strategies. Her comprehensive regulatory involvement spans more than 90 countries, covering dual use and defense imports and exports, security programs with government multi-agency involvement, and complex and high profile commodities such as food, chemicals, textiles, automotive, aerospace, electronics, machinery, steel, and nuclear energy.
Tracey is active in the American Association of Exporters and Importers, serving as Co-Chair of the International Policy Committee; Delegate to the Private Sector Consulting Group, an advisory body to the World Customs Organization (WCO); and Member of the WCO’s subgroups on AEO, SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, and Integrated Supply Chain Management. She is a charter member of the International Compliance Professionals Association and serves on the FedEx International Customers Board of Directors.
Tracey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business Relations from DePaul University in Chicago, IL.
Harold Paul Luks
Luks Cormaney LLP
hluks@lukscormaney.com
http://www.polinerluks.com
Harold Paul Luks is a non-lawyer specialist who has worked in the export control, customs and international trade fields for more than 34 years. For sixteen of those years, he was with a major Washington D.C. law firm where he coordinated export control and international trade issues for U.S. and foreign corporations. During this period, he was intimately involved in the drafting and implementation of the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area Agreement. In October 2000, he joined a small international law firm and rapidly built a following of clients seeking assistance with a wide variety of export control and international trade-related issues, including export compliance programs (including the drafting of policies and procedures and corporate training), preparing the full range of export authorization requests and drafting commodity jurisdiction determinations. For both military and dual-use exports, Mr. Luks has managed numerous export compliance investigations arising from directed and voluntary disclosures, mergers and acquisitions and related settlement negotiations. He also focuses on Customs compliance matters, including country of origin determinations and the eligibility of foreign-made goods for USG procurement.
Mr. Luks is the cofounder of Luks Cormaney LLP which was established originally in January 2002. The Firm represents a broad range of clients, including defense contractors in the United States and in the Middle East, exporters and importers of dual-use goods, State Department registered brokers of defense articles, freight forwarders and a major international trading company.
Mr. Luks served in the Executive Branch as Senior Policy Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce and in Congress with the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy & Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives. He was involved closely in the reauthorization of the Export Administration Act and with the Subcommittee drafted the proposal that eliminated nearly 60,000 license applications for lower-level technology-based products. Other legislative activities included preparing amendments to the Arms Export Control Act and implementing legislation for bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. Among other issues, for Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff (Chairman, Senate Finance, Trade Subcommittee), Mr. Luks was involved in the development and approval of the Tokyo Round trade agreements and other legislation affecting U.S. trade and economic policy. He has published and lectured widely on these subjects in the United States, Western Europe and Israel.
Mr. Luks served as a member of the Presidents’ Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration (“PECSEA”); the senior advisory committee to the U.S. government on export controls. He also served as an advisor to three National Academy of Sciences’ Panels on international competition in advanced technologies and the intersection of export control reform and protecting national security.
hluks@lukscormaney.com
http://www.polinerluks.com
Harold Paul Luks is a non-lawyer specialist who has worked in the export control, customs and international trade fields for more than 34 years. For sixteen of those years, he was with a major Washington D.C. law firm where he coordinated export control and international trade issues for U.S. and foreign corporations. During this period, he was intimately involved in the drafting and implementation of the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area Agreement. In October 2000, he joined a small international law firm and rapidly built a following of clients seeking assistance with a wide variety of export control and international trade-related issues, including export compliance programs (including the drafting of policies and procedures and corporate training), preparing the full range of export authorization requests and drafting commodity jurisdiction determinations. For both military and dual-use exports, Mr. Luks has managed numerous export compliance investigations arising from directed and voluntary disclosures, mergers and acquisitions and related settlement negotiations. He also focuses on Customs compliance matters, including country of origin determinations and the eligibility of foreign-made goods for USG procurement.
Mr. Luks is the cofounder of Luks Cormaney LLP which was established originally in January 2002. The Firm represents a broad range of clients, including defense contractors in the United States and in the Middle East, exporters and importers of dual-use goods, State Department registered brokers of defense articles, freight forwarders and a major international trading company.
