Speakers
2025 Co-Chairs
Leila Aridi Afas
Director, Global Public Policy Toyota North America
Rennie Alston LCB
Chief Executive Officer American River Group of CompaniesMember
COAC – CBP Commercial Operations Advisory Committee
Kristiann App LCB CCS
Chief Operations Officer J.W. Allen & Co., Inc.Vice President
National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA)
Nicole Bivens Collinson
President, International Trade & Government Relations Sandler, Travis, & Rosenberg, P.A.Government Faculty
Laurie Dempsey
Deputy Executive Director, Office of Trade Relations U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Carlos Vanderloo
Minister-Counsellor Economic and Trade Policy Embassy of Canada to the United StatesGlobal Affairs Canada
Government of Canada
Distinguished Faculty
Pedro Casas Alatriste
Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico
John Brew
Partner Crowell & Moring LLP
Ken Carlstedt LCB AZS
Senior Director, Global Trade Compliance Brooks Automation
Tom Cook LCB
Managing Director Blue Tiger International
Ariana Cox LCB
Vice President, Duty Drawback Pax AI
Jennifer Diaz LCB
President Diaz Trade Law
Shannon Fura LCB
Partner Page Fura P.C.
Aaron Gothelf
Assistant Chief Counsel, Trade & Regulatory Affairs The Walt Disney Company
Peter Harrell
Attorney Former Senior Director, International Economics and CompetitivenessThe White House; National Security Council; National Economic Council
Kelly Herman
Corporate Counsel, Export Import Northrop Grumman
Alexandra B. Hess
Partner Cassidy Levy Kent LLP
Benjamin Kohr
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Elbit Systems of America
Dr. Eugene Laney Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI)
Yammarii Long LCB CCS
Manager - Global Trade Compliance Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
Jennifer Maki
Senior Director | Global Trade Xylem
Artie McConnell
Partner BakerHostetler Former Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York, U.S. Department of Justice
Ted Murphy
Partner Sidley Austin LLP
Mario Palacios LCB
Senior Director, Government Affairs & Head of International Trade Policy Applied Materials
Shama Patari
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Trade Relations Lenovo
Neil Ray
Chief Counsel, Global Trade Compliance Onsemi
Joel W. Rogers
Associate General Counsel – International, Supply Chain & Regulatory The Home Depot
Chris Rubio
Global Head of Customs Brokerage Strategy UPS
Lisa Schroeter
Global Director of Trade & Investment Policy Dow
Bill Schweitzer LCB
Vice President, Brokerage and Trade Fed Ex Logistics
Mollie Sitkowski
Partner Faegre Drinker
Heather Sroka
Senior International Trade Counsel Intel
Tim Vorderstrasse LCB CCS
Director, Head of Duty Drawback FlexportPresident
Atlanta International Forwarders and Brokers Association
Ania Wierzbowska-Fuller LCB
Director, Regulatory Affairs A.N. Deringer