The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America named Ken Bargteil, who recently retired from Kuehne + Nagel (see 1510060056), as chancellor of the NCBFAA Educational Institute, the NCBFAA said (here).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative appointed Bill Jackson, the current deputy assistant USTR for the Generalized System of Preferences, as acting assistant USTR for textiles, the National Council of Textile Organizations said on Oct. 30. USTR didn't respond for comment. Jackson's appointment follows the departure of former assistant USTR for textiles, Gail Strickler, earlier in October (see 1510130013).
Cindy Allen, formerly of DHL Global Forwarding and prior to that head of CBP’s ACE Business Office, opened a new consulting firm focused on assisting importers, exporters, customs brokers and software developers, she said in an email. The new company, named Trade Force Multiplier, will advise importers and exporters seeking to comply with the demands of partner government agencies and customs brokers seeking to automate and implement the Automated Commercial Environment. The firm will also offer a training and reference resource for desk-level employees at brokerages, importers, exporters and forwarders.
National Foreign Trade Council President Bill Reinsch will step down from that post in April 2016, the organization said on a Oct. 16 (here). "It is time for me to do something different," he said. "I don't know what that will be, but I look forward to finding out." The NFTC will begin a search for a new president, it said.
The U.S. Council for International Business hired Megan Giblin, formerly business operations manager in Hewlett-Packard's global trade department, as USCIB's director of customs and trade facilitation, the organization said (here) on Oct. 19.
The Washington International Trade Association (WITA) named Kenneth Levinson full-time executive director, the organization said in an Oct. 14 statement (here). Levinson, WITA's interim executive director since November 2014. Levinson, is the founder and principal at KLC Strategies (here).
Ken Bargteil retired as vice president at Kuehne + Nagel as of Oct. 1. Bargteil, who will continue as chair of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America’s Educational Institute Subcommittee and chairman emeritus of the group’s Customs Committee, worked 42 years in the brokerage industry, 36 of which at Kuehne + Nagel.
Visa hired former Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis, previously with Square, as senior vice president, Global Government Relations, Visa said (here).
Arnold & Porter hired Claire Reade, previously assistant U.S. trade representative for China Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as senior counsel, the firm said in a news release.
Marc Schoem will take over as executive director of the International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization (ICPHSO) on Oct. 15, said the product safety group (here). Schoem is currently deputy director of the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Office of Compliance and Field Operations.