Global Chamber® New York City: Member Spotlight, Global Insights & Global Connections
1350 Broadway | New York | NY | 10018
New York, NY
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Global Chamber® New York City:
Member Spotlight, Global Insights & Global Connections
- Thursday, June 25th at 5pm ET / 2pm PT
- Location: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, 1350 Broadway | New York | NY | 10018
Come hear from our innovative and diverse businesses headquartered in the New York City area. Share and engage.
Our advisory board chair Charles Bernard and Executive Director NYC Susan Assadi will lead this event to continue our path for 2026 for the NYC Chapter: to connect high-performing CEOs and executives with opportunities to collaborate and grow their businesses globally.
Members will connect and learn how our chapter can serve as a launchpad for national and multinational success.
We will discuss key initiatives and how you can be actively involved in our chapter as we tap the business electricity of New York City for our Global trajectory. Join this dynamic team of NYC members to lead our initiatives moving forward.
Other member spotlights to be announced soon.
Member Spotlight:
Karen Liu - Corporate and Investment Attorney, Heading the Corporate & Fund Formation Practice of Reid & Wise LLC
Karen Liu, "Karen (Zhenkun) Liu is a corporate and investment attorney, heading the Corporate & Fund Formation practice of Reid & Wise LLC, a New York headquartered international law firm. She counsels corporate clients and investors on inbound and outbound corporate, investing and transactional legal matters and advises onshore and offshore private funds and their sponsors on fund formation and ongoing operational and compliance matters. Karen now serves the American Bar Association’s Corporate Sustainability Law Committee as Chair of the Sustainable Reporting Standards Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Corporate Governance Subcommittee. She is also a member of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee, the Mergers and Acquisition Committee, the Private Funds Subcommittee and the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee under the ABA’s Business Law Section and a member of the Derivatives & Structured Products Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association. She has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as a New York Metro Super Lawyer in 2025 and 2026
Barış Aytan - Director of Client Success at CargoTrans, Inc.
Barış Aytan is a global trade and logistics executive with expertise in international transportation, customs compliance, tariff strategy, and supply chain management. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation through the dual-degree program between Istanbul Technical University and SUNY Maritime College, as well as a Master of Science in International Transportation Management from SUNY Maritime College.
His maritime education, hands-on shipboard training, and experience as a licensed deck officer provide a unique foundation for his work in global logistics. As a leader at CargoTrans, Barış helps businesses navigate the complexities of international trade, optimize supply chains, and manage transportation and regulatory challenges in a rapidly evolving global marketplace. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Turkish, Barış is recognized for his practical approach to solving complex trade challenges and his ability to connect operational realities with strategic business objectives.
Susan Gitenstein Assadi, Executive Director at Global Chamber® New York City
Susan leads GAPR, a PR firm with an emphasis on expert and thought leadership campaigns. She is a highly respected national media strategist who helps her clients to be promoted to the national media, weaving in compelling stories that resonate with top media outlets. Her campaigns have enabled her clients to have features and recurring citations in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg. As a result of her campaigns, her clients have been boosted into leaders of their respective fields. Susan has over four decades representing public and private companies in the financial services, corporate governance and the proxy industry, alternative energy, and those with an emphasis on responsible business practices such as ESG. Most recently she has been working with disruptors who are helping to build the domestic supply chain of rare earth materials. Susan also has represented some leading non-profits. She also co-founded Safed House, a non-profit, that provides a welcoming place for refugees and recent immigrants to share their stories.
Her firm’s campaigns are fresh, creative, tech savvy, and innovative, a cocktail that engenders powerful results.
Prior to founding her own PR firm, Susan was the publicist for PBS MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. She received a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from New York University, and obtained a Bachelor's Degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Charles Bernard - Advisory Board Chair at Global Chamber NYC and Founder and CEO of Criteria for Success
Charles is an accomplished speaker that has trained thousands of CEOs, Sales Managers, and Salespeople on the art of business relationships, growing revenue, and overcoming challenges.
With over 20 years of experience in direct sales, sales management, recruiting, and training, Charles is a subject-matter expert with a knack for troubleshooting.
He was born in Madrid, Spain and was educated in Surrey, England. Currently, Charles resides in New York City where he is authoring his debut book, “Enabling Buying in a World of Selling
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About Global Chamber
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