Grantee Committee
Chair — Ron DeBarr, NEOTEC
Vice Chair — Katherine Mills, Columbus Regional Airport Authority
Board Liaison —Suzan Carroll-Ramsey, SC State Ports Authority
Linda Aybar, The Rockefeller Group
Greg Barbour, Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone 9
Marge Bevers, Greater Rockford Airport Authority
Steve Boecking, Alliance Corridor, Inc.
Lisa Braud, Port of South Louisiana
Julie Brown, Georgia Foreign Trade Zone, Inc.
Randy Campbell, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
Pamela Davison, Triangle J Council of Governments
Shannon Feeley, Port Canaveral
Ken Fightmaster, Greater Cincinnati FTZ, Inc.
Michael Horvath, Port Canaveral
Katherine Mills, Greater Cincinnati FTZ, Inc.
Ellen Nesheiwat, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Joy Rambo, Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.
Isabel Romero, Puerto Rico Industrial Devpt. Company
Greg Truninger, FTZ #114 Central Illinois
Matthew Weaver, Port Authority of Greater Oklahoma City
The Grantee Committee serves to express the common interests and needs of the more than 250 Grantees in the FTZ program, and assist Grantees in successfully promoting and improving FTZs and their use. The Grantee Committee plays a key role in educating the public on the use and benefits of the FTZ program. Petroleum & Petrochemical Committee
Chair (Interim)— Bill Carr, ConocoPhillips
Board Liaison— Sam Aucoin, Tesoro Corporation
Recording Secretary - Rebekah Foster, Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. Communications Secretary - Kirsten Silberschlag, Valero Energy Corp.
The Petroleum Committee strives to act as the voice and central point of contact for members of the petroleum and petrochemical communities. As part of this mission, the Committee collects and disseminates pertinent Foreign-Trade Zone information to all industry members active in sub-zones. The Committee also keeps abreast of current industry issues relevant to the Foreign-Trade Zone program, and develops common industry positions to secure a positive FTZ environment for all petroleum and petrochemical members. To ensure the FTZ experience remains positive and beneficial to the industry, the Committee also fosters communication and understanding between its members and all relevant authorities and agencies, including Customs and Border Protection. Operators & Users Committee
Co-Chair — Ellen Walsh, Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Inc.
Co-Chair — Rebecca Williams, The Rockefeller Group
Secretary - Ann Callahan, Merck & Co., Inc.
Alt. Secretary: Laura Heyburn, Firmenich, Inc.
2nd Alt. Secretary: Trudy Huguet, Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation
Board Liaison: Mike Rafferty, Mercedes-Benz U.S. Int'l., Inc.
Tommy Berry, PointTrade Services, Inc.
Trey Boring, IMS Operating Services, Inc.
Leslie Couch, Integration Point Diane Koenig, Givaudan Fragrances Corporation
Mercedes Perez, Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
Bart Ruby, DuPont Agricultural Products
Angela Slaughter, Canon Virginia Inc.
Monica Stewart, Sanford Corporation
Eva Tomlinson, Zones Solutions, LLC.
Enrique Vassallo, Motorambar
Robert Webster, Skechers Shoes
The NAFTZ User Committee was established as a forum for NAFTZ users to network and to review issues and proposed legislation that may impact users in foreign-trade zones. Members of the committee are tasked with developing the agenda for roundtable discussions at seminars and conferences, addressing operational challenges, and presenting issues and legislative changes that will impact FTZ operations to the NAFTZ Board of Directors for potential support and action. NAFTZ Members are welcome to approach the Committee with issue(s) they would like to have addressed. Although the Committee cannot provide advice, they will review suggestions for forwarding to the NAFTZ Board. Revenue Committee Chair — Donnie Barnes, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
Linda Hothem, Oakland FTZ #56/PAC-AM
Tommy Berry, Point Trade Services, Inc.
Ken Fightmaster, Greater Cincinnati FTZ, Inc. FTZ #46
Roy Knapp, Consultech, Inc.
Craig Pool, Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation The Revenue Committee was established as an advisory body for all matters pertaining to the NAFTZs financial viability. The scope of their authrority spans from event, website, and publication sponsorship as well as membership. The committee works with the Board of Directors and the NAFTZ staff to develop revenue generating policies that ensure the continued financial growth of the Association. Program Committee Chair — Trey Boring, IMS Operating Services
Board Liason-Kevin Burwell, Virginia Port Authority
Donnie Barnes, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
Tommy Berry, PointTrade Services, Inc.