Mr. Luks served in the Executive Branch as Senior Policy Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce and in Congress with the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy & Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives. He was involved closely in the reauthorization of the Export Administration Act and with the Subcommittee drafted the proposal that eliminated nearly 60,000 license applications for lower-level technology-based products. Other legislative activities included preparing amendments to the Arms Export Control Act and implementing legislation for bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. Among other issues, for Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff (Chairman, Senate Finance, Trade Subcommittee), Mr. Luks was involved in the development and approval of the Tokyo Round trade agreements and other legislation affecting U.S. trade and economic policy. He has published and lectured widely on these subjects in the United States, Western Europe and Israel.
Mr. Luks served as a member of the Presidents’ Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration (“PECSEA”); the senior advisory committee to the U.S. government on export controls. He also served as an advisor to three National Academy of Sciences’ Panels on international competition in advanced technologies and the intersection of export control reform and protecting national security.
Edward Nagle
Director of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Mr. Edward Nagle is Director of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He currently manages personnel and resources for the New York/Newark Area Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures as well as the Seized Property Program including the Contractor Operated Facilities for the Eastern U.S. in the innovative method of centralized storage. Mr. Nagle is responsible for adjudicating over 200,000 cases and managing in excess of $400 million worth of seized property and has rendered decisions on liquidated damages and penalty cases resulting in the collection of over $35 million. Mr. Nagle collaborates with multiple ports on property storage at the Contractor Operated Facilities, and coordinates with Homeland Security Investigations and the Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Offices on multifaceted narcotics and currency investigations.
Mr. Nagle serves on the National Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Advisory Board and is Co-Author of the Seized Asset Management Enforcement Procedures Handbook. He is also an Instructor at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Homeland Security Investigations Academy.
Mr. Nagle joined U.S. Customs in 1978. Prior to directing the Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Office, Mr. Nagle was employed as a Branch Chief for Merchandise Control, Operations Officer, Import Specialist Team Leader, Import Specialist, and a Customs Aide. He received a Bachelors of Arts Degree with a major in Economics and a Minor in Accounting from Lehman College, Bronx, New York.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Mr. Edward Nagle is Director of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He currently manages personnel and resources for the New York/Newark Area Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures as well as the Seized Property Program including the Contractor Operated Facilities for the Eastern U.S. in the innovative method of centralized storage. Mr. Nagle is responsible for adjudicating over 200,000 cases and managing in excess of $400 million worth of seized property and has rendered decisions on liquidated damages and penalty cases resulting in the collection of over $35 million. Mr. Nagle collaborates with multiple ports on property storage at the Contractor Operated Facilities, and coordinates with Homeland Security Investigations and the Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Offices on multifaceted narcotics and currency investigations.
Mr. Nagle serves on the National Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Advisory Board and is Co-Author of the Seized Asset Management Enforcement Procedures Handbook. He is also an Instructor at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Homeland Security Investigations Academy.
Mr. Nagle joined U.S. Customs in 1978. Prior to directing the Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Office, Mr. Nagle was employed as a Branch Chief for Merchandise Control, Operations Officer, Import Specialist Team Leader, Import Specialist, and a Customs Aide. He received a Bachelors of Arts Degree with a major in Economics and a Minor in Accounting from Lehman College, Bronx, New York.
Michael S. O'Rourke
Rode & Qualey
msor888@rode-qualey.com
http://www.rode-qualey.com
MICHAEL S. O'ROURKE is a partner in the firm Rode & Qualey. He was a trial attorney in the office of the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Department of Justice, Customs Section.
Mr. O’Rourke represents a diverse group of clients before various administrative, enforcement and regulatory agencies including: United States Customs and Border Protection, Departments of Treasury and Commerce, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Food and Drug Administration. He is an active litigator before the United States Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. O'Rourke is the immediate past President of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association. He is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Federal Circuit Bar Association. He serves on the United States Court of International Trade’s Advisory Committee and he is a Program Co-Chair and a long-time member of the Advisory Board of the Georgetown University International Trade Update. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Delaware and his J.D. degree from Saint John's University School of Law. U.S. Lacrosse Foundation Board 1999 – 2008; 2010 – present. Captain, USMC.
msor888@rode-qualey.com
http://www.rode-qualey.com
MICHAEL S. O'ROURKE is a partner in the firm Rode & Qualey. He was a trial attorney in the office of the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Department of Justice, Customs Section.
