Jorge Luis Quijano, an engineer who has been in charge of the Expansion Program, began his seven-year term as the Panama Canal Administrator Sept. 4. Quijano replaces Alberto Alemán Zubieta, who served as Administrator for 16 years. Manuel Benítez also began his term as Deputy Administrator.
Circuit Judge Richard Lynn of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit announced his retirement from regular active service on CAFC on Nov. 1, and will assume senior status. Linn was on the CAFC for more than 12 years.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies names Scott Miller, ex-Procter & Gamble, its new William M. Scholl Chair in International Business, succeeding Meredith Broadbent, named to the International Trade Commission.
Damon Pike of the Pike Law Firm, Teresa Polino of Thompson Coburn, and Cyndee Todgham Cherniak of LexSage Professional Corporation were named co-chairs in the American Bar Associations Customs Committee for the 2012-2013 year.
Ted Sherman, director of Global Trade Services at Target, and Kathy Neal, director of Global Trade Compliance at Regal Beloit, were named the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) trade co-chairs.
Kecia Reynolds, ex-International Trade Commission, joins Goodwin Procter's Litigation Department in its Washington, D.C. office as a member of Goodwin’s IP Litigation Practice. She will focus on representing clients in Section 337 evidentiary hearings before the International Trade Commission, in Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) district court litigation and in appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
Tay Yoshitani, Port of Seattle, joins the board of Expeditors International of Washington Inc.
Jin-Yong Cai of China, ex-Goldman Sachs, was named executive vice president and CEO of the World Bank's International Finance Corp.
New Commissioners for the Port of Oakland, Cestra "Ces" Butner of Horizon Beverage Co. and Bryan Parker of Davita Inc.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said he would step down later this month as chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority Board of Commissioners. He said he would name Andrew Reilly, vice president and general counsel for Jefferson Health System, based in Radnor, Pa., to succeed him on the board.