AfA Executive Director Brandon Fried Appointed to Committee Advising Homeland Security and Treasury; Visible and Prominent Stage for AfA
The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) has announced that Brandon Fried, Executive Director of the The Airforwarders Association, has been appointed to serve for two years on the thirteenth term of the Committee.
This twenty member Committee advises the secretaries of the Departments of Treasury and Homeland Security on the commercial operations of CBP and related DHS and Treasury functions.
"Advisory groups, such as COAC, are crucial to the quality of business-governent dialogue, which is essential to confronting challenges that face the United States in the international trade and homeland security arenas," wrote Neal Wolin, Acting Secretary of the Treasury and Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, in Brandon's confirmation letter.
Allowed to serve a maximum of two, two-year terms, individuals on this Committee are selected from the private sector supply chain, including importers and exporters, Customs brokers, freight forwarders, lawyers, sureties and financial institutions involved in trade. The 12th Term included two previous Commissioners of Customs who are now employed in the private sector.
"It is an incredible honor to have been selected to be part of COAC," said Fried. "When you look at previous members and the organizations they represented, the chance to insure that air freight forwarders are considered key participants of the supply chain as a whole is tremendous."
COAC has several subcommittees and Brandon serves on two, Trusted Trader and Global Supply Chain. They meet quarterly around the United States and the meetings are open to attendance in person or via the Internet.
The first meeting of this term is on March 6th in Washington, DC.
Details of the meeting can be found on CBP's website.
A copy of Brandon's letter is available here.