Mr. O’Rourke represents a diverse group of clients before various administrative, enforcement and regulatory agencies including: United States Customs and Border Protection, Departments of Treasury and Commerce, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Food and Drug Administration. He is an active litigator before the United States Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. O'Rourke is the immediate past President of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association. He is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Federal Circuit Bar Association. He serves on the United States Court of International Trade’s Advisory Committee and he is a Program Co-Chair and a long-time member of the Advisory Board of the Georgetown University International Trade Update. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Delaware and his J.D. degree from Saint John's University School of Law. U.S. Lacrosse Foundation Board 1999 – 2008; 2010 – present. Captain, USMC.
Robert E. Perez
Director, Field Operations
New York Field Office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Mr. Perez currently serves as the Director, Field Operations (DFO), of the New York Field Office for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Field Operations. He manages an operating budget of over $360 million, and directs the activities of more than 2,700 employees. His area of responsibility in the New York & New Jersey area includes two of the country’s top five busiest international airports (John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport), as well as the east coast’s largest container seaport. Mr. Perez oversees CBP’s anti-terrorism polices and operations, immigration and admissibility operations, agricultural inspections, and trade enforcement and facilitation for the ports of entry throughout the New York metropolitan area, where every year more than 17 million international passengers and over $200 billion in imported goods enter the U.S.
Prior to his selection as DFO in New York, Mr. Perez served as the DFO and Port Director in Detroit Michigan, from January 2005, through July 2008. Mr. Perez also served as the first Director of the Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
(C-TPAT) in Washington, DC, from April 2002, through December 2004. In that role, he oversaw the development and implementation of all the anti-terrorism industry partnership programs for CBP. Mr. Perez joined the former U.S. Customs Service in 1992 as a Customs Inspector in Newark, New Jersey, and has served as Program Manager at CBP headquarters.
Mr. Perez has represented the Department of Homeland Security and CBP as a border security expert throughout the globe at scores of international business conferences, on official assignments alongside senior figures in U.S. and foreign government, and in the national and international press. He has been a guest lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center, Michigan State University Law School, the International Law Enforcement Academy in Budapest, Hungary, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Mr. Perez also served on the Advisory Board of the Criminal Justice Department at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan.
Mr. Perez has been widely recognized throughout his career for his accomplishments and contributions to international border and trade security, including being named “Person of the Year” by the Maritime Security Council, and receiving the “Keys to the City” by the Mayor of Cartagena, Colombia.
Mr. Perez is a career member of the Senior Executive Service, and a graduate of Rutgers University with a Bachelors Degree in Economics. He also is a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellows program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is married and has two daughters.
New York Field Office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Mr. Perez currently serves as the Director, Field Operations (DFO), of the New York Field Office for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Field Operations. He manages an operating budget of over $360 million, and directs the activities of more than 2,700 employees. His area of responsibility in the New York & New Jersey area includes two of the country’s top five busiest international airports (John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport), as well as the east coast’s largest container seaport. Mr. Perez oversees CBP’s anti-terrorism polices and operations, immigration and admissibility operations, agricultural inspections, and trade enforcement and facilitation for the ports of entry throughout the New York metropolitan area, where every year more than 17 million international passengers and over $200 billion in imported goods enter the U.S.
Prior to his selection as DFO in New York, Mr. Perez served as the DFO and Port Director in Detroit Michigan, from January 2005, through July 2008. Mr. Perez also served as the first Director of the Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
(C-TPAT) in Washington, DC, from April 2002, through December 2004. In that role, he oversaw the development and implementation of all the anti-terrorism industry partnership programs for CBP. Mr. Perez joined the former U.S. Customs Service in 1992 as a Customs Inspector in Newark, New Jersey, and has served as Program Manager at CBP headquarters.
Mr. Perez has represented the Department of Homeland Security and CBP as a border security expert throughout the globe at scores of international business conferences, on official assignments alongside senior figures in U.S. and foreign government, and in the national and international press. He has been a guest lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center, Michigan State University Law School, the International Law Enforcement Academy in Budapest, Hungary, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Mr. Perez also served on the Advisory Board of the Criminal Justice Department at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan.
Mr. Perez has been widely recognized throughout his career for his accomplishments and contributions to international border and trade security, including being named “Person of the Year” by the Maritime Security Council, and receiving the “Keys to the City” by the Mayor of Cartagena, Colombia.
Mr. Perez is a career member of the Senior Executive Service, and a graduate of Rutgers University with a Bachelors Degree in Economics. He also is a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellows program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is married and has two daughters.
