Michael Wickham said he won't seek re-election to the C.H. Robinson board at company’s next annual shareholders’ meeting May 9.
Bob Henry from Robinson, Kan. was elected as Trade Policy & International Affairs Committee chairman for the American Soybean Association, the ASA said in a press release. The ASA also has confirmed Danny Murphy from Canton, Miss., as president and Steve Wellman from Syracuse, Neb., as chairman, it said.
Morton Halperin, Open Society Foundations, nominated by President Obama to Millennium Challenge Corp. board.
Southwest Airlines Chairman Gary Kelly was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the A4A board. United Airlines CEO Jeffery Smisek was elected vice chairman.
John Bakane, National Council of Textile Organizations executive committee member and CEO of Frontier Spinning Mills, was named to the advisory committee of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
The US-China Business Council says Piper Lounsbury Stover will return to USCBC as vice president-China, effective Jan. 1.
The Manatee County Port Authority elected member Carol Whitmore as 2013 chairman. Other MCPA officers are: John Chappie, first vice chairman; Michael Gallen, second vice chairman; and Vanessa Baugh, third vice chairman.
New at Airlines for America: Keith Glatz, ex-Department of Transportation, as vice president-international affairs; Katie Connell, ex-Gannett and Delta, as managing director-airline industry public relations and communications.
Port of Corpus Christi Commissioners promoted Frank Brogan to managing director, effective immediately.
Dechert hired Jeremy Zucker as a partner in the law firm's international trade practice in Washington, the firm said. Zucker previously worked at Hogan Lovells.