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
Rachid Sayouty

Director - U.S. Commercial Service - Los Angeles, CA

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

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