President Donald Trump will nominate Dana Baiocco to be a commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission for seven years, starting Oct. 27, the White House announced Sept. 21. Republican lawmakers in May urged Trump to prioritize the nomination of an individual to fill the upcoming October vacancy to stave off a continuing Democratic CPSC majority even with Republicans set to gain chairmanship in October (see 1705220072). Baiocco is a partner at Jones Day. CPSC Democratic Commissioner Marietta Robinson's term expires in October.
Grunfeld Desiderio recently hired Jordan Kahn and Neil Helfand as of counsel, the law firm said in a news release. Kahn, who will join the firm's Washington office, comes from Schagrin Associates. Helfand, who will join the New York office, previously worked at Sandler Travis.
NorthPoint Logistics hired Amy Rice as its chief operating officer, it said in a press release. Rice, a licensed customs broker, was previously vice president of operations at Marisol International, it said.
The National Foreign Trade Council on Sept. 12 announced that Albright Stonebridge Group Chairman and former commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez is its new board chairman. Gutierrez is taking over for Alan Wolff, who worked as NFTC chairman since 2011, and is the new World Trade Organization deputy director general. Gutierrez was commerce secretary in the George W. Bush administration.
President Donald Trump on Sept. 11 sent to the Senate the nomination of Manisha Singh to be assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, the White House said. Trump tapped Singh for the position on Sept. 7 (see 1709080008). In that role, Singh would oversee trade policy, transportation affairs, intellectual property rights and sanctions. Singh is chief counsel and senior policy adviser to Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.
President Donald Trump will nominate Manisha Singh to be assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, the White House announced Sept. 7. In that role, she would oversee trade policy, transportation affairs, intellectual property rights and sanctions. Singh is chief counsel and senior policy adviser to Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.
President Donald Trump on Sept. 5 sent the names of two Department of Agriculture nominees to the Senate, the White House announced. The nominees are Gregory Ibach for under secretary of agriculture for marketing and regulatory programs, and Stephen Vaden for general counsel.
Theodore Essex, previously an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission, joined Hogan Lovells in the firm's intellectual property litigation practice, the firm said in a news release.
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) named Sarah Heidema acting director of the directorate’s Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy, after then-director Ed Peartree accepted a position outside government, DDTC said. The change became effective on Aug. 28. “During this leadership transition,” Rick Koelling is working as acting deputy director of policy in addition to division chief of commodity jurisdictions. DDTC has named Rob Hart acting division chief for regulatory and multilateral affairs to fill in for the position Heidema vacated.
Casey Durst, previously area port director of St. Albans, Vermont, is now the Baltimore Field Office director, CBP said in an Aug. 18 news release. "She oversees CBP border security and trade and travel facilitation operations throughout the mid-Atlantic states," the agency said. Durst replaces Augustine Moore, who is now at CBP headquarters, it said.