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.
Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services hired Monica White to the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as director of export compliance. White previously was Export Manager and Empowered Official within Raytheon’s Corporate Export/Import Operations office.
CBP selected Dave Fluty as Area Port Director for the Houston/Galveston area ports of entry, said CBP in a press release. Fluty previously was the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for CBP’s Office of Training and Development
New officers at the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners: Gilda Gonzales, Unity Council, as president of the board; James Head, San Francisco Foundation, as first vice president and Alan Yee, Siegel and Yee, as second vice president.
Kevin Warsh, ex-Federal Reserve board and presidential adviser, joins UPS board .
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings named Gen. Duncan McNabb, USAF (Ret.), to its board.
Delaware's Legislative Council named Michael Morton to the board of directors of the Diamond State Port Corporation, effective July 1. It owns and operates the Port of Wilmington, Del.
Baker & McKenzie hired Jonathan Poling as a partner in the firm's trade compliance practice in Washington. Poling previously worked as a trial lawyer in the Justice Department's National Security Division.
Venable hired Adam Hess as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Hess previously worked Pillsbury Winthrop as chair of the firm's intellectual property litigation practice and has much experience on Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission, said Venable.
The Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws named Alan Price, a lawyer at Wiley Rein, as its president, replacing Gilbert Kaplan of King & Spalding. The committee works for manufacturing, technology, agriculture, mining, energy and services sectors and to make sure trade laws are not weakened through legislation or policy decisions in Congress, international negotiations or through dispute settlements at the World Trade Organization, said Wiley Rein.