Brandi Hanback, The Rockefeller Group
Trudy Huguet, Foreign Trade Zone Corporation
Scott Taylor, Miller & Co. P.C. The Program Committee determines which topics are to be covered at Association seminars and conferences. The committee works collaboratively with the Staff on event content, organization, and speaker selection. Additionally, the committee keeps the Board of Director's informed about member interest as it pertains to events. 2007 Nominating Committee
Chair — David Ostheimer, Lamb & Lerch
Tommy Berry, Point Trade Services LLC
Laura Heyburn, Firmeninch
Jose Quinonez, El Paso FTZ
Zeno Smith, Robert Bosch The Nominating Committee is tasked with preparing a slate of candidates for the NAFTZ Board of Directors. A slate of candidates is presented at the Annual Business Meeting at the Annual Conference. The Nominating Committee Chair and Committee Members are selected by the President of the Board. The composition of the Committee varies from election to election and the Committee manages the entire candidate selection process. For more information regarding the role of the Nominating Committee, please refer to the NAFTZ By-Laws. Automation Task Force
Chair — Linda King, Miller and Company
Board Liaison - Michael Thomas, Thomas International Group
Karen Sager, FTZ Consulting, LLC
Steven Lubel, Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.
Bob Jacob, Port Everglades Department of Broward County
Phil Ewing, EZ-FTZ
Ron Coppola, BP America, Inc.
Ray Shaw, Ernst & Young, LLP
Melissa Irmen, Integration Point, Inc.
Mike Rafferty, Mercedes-Benz U.S. Int'l., Inc.
David Archibald, Merck & Company, Inc.
Phyllis Saathoff, Port Freeport
Katherine Reiter, STMicroelectronics, Inc.
Craig Pool, Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation
Over the past year the Automation Task Force, in cooperation with a high-level technical team from CBP, has successfully worked to automate the FTZ admission process. This is a significant accomplishment. The task force will continue to work through the TSN with CBP and its contractors to develop a secure, efficient and cost effective ACE account portal and reporting structure at the earliest date possible. Membership Task Force
Chair — Ron DeBarr, NEOTEC
Board Liaison - Hilda Boyce, Port of Corpus Christi Authority
Trey Boring, IMS Operating Services, Inc.
Nancy Stephens, Port Freeport
Operator-User Committee Representative
3PL/Broker Task Force Representative
Revenue Committee Representative
The NAFTZ Membership Task is committed to building the NAFTZ membership base and retaining current members. It's work includes raising the awareness of the FTZ program, clearly communicating to the FTZ community the substantial benefits of NAFTZ membership, the significant accomplishments of the organization and NAFTZ's high member ratings on a wide range of performance measures.
3PL/Broker Task Force
Chair — Empty
Board Liason - Curtis Spencer, IMS Worldwide (Houston)
Bill Fisher, Centrepot
Linda King, Miller & Company
George James, Reebok International Ltd.
Kathy Wilkins, Exel Global Logistics TX
Alan Drake, Schenker, Inc.
Katherine Mills, Columbus Regional Airport Authority
Lori Ryan, Mercedes Benz US Int'l, Inc.
The task force has been organized to reach out to the 3PL, customs broker and logistics communities to inform them of the business opportunities afforded by the new e-214 process and the total value their business will realize when automation is combined with other FTZ program benefits. These communities will be encouraged to attend programs, become NAFTZ members and add their expertise to efforts aimed at improving FTZ services.
Task force on expanding ftz benefits
Chair — Lewis Leibowitz, Hogan & Hartson
Board Liaison - Brandi Hanback, Rockefeller Group
Sean Lydon, Sony Electronics Inc.
Tommy Berry, PointTrade Services, Inc.
Dom Gambardella, PricewaterhoseCoopers, LLP
David Ostheimer, Lamb & Lerch
Mike Rafferty, Mercedes-Benz U.S. Intl, Inc.
Maureen Ford, Regional Industrial Development Corp.
David Archibald, Merck & Co. Inc.
Two years ago NAFTZ set a long range planning goal for an "initiative to shape the future of the FTZ program to retain and attract U.S. Based economic activity". The job of the new task force is to advance this objective in a number of ways: through improvements in existing benefits; through new incentives which add domestic value for both manufacturing and international distribution operations; and , through a review of existing statutes to see if some modifications in the statutes are appropriate.
FTZ SCOPE OF AUTHORITY Task Force
Co-Chair — Michael Thomas, Thomas International Group
Co-Chair — Sam Aucoin, Tesoro Corporation
Phyllis Saathoff, Port Freeport
David Ostheimer, Lamb & Lerch
Marshall Miller, Miller & Company, PC
The objective of the task force is to assist in the analysis of methods for monitoring and reporting changes in zone activities in relation to the FTZ Board-approved scope of authority.
FDA-Regulated industries Task Force
Chair — Scott Wienke, Abbott Laboratories
David Archibald, Merck & Co.
John Wolber, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Tony Barone, Pfizer
Rob Carr, Masco Corp/Masco Tech, Inc.
Chris Fuhrer, Revlon
Donnie Barnes, BMW Manufacturing Co, LLC
Kristine Carlson, Ernst & Young, LLP
Sean Murray, Miller & Company, P.C.
Laura Gipson, Bayer HealthCare, LLC
Stacy Golden, Sony Electronics, Inc.
Maria A. DelleFave, Eastman Kodak Company
Edmundo Rodriguez, Nestor Reyes, Inc. (Customs Broker PR)
Anthony Tennariello, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
The task force is committed to work with FDA in establishing automation and procedural requirements that will serve the operational needs of both business and government.
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