We encourage all footwear professionals to attend a special one-day FDRA Customs event, normally held as part of FTDC. At the event, we will cover the Vietnam Special 301 investigation, tariff policy, footwear classification, and other key customs issues. The event features an off-the-record conversation with the footwear National Import Specialist. REGISTER NOW
Eric Batt
Director, Apparel Footwear Textile
Center for Excellence & Expertise (CEE)
Thomas Crockett
Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs
FDRA
Aliya Grosfeld
Laboratory Director
Tariff Solutions LLC
Stacey Kalkines
National Import Specialist, Footwear
U.S. Customs
Dan LeBlanc
Global Trade & Customs Manager
NIKE
Quinn O’Rourke
Director of Compliance & Logistics
LaCrosse Footwear
John Pellegrini
Customs Attorney
FDRA
Carmen Perez
Branch Chief
CTPAT Trade Compliance Section
Nicole Porpiglia
Senior Manager, Trade & Customs
KPMG
Matt Priest
President & CEO
FDRA
Kerry Rasmussen
Manager, Major Accounts
Farrow
Bryant Van Buskirk
Director, Los Angeles CTPAT Field Office
US CBP
Your Hosts:
1:00 pm — Global Regulatory Landscape Review
1:15 pm — Doing More with Less — How Your Customs Broker Can Help
1:30 pm — Q&A with Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Officials
2:00 pm — Footwear Customs 101 – A comprehensive review
3:00 pm — Interactive Virtual Sample Review
4:00 pm — Discussion, Wrap-Up, and Adjournment