Jean Kemp joined the Steel Manufacturers Association as senior vice president-government affairs and trade policy, the SMA said in a press release. Kemp was previously deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for industrial competitiveness.
A.N. Deringer recently hired Ania Wierzbowska-Fuller as its director of consulting, the customs brokerage said in a press release. Wierzbowska-Fuller previously spent 12 years at Target, where she was global trade operations manager. Tammy Flanders Hetrick will join her on the A.N. Deringer consulting team as a senior trade advisor, the company said.
King & Spalding added Rambod Behboodi, previously a senior litigator with the World Trade Organization, the law firm said in a news release. Behboodi joins the firm's International Trade Practice as a partner in Geneva, it said.
McKool Smith hired Scott Kieff, a commissioner on the International Trade Commission from 2013 to 2017, the law firm said in a news release.
Bill Reinsch, previously a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies as the Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS said in a Jan. 3 news release. Reinsch, who also previously led the National Foreign Trade Council, will continue to be a senior adviser at Kelley Drye, CSIS said.
Federal Maritime Commission Commissioner William Doyle will join the Dredging Contractors of America as CEO after leaving the FMC (see 1711270048), the agency said in a Dec. 15 news release.
Sandler Travis hired Jenna Glass as an adviser on export controls and sanctions in its San Francisco office, the law firm said in a news release. Glass, who “will handle Export Administration Regulations, International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions matters,” was previously “a global trade compliance manager for a leading U.S. technology company,” Sandler Travis said.
Mark Hirzel recently joined American Honda Motor Company as assistant manager for trade services, he confirmed in an email. Hirzel, a licensed customs broker, previously worked for A.N. Deringer and DHL Global Forwarding.
President Donald Trump plans to appoint Daniel DiMicco, Vincent Duvall and Leslie Daniels to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, the White House said in a Dec. 4 notice. DiMicco, a former CEO of Nucor, previously helped with the transition team at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative after Trump was elected (see 1611220047). Duvall is president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and Daniels is an operating partner with AE Industrial Partners.
Fox Rothschild hired Lizbeth Levinson and Ronald Wisla, both previously with Kutak Rock, the law firm said in a recent news release. Levinson joins as a partner and Wisla joins as counsel at Fox Rothschild, the firm said.