CRCBFA Event Archives
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Monthly Member Meetings
Seminars and Other Events
Speaker: Frances Hadfield
Speaker: Elaine Bragg
Speaker: Bradley F. Hayes
Annual CRCBFA Summer BBQ
Mission To D.C.
Speakers: CRCBFA Board
Speaker :Jaki Ferenz & Keith Sanchez from Avalon Risk Management
Speaker : Peter Friedmann
"Our Man In DC"
Speaker : Yan Medice
"Working Together To Eliminate Hunger"
WESCCON Overview:
Presentation
Transportation Panel:
Warehousing: Rochelle Montes, Terminal Transfer
Rochelle's Presentation
Drayage: Eric Wright, Portland Container Repair
Chassis Management: Debra Torres, TPNP Market
Rail: Todd Vincent, Tacoma Rail
Tacoma Rail Video
Port Operations: Zack Thomas, The NW Seaport Alliance.
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Speaker: Dana Shannon, Business Oregon
Speaker: Judy Haggin
"What to do when CBP Knocks at your door"
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Annual CRCBFA BBQ
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Speaker: Mr. Cameron Roberts of Roberts & Kehagiaras LLP
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Speakers: Matt Nakachi, customs attorney and
managing partner of Junker & Nakachi
• 2015 Trade Update Powerpoint
Speakers: Mike Stanton, ILWU Local 8 President
Dane Jones, ILWU Local 40 Secretary-Treasurer
Speaker: Scott R. Goddin
U.S. Commercial Service - Portland
Speaker: Susan Kohn Ross,
Partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Speaker: Sebastian Degens, Port of Portland
General Manager of Marine Business Development
Speaker: Peter Friedmann
"Our Man in DC"
Speaker: Vern Hill
Federal Maritime Commision
Speaker: Terry Cummings
Roanoke Trade
Materials from eBond Presentation:
• eBond Powerpoint Presentation
Speaker: John Barnes
New CBP Area Port Director of Portland
Speakers: Joel Junker and Matt Nakachi
Annual CRCBFA Summer Barbecue
CBP, FDA, & FWS Roundtable
Speaker: Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici
Speaker: Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Speaker: Erik Smithweiss, Partner & Customs attorney from Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP
Peter Friedmann, Our Man in DC
Speaker: Sam Ruda, Chief Commercial Officer at the Port of Portland
Speaker: Dora Murphy, Assistant Director Field Operations
for Portland and San Francisco
Speakers:Terry Cummings from Roanoke Trade Services and
Attorney Cameron Roberts of Roberts & Kehagiaras, LLP
Annual CRCBFA Summer Barbecue
CBP, FDA, & FWS Roundtable
Speaker: Brian J. Humphrey, Director,
Field Operations for Portland and San Francisco
Speaker: Richard Read, Pulitzer Prize Winner and
Senior Writer at The Oregonian
Speaker: Amanda Barlow, Director of Marketing,
Carnet and Trade Services Department,
United States Council for International Business
Annual CRCBFA Summer Barbeque
CBP & FDA Roundtable
Speakers: Joel Junker of Joel R. Junker and Associates,
Jay Ward of Senator Wyden’s office,
Paul Kwiatkowski of Roanoke Trade Services, Inc.,
and Patti Summer of Global Trading Resources Inc
Congressman Kurt Schrader
Speakers: Matt Nakachi and Alan Cohen
Peter Friedmann, Our Man in DC
Speaker: Bill Wyatt, Executive Director of the Port of Portland
Elvis J. Ganda of ITCSI
Oregon Food Bank Donations Drive
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Incoterms 2020 Seminar
Seminar By: Judy Haggin
CBP Agriculture and USDA Seminar
Seminar by: Nicole Brooks, CBP Agriculture Specialist
and Jennifer Hart, with USDA APHIS PPQ
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CRCBFA Open House 2016 at The Slide Inn
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CRCBFA Night Out at Aloft Hotel's W XYZ Bar
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Oregon Food Bank Drive
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CRCBFA Night Out at Moon & Sixpence
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Seminar: Broker-Known Importer Program, lead by Joel Junker and Matt Nakachi from the law firm of Junker & Nakachi, P.C.
CRCBFA Open House 2015 at The Slide Inn
CRCBFA Night Out
Seminar: Valuation and Classification
lead by Richard Wortman of Grunfeld, Desiderio,
Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP
CRCBFA Mix & Mingle
Seminar: Cyber Security Seminar lead by Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Investigations, and Susan Kohn Ross
Materials from Cyber Security Seminar:
Seminar: Free Trade Agreements lead by Judy Haggin
Seminar: Guidelines in an Era of Increased Enforcement
lead by Joel Junker and Matt Nakachi
2014 CRCBFA Open House
Seminar: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Requirements
Seminar: What Every Importer and Customs Broker Wants to Know
lead by Erik Smithweiss, Partner & Customs Attorney from
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP
Seminar: Centers of Excellence and Expertise
lead by Dora Murphy, Assistant Director Field Operations
for Portland and San Francisco
Seminar: The Role of the Broker
lead by Su Ross of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP and
Patrice Lafayette of Roanoke Trade Services
Class: FDA Training for Brokers
Seminar: FMCSA and Map 21
lead by Terry Cummings of Roanoke Trade Services and
Attorney Cameron Roberts of Roberts & Kehagiaras LLP
Seminar: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty - A Priority Trade Issue
lead by Joel Junker, longtime friend and advocate of the CRCBFA
CRCBFA Youth Night
Seminar: The Many Levels of Compliance
lead by Matt Nakachi: Attorney with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.; Alan Cohen: Senior Attorney with Penalty Branch of US Customs; and Robert Olson: Senior Manager of Customs & Global Trade, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Seminar: Preparing for Customs Audits, Focused Assesments, and
Importer Self-Assessment Programs lead by George R. Tuttle, III, Esq. from the San Francisco law firm George R. Tuttle Law Offices
Speaker: Amanda Barlow, Director of Marketing,
Carnet and Trade Services Department,
United States Council for International Business
CRCBFA Youth Night
Seminar: PREDICT/ITACS - Predictive Risk-based Evaluation for Dynamic Import Compliance Targeting and Import Trade Auxiliary Communications System
lead by FDA
Seminar: Customs Compliance Issues and Strategies