Christine T. Quigley, Esq
Christine T. Quigley, Esq. is a solo practitioner at The Law Office of Christine T. Quigley, P.C., located in Hicksville, NY, where she provides general counsel services to small and medium sized businesses on Long Island and the greater New York City metropolitan area. Her firm focuses on helping companies navigate the complexities of regulatory agency requirements with a particular emphasis on customs and international trade compliance. Her firm also provides full commercial litigation and corporate transactional services.
Prior to opening her own firm, Ms. Quigley worked for an international public corporation in the automotive aftermarket industry, with annual sales of over $800 million, as a staff attorney in the office of General Counsel, where she managed the corporation’s Customs compliance program. In this capacity, she shepherded the corporation successfully through a Customs audit, and developed and implemented standard operating procedures for the corporation to ensure compliance with U.S. and foreign Customs’ laws and regulations. There, Ms. Quigley gained extensive practical knowledge of various aspects of customs related programs such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
Ms. Quigley got her start in the field of customs compliance over twenty years ago, working for All Nippon Airways Trading Corp., a subsidiary of a major Japanese airline. During her tenure there, as a manager of the purchasing department, she was responsible for procuring and shipping aircraft parts to and from the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. As a result of facing the day to day challenges associated with multiple cross-border transactions, Ms. Quigley became well versed in customs regulations and obtained her U.S. Customs broker license.
Ms. Quigley is also currently an adjunct professor at Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and at SUNY, College at Old Westbury. She also sits on the advisory board of the Nassau County Bar Association’s Nassau Academy of Law. She is admitted to practice in the Courts of New York State, and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Prior to opening her own firm, Ms. Quigley worked for an international public corporation in the automotive aftermarket industry, with annual sales of over $800 million, as a staff attorney in the office of General Counsel, where she managed the corporation’s Customs compliance program. In this capacity, she shepherded the corporation successfully through a Customs audit, and developed and implemented standard operating procedures for the corporation to ensure compliance with U.S. and foreign Customs’ laws and regulations. There, Ms. Quigley gained extensive practical knowledge of various aspects of customs related programs such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
Ms. Quigley got her start in the field of customs compliance over twenty years ago, working for All Nippon Airways Trading Corp., a subsidiary of a major Japanese airline. During her tenure there, as a manager of the purchasing department, she was responsible for procuring and shipping aircraft parts to and from the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. As a result of facing the day to day challenges associated with multiple cross-border transactions, Ms. Quigley became well versed in customs regulations and obtained her U.S. Customs broker license.
Ms. Quigley is also currently an adjunct professor at Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and at SUNY, College at Old Westbury. She also sits on the advisory board of the Nassau County Bar Association’s Nassau Academy of Law. She is admitted to practice in the Courts of New York State, and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Sid M Simon
Special Agent in Charge ("SAC") Sidney M. Simon has been a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Export Enforcement since 1988. He was appointed as the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office in September 2000. As the NY SAC he has the responsibility of supervising a staff Special Agents in the New York Field Office area of responsibility, which includes NY, NJ, and Pennsylvania. In 2013 SAC Simon was a recipient of the US Department of Commerce Gold Medal for Investigative excellence. He received his Bachelor's degree in accounting from Wagner College in 1986. SAC Simon is a father of two children and resides in New York metropolitan area.
William B Skinner III
President, WB Skinner
bills@wbskinner.com
http://www.wbskinner.com
Bill, a Certified Customs Broker, Certified Customs Specialist and Certified Export Specialist, serves as an officer and board member of the NYNJ Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association. He organizes and runs the education program for the Association putting together seminars and other educational events for the members. He has also run the organization’s annual dinner for the past four years.
Bill served two years as the Area 2 Rep(NY and NJ) on the NCBFAA Customs Committee, which reviews and helps formulate policies and procedures with US Customs Headquarters in Washington DC.
In 1986 Bill graduated Magna Cum Laude from Niagara University with a BS in Transportation and Logistics Management. At the same time, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Reserve. In 1990, Bill ended his tour of duty and started working for William B Skinner Inc.
Bill holds an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall University. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and three children, and is a Pop Warner Board member, Little League coach, youth basketball coach, and softball coach.
bills@wbskinner.com
http://www.wbskinner.com
Bill, a Certified Customs Broker, Certified Customs Specialist and Certified Export Specialist, serves as an officer and board member of the NYNJ Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association. He organizes and runs the education program for the Association putting together seminars and other educational events for the members. He has also run the organization’s annual dinner for the past four years.
Bill served two years as the Area 2 Rep(NY and NJ) on the NCBFAA Customs Committee, which reviews and helps formulate policies and procedures with US Customs Headquarters in Washington DC.
In 1986 Bill graduated Magna Cum Laude from Niagara University with a BS in Transportation and Logistics Management. At the same time, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Reserve. In 1990, Bill ended his tour of duty and started working for William B Skinner Inc.
Bill holds an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall University. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and three children, and is a Pop Warner Board member, Little League coach, youth basketball coach, and softball coach.
Manohar Bindi Sood
Vice President
Citi Commercial Bank
manohar.b.sood@citi.com
http://www.commercialbanking.citibank.com
Manohar Sood is Vice President. Trade Finance at Citibank and a member of the New York District Export Council. He is responsible for developing trade business with RM’s in the New York City Market. For two years in a row he received Citibank’s service of excellence awards for being a top trade sales performer.
Mr. Sood has over 30 years of experience in developing and financing trading firms with sales volume ranging from $5MM to $900MM. He has devolved & financed companies in seafood, chicken feed, fragrances, chemicals, auto parts, electronics, fertilizers, steel importers and apparel & textile. He has sound knowledge of trade services products, Citibank’s trade capabilities and international trade issues and is highly connected with the Metro New York market.
Citi Commercial Bank
manohar.b.sood@citi.com
http://www.commercialbanking.citibank.com
Manohar Sood is Vice President. Trade Finance at Citibank and a member of the New York District Export Council. He is responsible for developing trade business with RM’s in the New York City Market. For two years in a row he received Citibank’s service of excellence awards for being a top trade sales performer.
Mr. Sood has over 30 years of experience in developing and financing trading firms with sales volume ranging from $5MM to $900MM. He has devolved & financed companies in seafood, chicken feed, fragrances, chemicals, auto parts, electronics, fertilizers, steel importers and apparel & textile. He has sound knowledge of trade services products, Citibank’s trade capabilities and international trade issues and is highly connected with the Metro New York market.
Diane Weinberg
Partner, Meeks, Sheppard, Leo & Pillsbury LLC
robert.leo@mscustoms.com
http://www.mscustoms.com
Diane L Weinberg is a partner in the law firm of Meeks, Sheppard, Leo & Pillsbury, a customs and international trade firm. Ms. Weinberg, a licensed customs broker, has over thirty years of experience in customs and international trade matters in both the public and private sectors. She has represented clients before many federal agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Federal Trade Commission, CITA, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, where she handled one of the first civil penalty proceedings. Ms. Weinberg has extensive experience in advising clients in all aspects of international trade and customs matters, FTC labeling issues, preference programs and free trade agreements, and intellectual property rights.
Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Weinberg was employed as an attorney for the U.S. Customs Service in Washington, D.C., where she helped draft rules of origin for textile and apparel products, and also prepared decisions in commercial fraud cases.
Ms. Weinberg has lectured extensively on customs and other federal regulatory issues for the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel, World Trade Institute, and other U.S. and international organizations. She wrote the section on “Classification” in AAEI's manual on Importing Textiles and Apparel under the Harmonized System. Ms. Weinberg was an instructor at Parsons School of Design and the World Trade Institute for many years. She is a founding member of the New York chapter of Women in International Trade, and acted as General Counsel for that group from 1989 - 1996. She is a graduate of Emory University Law School and a member of the bars of Georgia and New York.
robert.leo@mscustoms.com
http://www.mscustoms.com
Diane L Weinberg is a partner in the law firm of Meeks, Sheppard, Leo & Pillsbury, a customs and international trade firm. Ms. Weinberg, a licensed customs broker, has over thirty years of experience in customs and international trade matters in both the public and private sectors. She has represented clients before many federal agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Federal Trade Commission, CITA, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, where she handled one of the first civil penalty proceedings. Ms. Weinberg has extensive experience in advising clients in all aspects of international trade and customs matters, FTC labeling issues, preference programs and free trade agreements, and intellectual property rights.
Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Weinberg was employed as an attorney for the U.S. Customs Service in Washington, D.C., where she helped draft rules of origin for textile and apparel products, and also prepared decisions in commercial fraud cases.
