Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced the appointment of sixteen additional members to six agricultural trade advisory committees. Newly appointed members by committee are:
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Paul Mehler will relieve Capt. Jason Fosdick as commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage and as Captain of the Port for Western Alaska at a change of command ceremony June 22.
The Transportation Security Administration promotes John Halinski to deputy administrator, effective July 1, replacing Gale Rossides, retiring.
Robert Reinecke, ex-Hanjin Shipping, joins South Carolina Ports Authority in the newly created position of vice president-global account sales.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of 12 dairy members to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. All appointees’ terms will begin immediately, with terms ending October 31, 2014, said USDA.
Two Sidley Austin partners received number one rankings in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2012 field guide: Richard Belanger for International Trade: Customs and Andrew Shoyer for International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy.
Robert Koopman was appointed the International Trade Commission’s Director of Operations, and will oversee the investigative and research activities of the agency's Offices of Investigations, Unfair Import Investigations, Industries, Economics, Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements, and Analysis and Research Services, said the ITC. Since July 1999, Koopman had been director of the ITC's Office of Economics, functioning as the agency's Chief Economist. Previously, Koopman worked for 15 years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Qantas Airways CEO Alan Joyce becomes chairman of the International Air Transport Association board, succeeding KLM CEO Peter Hartman.
Capt. Gordon Loebl, who has been chief of the Office of Quality Assurance and Traveling Inspections at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, becomes commander of the Coast Guard Sector New York and New Jersey, effective June 13, replacing Rear Adm. Linda Fagan.
Williams Mullen hired Robert Zuckerman, general counsel at Horizon Lines, as Of Counsel in the firm's Virginia Beach, Va., office. Zuckerman will remain vice president-law and government affairs at Horizon Lines.