Seko Logistics promoted Lila Landis to global chief compliance officer, the company said in a news release. In the newly created role, Landis will be “responsible for overseeing compliance activities globally and integrating compliance teams in EMEA, Australia, the Americas along with other SEKO locations to better support the company’s global operations and multinational clients,” the release said.
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jayme White, whose portfolio covers Europe, the Western Hemisphere and the Middle East, is leaving his position, with his last day Nov. 1, the office announced.
Former International Trade Commissioner Raldolph Stayin will join Buchanan Ingersoll in the international trade and national security practice, the firm said. The ITC announced Stayin's departure Oct. 19. His term would have expired in June 2026 (see 2310190048).
The International Trade Commission on Oct. 18 announced the departure of Commissioner Randolph Stayin, who will "return to private practice." The departure leaves the commission with only four of a possible six active commissioners. Stayin was confirmed by the Senate Aug. 1, 2019, and was set to serve until 2026. He served as vice chairman of the commission between June 2020 and June 2022.
Russell Semmel, former international trade attorney at Bryan Cave, has joined Sandler Travis as of counsel in the Miami office, the firm announced in an email. His practice will center on international trade law, regulation and policy matters, including tariff classification, economic sanctions and free trade agreements, among other things. Semmel worked at Bryan Cave for the past two years as counsel, and before that at ArentFox as a trade attorney.
Lydia Childre, former international trade and logistics senior associate at Venable, has joined boutique trade law firm Lighthill, the firm announced on LinkedIn. Childre worked at Venable for nearly two years after serving as a senior project adviser on Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs at the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration. Her practice at Lighthill will center on "national security and trade policy," the firm said. Lighthill was founded earlier this year by former Crowell & Moring attorney John Anwesen (see 2307050026).
CBP named Donald Kusser the director of field operations for the Laredo Field Office. Kusser succeeds DFO Randy Howe, who retired after 34 years, the agency said in a news release Sept. 25. Kusser was most recently port director for Los Angeles/Long Beach.
Cynthia Allen left FedEx Logistics on Sept. 7, and will be “taking some time off with family and friends to lazily contemplate my next career move,” she said in a post on LinkedIn. Allen, a former member of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) who had previously led CBP’s ACE Business Office, was vice president of regulatory affairs and compliance at the company.
Bryant Trick, a career staffer at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, was named acting assistant USTR for Europe and the Middle East. Before this appointment, announced Sept. 5, Trick served as deputy assistant USTR for Korea. The new role covers the EU, the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa.
Dan Wilson, former senior associate at Arnold & Porter, has joined Husch Blackwell as an international trade partner in the Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced. Joining the Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation industry group, Wilson carries experience in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings and customs matters.