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CBP Releases List of 13th Term COAC Members

CBP recently informed members of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (COAC) of makeup of the group. The COAC has its first meeting of the term, which lasts from 2013 to 2015, on March 6. The 13th term COAC members are:

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  • Dave Berry, Vice President at Swift Transportation Corporation
  • Chip Brown, Managing Director Regulatory Compliance at FedEx Trade Networks Transport and Brokerage
  • Scott Boyer, Associate Director of Transportation at Kraft Foods
  • Scott Childers, Director of Integrated Trade Management at the Walt Disney Company
  • Many Ann Comstock, Assistant Secretary & Northern Border Compliance Manager at UPS Supply Chain Solutions
  • Jeff Coppersmith, President of Coppersmith Global Logistics
  • William Earle, President of the National Association of Beverage Importers
  • Matthew Fass, President of Maritime Products International
  • Willaim Ferguson, Vice President of Security Services at NYK Line
  • Brandon Fried, Executive Director of the Airforwarders Association
  • Carol Hallett, Counselor at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Suzanne Hoeger, Global Trade Compliance & Policy at Abbott Laboratories
  • Vincent Iacopella, Managing Director at the Janel Group of Los Angeles
  • Karen Kenney, Chief Operating Officer of Liberty International
  • Kathleen Neal, Director of Global Trade Compliance of Regal Beloit Corp.
  • Julie Ann Parks, Senior Manager Export/Import Operations at Raytheon Company
  • James Phillips, Senior Manager of Customs at General Motors
  • Elizabeth Shaver, Director of Cargo Services at Airlines for America
  • Ted Sherman, Director of Global Trade Services at Target
  • George Weise, Executive Vice President at Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services

(See ITT's Online Archives 13021526 for summary of the March 6 COAC agenda.)