Speakers

Government Speaker Faculty

Paul Ahern

Chief Counselor for Enforcement, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)
U.S. Department of Treasury

Eun Young Choi

Deputy Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice

Kevin Kurland

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Industry and Security
U.S. Department of Commerce

Artie McConnell

Deputy Chief, National Security and Cybercrime Section, Counterintelligence and Export Control Coordinator
United States Attorney’s Office

Kentaro Mukai

Counselor, Economic Section
Embassy of Japan

Raj Parekh

Chief of Corporate Enforcement
U.S. Department of Commerce

Cathleen Ryan

Director, Office of Antiboycott Compliance, Bureau of Industry and Security
U.S. Department of Commerce

John Sonderman

Director, Office of Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security
U.S. Department of Commerce

Michael J. Vaccaro

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade Controls
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)

2025 Co-Chairs

Patricia M. Byrne

Vice President & Chief Counsel, International Trade Compliance
BAE Systems, Inc.

Kay C. Georgi

Partner, International Trade & Investment
ArentFox Schiff LLP

Erika Faulkenberry

Global Head, Trade Compliance
Biogen

Christine Lee

Global Head of Compliance
Qorvo

Industry Speaker Faculty

Bob Bowen

Export and Trade Compliance Counsel
ServiceNow

Eric Carlson

Partner
Covington & Burling LLP

Nicole D’Avanzo

Assistant General Counsel and Director
General Dynamics

Jana del-Cerro

Partner
Crowell & Moring

Jill McClune

General Counsel, US
Avon Protection Systems

Jared Clark

Senior Manager, Legal and Compliance, Export Controls and Sanctions
ASML

Angela Gamalski

Partner
Honigman LLP

Stephana J. Henry

Global Trade Counsel
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Alexandra Landis

Senior Counsel, Director of Compliance and Export Controls
Palladyne AI Corp.

David Lim

Partner
White & Case LLP

David Lynch

Senior Vice President, Analytical Solutions
Sayari

Andrew K. McAllister

Partner
Holland & Knight

Thaddeus McBride

Partner
Bass Berry & Sims PLC

Celia Merzbacher

Executive Director
Quantum Economic Development Consortium

Laura Molinari

Executive Director, Global Trade Controls
Boeing

Amy Morgan

Vice President, Head of Trade Compliance
Altana AI

Liz Owerbach

Director & Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Trade
Salesforce

Sarah Black Perry

Director & Assistant General Counsel – Global Trade
RTX

Beth Peters

Partner
Hogan Lovells LLP

Anthony Rapa

Partner
Blank Rome

Renata Rice

Director, International Trade
Northrop Grumman

Joshua L. Richter

Senior Director, Trade Compliance
Leonardo DRS

Lori Romero

Senior Counsel, Trade Controls
L3Harris Technologies

Lori Scheetz

Partner
Wiley Rein LLP

Hena Schommer

Director, Trade Legal
Applied Materials

Heather Sroka

Senior International Trade Counsel
Intel

Christopher B. Stagg

Partner
Holland & Knght

Dr. Chris Timura

Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Jennifer Varney

Global Trade Compliance Manager
Volvo

Kevin Wolf

Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Sarah York

Senior Counsel, International Trade Compliance
GE Aerospace

Christina Zanette

Assistant General Counsel, Export Compliance
Honeywell