Michaela Chen, a former senior trade adviser with the EU’s delegation in the U.S., is joining the National Foreign Trade Council’s board of directors, she announced on LinkedIn. Chen currently works as the senior director for international affairs at medical device firm BD.

Michael Miller, former deputy director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, was chosen as its new director, he announced last week. Miller has been serving as DSCA acting director since former director James Hursch retired in July (see 2408010008). Miller previously led the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (see 2212120004).

Raj Parekh, a former trial attorney with DOJ’s National Security Division, is joining the Bureau of Industry and Security as the agency’s first chief of corporate enforcement, BIS announced this week. Parekh will be the “primary interface” among BIS special agents, the agency’s chief counsel office and DOJ as they work “to advance significant corporate investigations.” Parekh most recently worked as the highest-ranking career official in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Christopher Stagg, an export control lawyer and former official with the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, started a new role as assistant editor at Bartlett's Annotated International Traffic in Arms Regulations, he announced on LinkedIn. The regularly updated publication is run by trade lawyer Jim Bartlett and includes ITAR-related footnotes, appendixes with statutes, court cases, consent agreements, government guidance and user aids.

Sean Stein, former U.S. consul general in Shanghai and chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, will replace retiring U.S.-China Business Council President Craig Allen, the council announced Sept. 10. Stein, who also is a senior adviser with Covington, will take over as president in November. He brings “the policy and business expertise, experience, and gravitas needed to lead the council forward at a time of great complexity in the US-China relationship,” said Raj Subramaniam, USCBC board chair and FedEx CEO.

Jacob Loshin is leaving his position as assistant general counsel for enforcement and intelligence at the Treasury Department, he announced on LinkedIn. Loshin has worked on Treasury enforcement and intelligence issues since 2021, and he served as senior adviser to the agency’s general counsel from 2017 to 2020.

Audrey Kim, a lawyer formerly working in the Treasury Department’s assistant general counsel office for international affairs, began a new role this month as a co-lead counsel for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., she announced on LinkedIn. Kim has been at Treasury since 2022.

Morgan Finkelstein is leaving her role as spokesperson for the Treasury Department's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence office to become the national security spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, Finkelstein announced this week on LinkedIn. She has been at Treasury since 2021, where she has served as the agency's senior spokesperson for sanctions issues overseen by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing matters for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and more.

The U.S. Council for International Business named Tatianna Sample manager of its ATA Carnet program, USCIB said in a news release Aug. 29. “In her new role, Sample will manage US and Foreign ATA Carnet Claims and will also continue to handle replacement carnet requests,” the trade group said.

Peter Beckman, a former DHS official, has joined the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls as a defense trade analyst in the Defense Trade Controls Licensing office, he announced on LinkedIn. Beckman said he will specifically work on export licensing issues within the agency's Space, Missile, and Sensor Systems Division. Beckman left DHS in July, according to his LinkedIn.