committees

Grantee Committee

Chair — Greg Barbour, Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone 9
Vice-Chair — Matthew Weaver, Port Authority of Greater Oklahoma City
Board Liaison — Ronald DeBarr, NEOTEC
Suzan Carroll-Ramsey, SC State Ports Authority
Linda Aybar, The Rockefeller Group
Angie Atwood, Colmbus Regional Airport Authority
Steve Boecking, Alliance Corridor, Inc.
Judy Canales, FTZ #96 Eagle Pass/Maveric County
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
Katherine Mills, Columbus Regional Airport Authority
Ken Fightmaster, Greater Cincinnati FTZ, Inc.
Shannon Feeley, Port Canaveral Michael Horvath, Port Canaveral
Elaine Scollo, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Joy Rambo, Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.
Isabel Romero, Puerto Rico Industrial Devpt. Company
Jarrett Witt, Lehigh Economic Development Corporation

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.

If you would like to join the committee please send an email to: gb(at)ftz9(dot)org.

Petroleum & Petrochemical Committee

Co-Chair — Kathryn Terry, Motiva Enterprises LLC                                            
Co-Chair — Anthony A. Tonucci, International Trade Compliance                             Board Liaison — Jim Ervin, Valero Energy Corporation
Judy Mathews, CITGO Petroleum Corporation                                                         Rebekah Foster, Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. Communications

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.

CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE

Chair — Donnie Barnes, BMW Manufacturing Co, LLC
Board Liaison — Sean Lydon, Sony Electronics, Inc.
Board Liaison — Jose Quinonez, City of El Paso, El Paso International Airport
Eva Tomlinson, Zone Solutions LLC

The Certification Committee exists to develop and maintain credentials to elevate the profession and establish standards of professional practice, to help members minimize government regulation, and to general non-dues revenue. 

If you would like to join the committee please send an email to: donnie.barnes(at)bmwmc(dot)com.

AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS COMMITTEE

Chair — Lewis Leibowitz, Hogan & Hartson
Board Liaison — Brandi Hanback, The Rockefeller Group
Sean Lydon, Sony Electronics 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.

If you would like to join the committee please send an email to: leleibowitz(at)hhlaw(dot)com.

Automation Committee

Chair — Linda King, Miller and Company
Board Liaison — Maria Delle Fave, Eastman Kodak Company
Karen Sager, FTZ Consulting, LLC
Nabil Cacheiro-Hamdi, Integration Point, Inc.
Steven Lubel, Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.
Bob Jacob, Port Everglades Department of Broward County
Phil Ewing, IntegrationPoint, Inc.
Ron Coppola, BP America, Inc.
Ray Shaw, Expeditors/Tradewin
Melissa Irmen, Integration Point, Inc.
David Archibald, Merck & Company, Inc.
Mike Rafferty, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
Katherine Reiter, STMicroelectronics, Inc.
Craig Pool, Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation                                                     Suzanne Smith, Rockefeller Group                                                                          Eva Tomlinson, Zone Solutions LLC

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.

If you would like to join the committee please send an email to: lking(at)millerco(dot)com.

Membership committee

Co-Chair — Cornelia Steinert, Stellar Trade Support
Co-Chair — Steve Boecking, Alliance Corridor                                                                             
Board Liaison — Suzan Carroll-Ramsey, SC State Ports Authority
Board Liaison — Kathy Mills, Columbus Regional Airport Authority
Anita Kayser, Washington Dulles Foreign-Trade Zone
Zeno Smith, Robert Bosch Corporation
Clay Perry, Integration Point, Inc.
Wanda Sample, Avalon Risk Management
Marian Ladner, Ladner & Associates PC
Mike Rafferty, Mercedes-Benz USA

The NAFTZ Membership Committee stives to build 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.

If you would like to join the committee please send an email to: cornelia(at)stellartrade(dot)com or steve.boecking(at)hillwood(dot)com.

task forces

Regulatory Task Force

Chair — Marshall Miller, Miller & Company
Brandi Hanback, Rockefeller Group
Sean Lydon, Matthews International
Steve Boecking, Alliance Texas
Scott Wienke, Abbott

NEW REVENUE SOURCES TASK FORCE

Chair — Tommy Berry, Point Trade Services, Inc.
Co-Chair — Bill Fisher, Centrepot Intl Logistics, Inc.                                                
Board Liaison — Curtis Spencer, IMS Worldwide (Houston)                                      Donnie Barnes, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC

If you would like to join the task force please send an email to: tberry(at)pointtradeservices(dot)com.

In-Bond Task Force

Chair — Suzanne Smith, The Rockefeller Group
Board Liaison — Eva Tomlinson, Zone Solutions LLC
Karen Sager, FTZ Consulting, LLC
Wendy Armbruster, Expeditors Tradewin LLC
Donnie Barnes, BMW Manufacturing Co, LLC
Tommy Berry, PointTrade Services, Inc.
Arcelio Gerardo, FTZ World Services - Miami Free Zone
Linda King, Miller & Company, P.C.
Madura Mahenthiran, EZ-FTZ
Matt Mermigousis, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC
Paul Rimmer, PBR Customs
Julie Ritenour, Sony Electronics, Inc.
Kathy Wilkins, DHL Global Forwarding

The In Bond Task Force was created to monitor and influence changes in the in-bond program. The major effort of the tast force is to achieve uniform treatment across ports by CBP so that industry will know what to expect in the handling of in-bond documents. The task force has gathered and continues to gather examples of diverse treatment for CBP to use in its training efforts.

If you would like to join the task force please send an email to: ssmith(at)rockgrp(dot)com.

FDA-Regulated industries Task Force

Chair — Sean Murray, Miller & Company, P.C.
Board Liaison — Scott Wienke, Abbott Laboratories
David Archibald, Merck & Co.
John Wolber, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Rob Carr, Masco Corp/Masco Tech, Inc.
Chris Fuhrer, Revlon
Donnie Barnes, BMW Manufacturing Co, LLC
Kristine Carlson, Ernst & Young, LLC
Laura Gipson, Bayer HealthCare,LLC
Stacy Golden, Sony Electrics, Inc.
Janet Menzie, Boehringer-Ingelheim Roxane, Inc.
Edmundo Rodriguez, Nestor Reyes, Inc.
Cornelia Steinert, Stellar Trade Support
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.

If you would like to join the task force please send an email to: smurray(at)millerco(dot)com.

Economic & Business developemnt (EBD) TASK FORCE

Chair — Marge Bevers, Greater Rockford Airport Authority
Co-Chair — Matt Gersper, Global Data Mining, LLC
Board Liaison — Ron DeBarr, NEOTEC

The EBD Task Force is committeed to developing a collaborative and replicable best-practice model to create economic wealth for local communities and increase revenues and profits for participating businesses within those communities.

If you would like to join the task force please send an email to: mbevers(at)flyrfd(dot)com.

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