The World Shipping Council (WSC) Board of Directors approved the addition of Tai Soo Suk, president of Hanjin Shipping and Soren Toft, chief operating officer of Maersk Line to the board, the WSC said.

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) Board of Directors elected on Jan. 14 Bill Weller of Space Systems/Loral to serve as chairman for the coming year, SIA said in a press release. The board also elected Stacy Fuller of DirecTV as vice chairman and Jennifer Manner of EchoStar as treasurer.

The International Air Transport Association named Conrad Clifford as regional vice president for Asia Pacific, it said. Clifford, previously acting managing director of Antrak Air Ghana, replaces Maunu von Lueders, who is retiring, said IATA.

Dave Osiecki, senior vice president of policy and regulatory affairs at the American Trucking Associations, will now also handle legislative affairs work at the ATA, the trade association said. Osiecki takes over for Mary Phillips, who recently left the ATA, it said. Osiecki's "work leading ATA’s policy and regulatory affairs team has been exemplary and given an ever more complex web of issues our industry is confronted with, it only makes sense to bring our policy and legislative groups together to improve efficiency and coordination,” said ATA CEO Bill Graves.

Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani will retire in after his contract ends in June, the Port said. The Port Commission will "conduct an international search for his replacement," it said.

Maureen Thorson, an international trade lawyer and licensed customs broker at Wiley Rein, was promoted from of counsel to partner, the firm said in a press release.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems promotes Brian van Helden to chief operating officer.

Susan Kohn Ross, who heads the Mitchell Silberberg trade law practice, was named Chair of the District Export Council of Southern California, the firm said in a press release.

Liberty Mutual hired Viji Rangaswami as vice president of federal affairs in the company's Washington office, it said in a press release. Rangaswami was the chief trade lawyer for the Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee before stepping down last year (see 12092103).

Full Circle Compliance hired Jim Bartlett as a partner, the company said in a press release. Bartlett, who was senior counsel, Export/Import Law at Northrop Grumman, left the company to start his own firm. Bartlett will continue to publish his update through Full Circle and will maintain his law firm, Law Office of James E. Bartlett III, the company said.