Government Speaker Faculty

Kentaro Mukai

Counselor, Economic Section Embassy of Japan

Raj Parekh

Chief of Corporate Enforcement U.S. Department of Commerce

Cathleen Ryan

Director, Office of Antiboycott Compliance, Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce

John Sonderman

Director, Office of Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce

2025 Co-Chairs

Patricia M. Byrne

Vice President & Chief Counsel, International Trade Compliance BAE Systems, Inc.

Kay C. Georgi

Partner, International Trade & Investment ArentFox Schiff LLP

Erika Faulkenberry

Global Head, Trade Compliance Biogen

Christine Lee

Global Head of Compliance Qorvo

Industry Speaker Faculty

Eric Carlson

Partner Covington & Burling LLP

Nicole D’Avanzo

Assistant General Counsel and Director General Dynamics

Jana del-Cerro

Partner Crowell & Moring

Jill McClune

General Counsel, US Avon Protection Systems

Jared Clark

Senior Manager, Legal and Compliance, Export Controls and Sanctions ASML

Angela Gamalski

Partner Honigman LLP

Alan Hayes

Senior Counsel OpenAI

Stephana J. Henry

Global Trade Counsel Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Jesse Horn

Global Trade Counsel Microsoft

Peter E. Jeydel

Partner Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Alexandra Landis

Senior Counsel, Director of Compliance and Export Controls Palladyne AI Corp.

David Lim

Partner White & Case LLP

David Lynch

Senior Vice President, Analytical Solutions Sayari

Andrew K. McAllister

Partner Holland & Knight

Thaddeus McBride

Partner Bass Berry & Sims PLC

Artie McConnell

Partner BakerHostetler Former Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York U.S. Department of Justice

Celia Merzbacher

Executive Director Quantum Economic Development Consortium

Laura Molinari

Executive Director, Global Trade Controls Boeing

Joseph Moyer

Associate General Counsel Coherent Corp.

Matt O’Hare

Senior Corporate Counsel, Trade & Export Compliance T-Mobile

Liz Owerbach

Director & Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Trade Salesforce

Sarah Black Perry

Director & Assistant General Counsel – Global Trade RTX

Beth Peters

Partner Hogan Lovells LLP

Anthony Rapa

Partner Blank Rome

Renata Rice

Director, International Trade Northrop Grumman

Joshua L. Richter

Senior Director, Trade Compliance Leonardo DRS

Lori Romero

Senior Counsel, Trade Controls L3Harris Technologies

Lori Scheetz

Partner Wiley Rein LLP

Hena Schommer

Director, Trade Legal Applied Materials

Jim Secreto

Partner Secreto Strategies Former Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce

Heather Sroka

Senior International Trade Counsel Intel

Christopher B. Stagg

Partner Holland & Knight

Dr. Chris Timura

Partner Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Jennifer Varney

Global Trade Compliance Manager Volvo

Kevin Wolf

Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Sarah York

Senior Counsel, International Trade Compliance GE Aerospace