Elizabeth Glynn, ex-Santa Monica College Small Business Development Center, will lead the California Manufacturing Technology Consulting export initiative as export advisor.
Makhtar Diop of Senegal, previously World Bank country director for Brazil, becomes the new World Bank vice president for Africa.
New officers at American Association of Airport Executives: Chair, Bruce Carter, Moline, Ill.; First Vice Chair Mark Brewer, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport; Second Vice Chair Randall Berg, Salt Lake City Department of Airports; and Secretary/Treasurer Jeffrey Mulder, Tulsa Airport Authority; First Past Chair Kelly Johnson, Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport; Second Past Chair James Bennett, Abu Dhabi Airports Company.
The Transportation Security Administration promoted Karen Shelton Waters to assistant administrator for the Office of Acquisition. It also promoted Kelly Hoggan to assistant administrator for the Office of Security Capabilities.
Sadako Ogata, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1990-2000) and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, has become chairperson of the World Economic Forum Japan.
The International Air Transport Association named Hussein Dabbas, ex-Royal Jordanian Airlines, regional vice president for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), effective June 1.
Pablo Benes, legal officer in the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, joined Steptoe & Johnson as a director in the firm's International Trade and International Regulatory Compliance Practice groups in Washington.
James Dinkins, Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), was elected chair of the World Customs Organization's (WCO) enforcement committee at its four-day meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The committee was established in 1983 to develop strategies to combat customs offenses.
Tadaaki Naito, senior managing corporate officer of NYK, joins World Shipping Council board, to fill the seat previously held by Kenji Mizushima of NYK.
Kenneth Riley, president of International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422 in Charleston, SC, named president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO.