The Emergency Committee for American Trade (ECAT) hired Stephen Schaefer as vice president, ECAT said. Schaefer has worked as an international trade lawyer in the Senate Finance Committee and the U.S. International Trade Commission.
Minority Chief Trade Counsel Viji Rangaswami for the House Ways and Means Committee is leaving the committee. Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee. Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) wished her well in an opening statement of a Sept. 20 hearing on international service agreements. Rangaswami is "leaving the Committee after over a decade of service" and has provided important contributions in "her work on free trade agreements, our preference programs, our trade remedy laws, Trade Adjustment Assistance, and China policy," he said. The Democratic office of the House Ways and Means committee declined to comment further.
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg hired Lori Hill as director of customs audits and compliance, the firm said. Hill previously worked as import compliance manager in the international trade compliance department of Tyco International Management Company.
Linda Menghetti Dempsey, ex-Emergency Committee for American Trade, has joined the National Association of Manufacturers as vice president for international economic affairs.
Meredith Broadbent was sworn in as a Commissioner of the International Trade Commission Sept. 11. She will fill the Commission term expiring on June 16, 2017.