Stephanie Tsacoumis, ex-Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., named General Counsel for Consumer Product Safety Commission, effective Dec. 10.
Ed Rapp, group president and CFO of Caterpillar Inc., joins the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council.
Germain Thibault, co-founder and director general of the Grand défi Pierre Lavoie, appointed to the Montreal Port Authority for a three-year term.
New at A4A: Vaughn Jennings, ex-aide to Rep. John Sullivan, R-Okla, as managing director-government and regulatory communications. Christina Lee, ex-Judicial Watch, and Tressa Mattingly, ex-MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, become social media managers.
FDAImports.com hired Ryan Fournier and Celeste Del Rio-Kasper as associates in the firm.
The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) announced the its leaders for 2013.
William Bergeron, CEO of investment firm Bergeron Resources, is the newest member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, for a five-year term. He succeeds Wayne Mumphrey, the St. Bernard appointee on the regional board.
President Obama nominated Claire Kelly as a judge on the Court of International Trade. Kelly is currently a law professor at the Brooklyn Law School. She also chairs the Court of International Trade Bar Association (CITBA) subcommittee on trade adjustment assistance.
Promotions by Transportation Insight: Chris Baltz to president-CEO and Laura Easley to chief operating officer. Founder Paul Thompson will remain chairman.
Jaguar Freight Services names Markus Ellenbeck director of operations for Jaguar Americas.