U.S. Trade FinanceAdvisory Council
Contact Information
- Ericka Ukrow, Designated Federal Officer
- (202)-482-0405
- TFAC@trade.gov
- U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room 18004
Washington DC, 20230
U.S. Trade Finance Advisory Council Members
The Department of Commerce Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC) is comprised of up to 25 private-sector members representing a broad range of companies and organizations in terms of products and services, company size, and geographic location of both the source and destination of trade finance as well those from public policy organizations, economic development organizations, and academia.
In addition, the Chairman of the U.S. Export Import Bank (EXIM), and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) (or their respective designees), will serve on the TFAC as ex officio, non-voting, members.
On Thursday, March 7, 2019, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the appointment of 21 members to the Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC). The members represent commercial banks and other trade finance organizations, exporters, and academia.
The appointees for the Trade Finance Advisory Council’s second two-year term are:
- Alan Beard, Managing Director, Interlink Capital Strategies, Arlington, VA
- Alisa DiCaprio, Head, Trade and Supply Chain, R3, New York, NY
- Anurag Bajaj, Regional Head Transaction Banking and Global Head Correspondent Banking, Standard Chartered, New York, NY
- Chapin Flynn, Vice President, Enterprise Partnerships, Mastercard, Wayne, PA
- Craig Moore, Founder of Mooring Tech, Inc., Co-Owner/Founder of Old Fourth Distillery, Atlanta, GA
- Craig Weeks, Independent Consultant, Weaverville, NC
- Daniel Pische, Senior Vice President, Trade Finance, First American Bank, Chicago, IL
- David Herer, Chief Executive Officer, ABC-Amega Inc., Buffalo, NY
- David Shogren, President, U.S. International Foods LLC., St. Louis, MO
- Dominic Capolongo, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Funding, PrimeRevenue, Inc., Atlanta, GA
- Gary Mendell, President, Meridian Finance Group, Santa Monica, CA
- Ken Rosenberg, Senior Vice President and Manager for International Banking, Bridge Bank, San Jose, CA
- Kenneth Wengrod, Co-Founder/President, FTC Commercial Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
- Kevin Klowden, Executive Director, Center for Regional Economics, Milken Institute, Santa Monica, CA
- Madison Spach, Jr., Partner, Spach, Capaldi and Waggaman, LLP, Newport Beach, CA
- Michael Finkelstein, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, The Credit Junction, New York, NY
- Qingyuan Zhang, Director, Global Trade Finance, John Deere Financial Services, Johnston, IA
- Richard Brent, Chief Executive Officer, Louroe Electronics, Van Nuys, CA
- Stephen Simchak, Vice President and Chief International Counsel, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, Washington, D.C.
- Steven Bash, Senior Vice President, International Banking Group Manager, City National Bank, Los Angeles, CA
- William Glassford, Senior Vice President, Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, UT
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