2023 Speakers

Government Faculty

John Leonard

Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Tasha Hippolyte

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Trade Policy
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Brian Hoxie

Director, Forced Labor Division, Office of Trade
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Jake Parker

Economic Professional Staff Member, House Select Committee On China
U.S. House of Representatives

Dax Terrill

Branch Chief, Exclusion Order Enforcement
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Alexandra Whittaker

Democratic Chief Trade Counsel; Staff Director Trade Subcommittee, House Committee on Ways and Means
U.S. House of Representatives

Garrett Wright

Director, Trade Modernization
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Co-Chairs

Cindy Allen

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Trade Force Multiplier LLC
Member
COAC – CBP Commercial Operations Advisory Committee

Ted Murphy

Partner
Sidley Austin LLP

Key Insights From

Brooks Allen

Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

Carol Anderson

Carol Anderson
Microsoft

Shara L. Aranoff

Partner
Covington & Burling

Rob Atkinson

President
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

Jean-Rene Broussard

Associate General Counsel – U.S. Regulatory Legal Department
DHL Americas

Theresa Campobasso

Senior Vice President of Strategy, Government Solutions
Exiger

Nicole Bivens Collinson

President, International Trade & Government Relations
Sandler, Travis, & Rosenberg, P.A.

Brian J. Egan

Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Darlene Enlow

Head of Global Governance & Process
Volvo Cars

Megan M. Giblin

Senior Director, Customs and Trade Facilitation
United States Council for International Business (USCIB)

Aaron Gothelf

Principal Counsel – Global Trade
The Walt Disney Company

Tom Gould

Vice President, Global Customs and Trade
Flexport
Member
COAC – CBP Commercial Operations Advisory Committee

Shoshana Grove

Chief Executive Officer
International Bridge

Kelly Guzman

Director, Trade Compliance
Allegion

Kelly Herman

Corporate Counsel Export Import
Northrop Grumman

Tammy Hetrick

Senior Trade Advisor
A.N. Deringer

Anne Marie Lacourse

Global Trade Industry Advisor
Sayari

Tirzah Lollar

Partner
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Richard A. Mojica

Member, Practice Lead,
Customs Import & Trade
Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Nithya Nagarajan

Partner
Husch Blackwell LLP

Beth Neitzel

Partner
Foley Hoag LLP
Former Senior Counselor to the Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Cindy Owens

Vice President, Legal, Trade Counsel
Polaris Inc.

Jeremy Page

Partner
Page Fura, P.C.

Erika Peters

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Innovation and Operations
Exiger

John Pickel

Senior Director of International Supply Chain Policy
National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC)

Kelly Raia

Chief Operating Officer
Blue Tiger International

Joel Rogers

Associate General Counsel, International, Supply Chain & Regulatory
The Home Depot

Richard B. Roper

Partner
Holland & Knight LLP

Su Kohn Ross

Partner
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

David P. Sanders

Partner
Cassidy Levy Kent

Neena Shenai

Senior Legal Director & Chief Counsel for Global Trade
Medtronic

Patrick Togni

Partner
King & Spalding

Olga Torres

Managing Member
Torres Trade Law, PLLC

Kathryn Wilkins

Vice President, Alliance Operating Services; Trade Co-Chair
COAC – CBP Commercial Operations Advisory Committee

Richard M. Wortman

Partner
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP

Lian Yang

Partner
Alston Bird LLP