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PHX Around the World with Trade Deals

Date: March 5, 2020

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Thunderbird School of Global Management
400 E Van Buren
7th Floor, Room 730
Phoenix, AZ

Contact: Doug Bruhnke

Email: phx@globalchamber.org

Around the World with Trade Deals

How Trade Agreement Changes Will Impact Your International Business in 2020 and Beyond

By Thunderbird School of Global Management and Global Chamber®

Attend LIVE in person at Thunderbird or ZOOM in. Special thanks to Indira Jeffrey for the inspiration! Also special thanks to Thunderbird for hosting!

As an exporter, importer or investor... how will trade deal changes impact your business in 2020 and beyond? What changes can we expect? What opportunities exist to stay one step ahead?

We're pleased to speak with TOP experts on trade agreements including NAFTA/USMCA, TPP, US-China and more. Join us on March 5th, 3-5pm MT.

Expert Speakers

Sanjeev Khagram - Director General & Dean at Thunderbird School of Global Management
Daniel Ujczo - Practice Group Chair, International & Regional Practices at Dickinson Wright PLLC
Hank Marshall - Economic Development Executive Officer at City of Phoenix and UK Honorary Consul (AZ)
Honorable Jorge Mendoza Yescas - Consulate of Mexico in Phoenix
Melissa Proctor - President at Miller Proctor Law

Attendees free. Thunderbird students welcome!

LIVE Gathering 3-3:25pm at Thunderbird, 7th Floor, Room 730

Nearest Parking: Structure on Filmore between 3rd & 4th Streets

Program 3:25 - 5pm, with networking till 5:30pm

Opening remarks by Sanjeev Khagram, Director General and Dean at Thunderbird School of Global Management

Receive a ZOOM link when you register if that will be more convenient.

Speakers

Daniel Ujczo - Practice Group Chair, International & Regional Practices at Dickinson Wright PLLC. Dan is an international trade and customs lawyer who specializes in Canada-United States matters. In addition to his legal practice, Dan has responsibility for coordinating the firm’s innovative Canada-US Platform where he collaborates with more than 400 Dickinson Wright attorneys who regularly assist businesses that have cross-border issues such as customs and compliance, corporate structuring, M&A, taxation, business immigration, intellectual property protection, and financial incentives.

Dan also provides public policy counsel to governmental officials and corporate leaders in areas of regulatory cooperation, border security, economic development, labor mobility, corporate social responsibility, and public-private-partnerships. A US-licensed lawyer, Dan is one of the few individuals that has served in the US and Canadian governments, private practice, and academia.

Prior to joining Dickinson Wright, Dan served as an officer in Canada’s foreign ministry where he was responsible for coordinating a network of government departments and Canada-US industry associations toward improving North America’s borders and ports-of-entry. Dan also served as a liaison between government officials in Canada and the US, as well as routinely assisted companies in dealings with Canada-US regulatory agencies.

Hank Marshall - Economic Development Executive Officer at City of Phoenix and UK Honorary Consul (Arizona). Hank is Economic Development Executive Officer for City of Phoenix and he oversees the department's International, Business Development and Business Retention/Expansion programs and initiatives. His team is charged with the pursuit of opportunity that advances economic prosperity for the city of Phoenix. Prior to joining the city of Phoenix, Hank was Senior Vice President of International at the Arizona Commerce Authority. Hank was one of the key executives that assisted with the launching of the Arizona Commerce Authority in July 2011. From 2005 to 2011, Hank served as the CEO of AISLE21, an international consulting firm. Hank also serves as the British Honorary Consul to the state of Arizona. Marshall was raised overseas and spent many years in international corporate assignments. Marshall received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1982.

Honorable Jorge Mendoza Yescas - Consulate of Mexico in Phoenix. Consul General Mendoza is new to Phoenix but not new to cross-border trade. He will be speaking as a representative of the Mexican government. Consul General Mendoza is a member of the Mexican Foreign Service. On March 5, 2019 he was appointed by the President of Mexico as Consul General of Mexico in Phoenix, Arizona.

Prior to his current posting, Consul Mendoza served as Consul of legal affairs and documentation at the Consulate General of Mexico in Vancouver, British Columbia, Vice-Consul in Administration at the Consulate of Mexico in Presidio, Texas, Consular Officer to the protection department at the Consulate of Mexico in Tucson.

He has contributed to several printed and digital media sources in Mexico and the United States in matters of migration, binational affairs and US politics. Consul General Mendoza earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Sul Ross State University in Texas and a Law degree from the Universidad de Sonora.

Melissa Proctor - President at Miller Proctor Law. Melissa Proctor is the founder of Miller Proctor Law PLLC, an international trade law firm located in Scottsdale, Arizona. For almost 25 years, Melissa Proctor has been advising Fortune 500 companies, small and medium-sized companies and startups on the full range of issues involving export controls, embargoes and economic sanctions, customs laws and regulations, anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance, and other government agency requirements that impact imports and exports.

Previously, Melissa worked for two well-known international trade law firms (Barnes, Richardson & Colburn and Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.), served as Manager in KPMG’s Customs and Trade Department, and also served as Corporate Counsel-Compliance for Amazon. Melissa’s Export Practice focuses on compliance with all aspects of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, and the Foreign Trade Regulations. Her Trade & Customs practice focuses on customs valuation issues, tariff classification, country of origin and marking, special trade program and free trade agreement compliance, duty deferral and cost-saving opportunities, as well as border security initiatives. She also assists companies with their compliance with other U.S. federal government agencies that exercise jurisdiction over certain goods and technologies, as well as partners with companies in their development and rollout of sound anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies. Melissa represents clients through all stages of import and export enforcement actions by U.S. federal government agencies, updates clients on new legislative and regulatory developments, and provides in-house compliance training to companies, ensuring that personnel involved in international transactions can effectively navigate the complex web of international trade rules.

Melissa is a nationally known speaker on international trade topics, having lectured at Export Compliance Training Institute (ECTI), the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), the International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA), CompTIA, Organization of Women in International Trade, the Retail Value Chain Federation (RVCF), the Florida and Arizona Bar Associations and Global Chamber®. She is also a contributing author of Thomson-Reuter’s Practical Law resources and publications on export controls, embargoes and sanctions, and customs compliance.

Moderator

Doug Bruhnke - Founder/CEO of Global Chamber®. Doug founded Global Chamber® to give executives key connections and information along the way to grow and succeed as they export, import and invest around the world. He is a two-time expat with Dupont in Tokyo and Singapore, and he has worked in nearly every market segment... traveling to over 60 countries. He's now connected in every part of the world, in and across 525 metro regions through Global Chamber®... everywhere! Doug is a member of the Arizona District Export Council and is a regional advisor for U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Utah and an EMBA from Michigan State University.

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