2026 Expo Speaker Lineup
| Opening Speaker - February 26 | |
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Kevin Wolf Partner - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Mr. Wolf will provide a 2025 Export Controls Year-in-Review, discussing major export control developments and trends over the past year. Hear directly from one of the leading authorities on U.S. export controls while also having the opportunity to ask questions impacting your company's global trade compliance operations. |
| Opening Speaker - February 27 | |
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Jeffrey Gerrish Partner – Schagrin Associates Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (Trump Administration) Ambassador Gerrish will discuss key developments shaping global trade and will provide an outlook for U.S.–China trade relations, tariff policy, the future of trade agreements, and other trends. |
| Special Guest | |
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Kevin Kurland Senior Advisor - Beacon Global Strategies Former Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade and Technology Security Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security |
| Speaker Lineup (alphabetical) | |
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Jeannette Chu Vice President for National Security Policy National Foreign Trade Council |
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David Crosby Counsel Nixon Peabody LLP |
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Kevin Cuddy Government & Regulatory Affairs Executive, Export Regulation Office IBM |
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Julia Dvorko Regional Director Massachusetts Export Center |
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Richard Foy Regional Director, Northeast Region Export-Import Bank of the U.S. |
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Jeffrey Gerrish Partner – Schagrin Associates Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (Trump Administration) |
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Christopher Grigg Partner Nixon Peabody LLP Former Chief, National Security Division U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Los Angeles |
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Meagan Jump Director, Global Trade Compliance Zoll Medical Corporation |
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Scott Kennedy Senior Advisor and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics Center for Strategic and International Studies |
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Kathleen Kinahan-Newell Trade Compliance Manager Massachusetts Export Center |
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Kevin Kurland Senior Advisor - Beacon Global Strategies Former Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade and Technology Security Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security |
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Felice Laird Principal Export Strategies, LLC |
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Jenny Larsson CIO, Global Specialty Lines Intact Insurance |
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Michael MacDonald Director, Trade Compliance Allegro MicroSystems |
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Inu Manak Senior Fellow for International Trade Council on Foreign Relations |
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Melissa Mannino Partner & Co-Leader, International Trade and National Security Team Baker & Hostetler LLP Former Chief of Enforcement & Litigation, Office of Chief Counsel for Industry & Security |
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Jay McCormack Partner Verrill Dana LLP Former Acting U.S. Attorney, District of New Hampshire |
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Anthony Mirenda Partner & Co-Chair, White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Practice Foley Hoag LLP |
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Kristen Morneau Director, Compliance OCEANAIR, Inc. |
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Paula Murphy Director Massachusetts Small Business Development Center |
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Michelle Ouellette Acting Director, Boston Office U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Service |
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Douglas Palmer Senior Trade Reporter POLITICO |
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James Paul Employer Relations Manager Boston University, Pardee School of Global Studies |
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James Perry Associate BakerHostetler LLP |
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Dirk Petersen Vice President Trade Compliance and Contracts AMETEK |
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Adam Safwat Partner & Co-Chair, White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Practice Foley Hoag LLP Former Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division |
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Edward Shick Export Finance Manager U.S. Small Business Administration |
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Stephanie Siegmann Partner & Chair, International Trade & National Security Group; Co-Chair, Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection, and Artificial Intelligence Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP Former National Security Chief, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts |
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Ian Stewart Executive Director, DC Office James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies |
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Ulrika Swanson Partner Cassidy Levy Kent LLP |
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Olga Torres Founder & Managing Member Torres Trade Law, PLLC |
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Kiel Ursin ATA Carnet & Communications Specialist Boomerang Carnets |
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Olivia Valone Strategic Growth Director Kharon |
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Kevin J. Wolf Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration |
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Karen Wyman Director of Global Trade Compliance, Digital Imaging Teledyne Technologies Incorporated |