Ms. Weinberg has lectured extensively on customs and other federal regulatory issues for the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel, World Trade Institute, and other U.S. and international organizations. She wrote the section on “Classification” in AAEI's manual on Importing Textiles and Apparel under the Harmonized System. Ms. Weinberg was an instructor at Parsons School of Design and the World Trade Institute for many years. She is a founding member of the New York chapter of Women in International Trade, and acted as General Counsel for that group from 1989 - 1996. She is a graduate of Emory University Law School and a member of the bars of Georgia and New York.
Phyliss L. Wigginton
Director, for Export Controls Administration
Mitsui & Co (USA)
Ms. Wigginton is the Director, for Export Controls Administration, in the Office of the Chief Compliance Officer for Mitsui & CO (USA), Inc. Mitsui & Co the one of the largest Japanese trading company has an extensive Compliance program. Ms. Wigginton joined Mitsui in March 2006 as the Manager of Exports Controls and Compliance. Ms. Wigginton is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Mitsui Security Trade Controls Program for export compliance. This position provides the opportunity to work with the 20 plus Mitsui business departments in the Americas, and recently to begin setting up a global dialogue with other Mitsui subsidiaries and locations outside of US.
Ms. Wigginton began her 32nd year as an Export Trade Compliance Professional in March of 2012. Formerly, Phyliss had been with Philips Electronics North America Corporation for 15 years and prior to that, Ms. Wigginton worked at the US Department of Commerce for twelve years. She received extensive training from the US Department of Energy and the Los Alamos National Labs on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Intelligence Analysis by the Central Intelligence Agency, and Basic Agent Training, US Department of Commerce. She was a lead instructor with the Department of Commerce on export regulations.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in American history from Howard University, Washington, D.C. She also is a certified Paralegal. She attended the former World Trade Institute of Pace University, where she received certificates for a variety of certificate courses including Import Regulations, Importing Techniques, Understanding the Harmonized Tariff.
Ms. Wigginton is an active member of American Association of Importers and Exporters (“AAEI”), where she was the co-chair of the Export Compliance & Facilitation Committee. In July 2010, she was elected to the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors. July 1, 2011 Ms. Wigginton will serve as Vice Chair for Membership and Communications of the Executive Committee. She is also a member of the Society for International Affairs (SIA), Business Executives Enforcement Team (BEET), and Women in World Trade.
Ms. Wigginton resides in New York with her cats Perry & Zakk.
Mitsui & Co (USA)
Ms. Wigginton is the Director, for Export Controls Administration, in the Office of the Chief Compliance Officer for Mitsui & CO (USA), Inc. Mitsui & Co the one of the largest Japanese trading company has an extensive Compliance program. Ms. Wigginton joined Mitsui in March 2006 as the Manager of Exports Controls and Compliance. Ms. Wigginton is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Mitsui Security Trade Controls Program for export compliance. This position provides the opportunity to work with the 20 plus Mitsui business departments in the Americas, and recently to begin setting up a global dialogue with other Mitsui subsidiaries and locations outside of US.
Ms. Wigginton began her 32nd year as an Export Trade Compliance Professional in March of 2012. Formerly, Phyliss had been with Philips Electronics North America Corporation for 15 years and prior to that, Ms. Wigginton worked at the US Department of Commerce for twelve years. She received extensive training from the US Department of Energy and the Los Alamos National Labs on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Intelligence Analysis by the Central Intelligence Agency, and Basic Agent Training, US Department of Commerce. She was a lead instructor with the Department of Commerce on export regulations.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in American history from Howard University, Washington, D.C. She also is a certified Paralegal. She attended the former World Trade Institute of Pace University, where she received certificates for a variety of certificate courses including Import Regulations, Importing Techniques, Understanding the Harmonized Tariff.
Ms. Wigginton is an active member of American Association of Importers and Exporters (“AAEI”), where she was the co-chair of the Export Compliance & Facilitation Committee. In July 2010, she was elected to the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors. July 1, 2011 Ms. Wigginton will serve as Vice Chair for Membership and Communications of the Executive Committee. She is also a member of the Society for International Affairs (SIA), Business Executives Enforcement Team (BEET), and Women in World Trade.
Ms. Wigginton resides in New York with her cats Perry & Zakk.
