DEC MeMBERS
"By Appointment of the Secretary of Commerce of the United States"
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (U.S. Department of Commerce Appointed DEC Members)
William (Bill) Edwards, Chair; Pacific South Steering Committee Member - NADEC
bedwards@edwardsglobal.com
Edwards Global Services, Inc.
949-224-3896
Raymond Bowman, PhD, Vice Chair
ray.bowman@edcsbdc.org
EDC Small Business Development Center
805-384-1800
Michael McClune, Treasurer
m.mcclune@iba.io
International Business Accelerator
858-342-2626
Kenneth L. Wengrod, Vice Chair - Los Angeles County; Chair - Int'l Trade Finance Vertical Committee; Member - U.S. Department of Commerce Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC)
kenwengrod@gmail.com
Stealth Management Group LLC
310-985-0799
Christel Vilogron, Vice Chair - Orange County; Chair - Membership Committee
christel@iebpglobal.com
IEBP Global Trade Compliance
949-633-0159
Letitia Austin, Vice Chair - Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties
laustin@portofh.org
Oxnard Harbor District/Port of Hueneme
805-271-2205
Vincent Iacopella, Immediate Past Chair (2022-2023)
v.iacopella@albawheelsup.com
Alba Wheels Up International Inc
310-410-8030
David Habib Jr., Past Chair (2020-2021)
davidh@habiblaw.com
Law Offices of David Habib
805-494-7393
Marvin Sepe, Past Chair (2018-2019)
msepe@ctcglobal.com
CTC Global Corporation
949-428-8500
Hal Selim, Chair - Communications Committee
chairecc@decsocal.org
Certified Worldwide LLC
Gordon Schaeffer, Chair - Strategic Planning Committee; Assistant Secretary; Co-Chair Business/Commercial Diplomacy Vertical Committee; Education Vertical Committee
gschaeffer@eap.ucop.edu
Univeristy of California, Education Abroad Program
U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce
Executive Secretary
Executive Secretary Committee Members
Julie Anne Hennessy
Director - U.S. Commercial Service - Los Angeles (West), CA
Jim Mayfield
Director - U.S. Commercial Service - Irvine, CA
Maryanne Burke
Director - U.S. Commercial Service - Ventura, CA
U.S. Department of Commerce Appointed DEC Members - alphabetical
Vanessa Andrade
vanessa.andrade@csun.edu
California State University Northridge (CSUN)
818-677-5948
Victoire Auguste-Dormeuil
Auguste-Dormeuil & Associates Inc.
victoire@auguste-dormeuil.com
949-689-4859
Amanda Barlow
amanda.barlow@rockit.global
Rock-it Cargo
310-617-9939
Marisela Caraballo DiRuggiero, Co-Chair - Shipping & Logistics Vertical Committee
mcaraballo@portla.org
Port of Los Angeles (City of Los Angeles, Harbor Department)
310-732-3505
Robert Campana
PanDia Seeds
Robert@pandiaseeds.com
818-672-6342
Candace Chen
cchen@FaceLube.com
FaceLube For Men
323-235-3367
Brian Chuan
ChuanB@southcoastplaza.com
South Coast Plaza
714-435-2018
Margaret Francisco
margrette.francisco@virginorbit.com
Virgin Orbit
323-365-5494
Rami Rivera Frankl, Chair - Media & Entertainment Vertical Committee
rami@dragontree.io
DragonTree Media & Technologies
323-859-6800
David Goodwin, Chair - General Legal Vertical Committee
David.Goodwin@meus.mea.com
Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
714-236-6223
Cathleen Greiner, PhD
cgreiner@cypresscollege.edu
CCCCO, located at Cypress College
949-705-7835
David Harlow
drharlow@ftzconsultants.com
ITC-Diligence International, Inc.
626-333-3822
Lejeune Lockett, PhD
lejeunelockett@cdrewu.edu
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU)
310-683-9031
Kian Meshkat
Meshkat Law, P.C.
meshkat@meshkatlaw.com
310-425-3701
Martha Montoya, Chair - Technology Vertical Committee
martha@ag.tools
Agtools Inc
714-366-3225
Harvinder Mudahar
harvinder.mudahar@technologent.com
Technologent
559-289-6511
Corinne Murat
corinne.murat@mattel.com
Mattel, Inc.
310-252-6628
Joel Perler (Ex Officio), Co-Chair - Shipping & Logistics Vertical Committee
joel.perler@polb.com
Port of Long Beach
562-283-7771
Mark J. Rogerson
Rogerson Aircraft Corporation
rogersonj@rogerson.com
949-660-0666
Ben Singer
bsinger@hylands.com
Hylands' Inc.
415-377-5525
David Snodgrass
Unbridled China
Dsnodgrass@Unbridledchina.com
314-814-3757
Michael Thomas, Chair - E-Commerce Vertical Committee
mthomas@ampronix.com
Ampronix Medical Imaging Technology
949-371-7815
Leigh Volkland, Chair - Int'l Trade Policy Vertical Committee
leigh_volkland@edwards.com
Edwards Lifesciences
949-468-6863
Judy Wang
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
zwang@steptoe.com
213-439-9445
Past U.S. Department of Commerce Appointed DEC Members - Partial List (alphabetical)
Arthur Alvarez Jr.
Norman Arikawa
Steve Arnold
Vance Baugham
Will Berg
Jonathan Beutler
Richard Brent
Thomas J. Burr
Jason Childs
Susan Corrales-Diaz
Megan Cullen
Lisa Delaflor
Michael Delaney
Scott Ermeti
Michael Finnegan
Mary Flowers
Guy Fox, Past Chair (2010-2013)
Suzette Furbeyre
Ann Gallaugher
Larry Garrison
Christopher Garville
Francis Harder
Mark Hirzel
Jo-Renee Hunter
Dr. Ralph Jagodka
Patrick Zuchowicki Jucaud
Bruce H. Leeds
Randal Long
Jerry Manko
Christopher Marino
Noel Massie
Jim McLellan
Christopher Meyer
Patrick Mulcahy
Trina Pangalilingan
Peter A. Ramirez
John Robinson
Susan K Ross, Past Chair (2014-2015)
BJ Ruffin
Ashok Sadhwani
Robert Saikali
Keith Sanchez
Robert Shaw
Donald Sovie, Past Chair (2016-2017)
Susan Sinclair
Jerry Tyler
James Van Eenenaam, Past Chair
Janet Wang
Hud Warren
Janet Wells