Conference Speaker of the Week: Steve Johnsen

AAEI’s 103rd Annual Conference and Expo will be held in Fort Lauderdale, June 10-12, 2024, with a focus on trade challenges facing importers and exporters and the strategies required to meet them. As the event approaches, AAEI is featuring many of this year’s conference speakers. The spotlight this week is on Steve Johnsen of Bayer […]

Member of the Week: Steven W. Baker

AAEI recognizes members who lead the Association on key issues, initiatives, and projects. This week, we spotlight Steven Baker of the Law Offices of Steven W. Baker, who is in his 50th consecutive year as an AAEI member. Steve joined AAEI in 1974, right after law school, when he started out working as an associate […]

Member of the Week: Thariq Kara

For AAEI’s Member of the Week, the Association welcomes NU Borders LLC to the AAEI family. NU Borders LLC, the parent company for the Business Intelligence for Trade Enforcement (BITE) platform. Thariq Kara founded NU Borders in November 2015 alongside Tim Gildea, COO at NU Borders. Together, they have built the company into a successful […]

Member of the Week: Elizabeth Lomax

AAEI recognizes members who lead the Association on key issues, initiatives, and projects. This week, we spotlight Elizabeth Lomax of Lomax Associates. Beth has served as co-chair of AAEI’s Healthcare Industries Committee (HIC) for more than 4 years. Because of Beth’s diligence and expertise, AAEI established quarterly meetings last year with top officials at the […]

Member of the Week: Heidi Woods

AAEI recognizes members who lead the Association on key issues, initiatives, and projects. This week, we spotlight Heidi Woods of Medtronic. Heidi serves as co-chair of AAEI’s Healthcare Industries Committee (HIC) and has been actively involved in the committee for the past 7 years. This year, AAEI’s HIC established quarterly meetings with top officials at […]

Member of the Week: Richard J. Salamone

AAEI spotlights members to highlight their leadership and impact on the Association. This week, we feature Richard J. Salamone, from the BASF Corporation. Richard serves as the Senior Manager of Customs Compliance for the NAFTA region at BASF Corporation. His role is instrumental in developing internal policies, overseeing customs compliance matters spanning tariff classification, Customs […]

Members of the Week: The Tuttles

At Thanksgiving, AAEI proudly spotlights the Tuttles, George R. Tuttle, III, Esq. and his father, George R. Tuttle, Esq., as our Members of the Week. The Tuttles have worked side by side at their law firm for the past 40 years and have remained active members of AAEI during that time. George III says he […]

Member of the Week: Jessica Hess

In this week’s Weekly Comprehensive, AAEI welcomes Doosan Bobcat North America to the AAEI family. Doosan Bobcat manufactures, markets, and distributes compact equipment for construction, landscaping, agriculture, grounds maintenance, utility, and mining industries. Doosan Bobcat’s primary member for AAEI is Jessica Hess, Director of Trade Compliance. Jessica has over 15 years of experience in global trade […]

Member of the Week: Lisa Brooks

AAEI spotlights members who lead the Association on key issues, initiatives, and projects. In this week’s Weekly Comprehensive, we proudly shine the spotlight on Lisa Brooks of The Boeing Company.  For more than five years, Lisa has served as chair of AAEI’s Aerospace & Defense Committee. The committee is now called the Automotive & Aerospace […]

Member of the Week: Carolyn Burkhead

AAEI features members who personify the Association’s achievements, initiatives, projects and advantages. The Member of the Week spotlight turns to Carolyn Burkhead of The Boeing Company. Carolyn is an incoming co-chair for AAEI’s newly expanded Automotive & Aerospace Committee, which held its first meeting this week. Carolyn was an active member of the Aerospace & […]