The Federal Maritime Commission named Benjamin Trogdon, previously attorney-advisor in the FMC Office of the General Counsel, director of the Bureau of Enforcement, the agency said in a news release.
Raytheon recently hired Adam Salerno, previously U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive director-policy division, as senior manager-government relations. Salerno's new position was announced during the Aug. 1 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting. Salerno is a COAC member.
CBP posted a list of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) members on Aug. 1, including the seven new members and four alternate members. New members in the 15th term of COAC are: Luisella Basso of Pitney Bowes Global Ecommerce; Barry Baxter of Walmart; Jose Gonzalez of Jose D. Gonzalez, L.C.B.; Jody Swetnik of Briggs & Stratton; Kate Weiner of Cargill; Brian White of The J.M. Smucker Company; and Kathy Wilkins of Alliance Operating Services.
General Motors hired Everett Eissenstat, who previously was deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs, as senior vice president-Global Public Policy, the company said in a news release. Before joining the White House in 2017, Eissenstat was chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee.
The International Trade Commission named Jennifer Andberg, previously deputy director of the Department of Commerce’s Office of Business Liaison, director of the Office of External Relations, the agency said in a news release. Among other duties, she will serve as ITC liaison with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Morrison & Foerster added John Smith, previously director of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, as a partner in the firm's National Security Practice, it said in a news release.
Candace Sider, vice president of government and regulatory affairs North America at Livingston International, was appointed chair of the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations, the IFCBA said in a news release. Sider represents the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers on the IFCBA board. Her term is 2018-2020. Geoff Powell, the former president of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, represents the U.S., the IFCBA said.
Mark Benedict will succeed Tom Sneeringer as president of the Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws, the group said in an emailed news release. Benedict is managing partner of Genesis Group, a lobbying firm that "supports the activities of U.S. businesses that use the antidumping and countervailing duty laws to address unfair trade practices by offshore competitors," CSUSTL said. Sneeringer retired as of June 30, it said.
The National Association of Manufacturers hired Jessica McBroom, previously compliance manager at JP Morgan Chase, as director of trade facilitation policy, the association said in a July 9 news release.
Doug Stearn, previously director of the Office of Enforcement and Import Operations at the Food and Drug Administration, is now acting director for regulatory affairs in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, according to an FDA organization chart. Armando Zamora, who was deputy director in the Office of Enforcement and Import Operations, is now acting director, according to another chart.