“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Charles Dickens
Registrations for our upcoming Spring Seminar are approaching the record numbers we had at our 2019 session! You don’t want to miss this conference!
NAFTZ is excited to be hosting in-person conferences again, and the 2022 Spring Conference is in Austin, Texas. Just in case you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here. And members received a $200 discount on the registration cost!
The day-and-a-half conference agenda is packed with topics, including:
All of this and updates from CBP, a legal lighting round with your questions to our panel of FTZ and trade lawyers, the Fundamentals for those new to the world of FTZs is included, along with networking and finally getting to be with your NAFTZ friends again! I can’t wait to see everyone in Austin!
We will be sharing more news of Spring Seminar and all our events on our social media accounts on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook . And, of course, you can always contact me directly at Melissa.Irmen@iscm.co with any comments, questions or feedback.
Lastly, we’re asking all members to recommit to your committees. If you haven’t already, please sign up for each committee in which you want to remain active as a member. Take a minute to renew your committee membership here: https://www.naftz.org/serve-on-a-committee/
Please join me in welcoming these new members and new and renewing committee members:
New Members: Mark Leventhal, Floor and Décor Outlets of America Inc., Operator/User Additional; Scott Buber, Warehouse Specialist, LLC, Service Provider Designated; Owen Stauber, Warehouse Specialist, LLC, Service Provider Additional; Jade Wang, Descartes QuestaWeb, Inc, Service Provider Additional; Chad Singiser, Descartes QuestaWeb Inc., Service Provider Additional; Brad Menard, Braumiller Law Group, Service Provider Additional; Chris Pugh, Molex LLC, Operator/User Designated; Hayley Dege, PTSI | A Copper Hill Company, Service Provider Additional; Andrew Murray, PTSI | A Copper Hill Company, Service Provider Additional; Monica Brito, Volkswagen Group of America, Operator/User Additional; Chris Meyer, Greater Cincinnati Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc. Grantee Designated; Ashley Sanders, Port of Beaumont, Grantee Designated; Guiseppe Barranco, Port of Beaumont, Grantee Additional; Jeffrey Burke, CNH Industrial America LLC, Operator/User Additional
New Committee/Working Group/Taskforce Members: Accreditation Committee: Sean Lydon, ISCM Inc., Service Provider Additional; Tony Rodriquez, Port of Brownsville, Grantee Designated. Advocacy Committee: David Sikkink, Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone 9, Grantee Designated; Courtney Stiers, FTI Consulting Inc., Service Provider. EPA Working Group: Danielle Converse, Port of Corpus Christi Authority, Grantee Designated. FDA Working Group: Courtney Stiers, FTI Consulting Inc., Service Provider Designated. Grantee Committee: David Sikkink, Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone 9, Grantee Designated, Alex Halloway, Research Triangle Area Foreign-Trade Zone, Grantee Designated, Danielle Converse, Port of Corpus Christi Authority, Grantee Designated, Tony Rodriquez, Port of Brownsville, Grantee Designated, Miguel Zamora, Louisville Riverport Authority, Grantee Designated; Denise Yanez, City of Phoenix, Grantee Designated. Membership Committee: Courtney Stiers, FTI Consulting Inc., Service Provider Designated; Sean Lydon, ISCM Inc., Service Provider Additional; Eric Berry, PTSI | A Copper Hill Company, Service Provider Designated; Miguel Zamora, Louisville Riverport Authority, Grantee Designated; Kelly Steward, LLFlex, LLC, Operator/User Designated; Wanda Sample, Avalon Risk Management, Service Provider Designated; Tanna Zingula, UPS Zone Solutions, Service Provider Additional; Denise Yanez, City of Phoenix, Grantee Designated. Operator/User Committee: Davide Dallospedale, Fossil LP, Operator/User Designated; Tony Rodriquez, Port of Brownsville, Grantee Designated; Eric Berry, PTSI | A Copper Hill Company, Service Provider Designated; Kelly Steward, LLFlex, LLC, Operator/User Designated; Courtney Stiers, FTI Consulting Inc., Service Provider Additional. Program Committee: Sean Lydon, ISCM Inc., Service Provider Additional; Eric Berry, PTSI | A Copper Hill Company, Service Provider Designated; Kirsten Lear, Ernst & Young LLP, Service Provider. Social Media Task Force: Danielle Converse, Port of Corpus Christi Authority, Grantee; Courtney Stiers, FTI Consulting Inc., Service Provider. Sponsorship Task Force: Danielle Converse, Port of Corpus Christi Authority, Grantee; Wanda Sample, Avalon Risk Management, Service Provider
Regards,
Melissa Irmen
Chairman
