The following is a list of New York District Export Council Members.
Officers
Chairman - Spencer Ross, National Institute for World Trade
Vice Chairman - Robert F. Seely, Grunfeld, Desiderio, Leibowitz,
Silverman & Klestadt, LLP
Treasurer - Joseph E. Schoonmaker, Risk Protection International
Members
Amy A. Allen, The Westchester Association, Incorporated
Thomas A. Cook, American River International
Janet Driscoll, World Trade Centers Association
Charles Dugan, Commerce Bank
Reinaldo Gonzalez, Estee Lauder Companies
Cynthia Duncan Holton, U.S. Council for International
Business
Barney Lehrer, FITA-The Federation of International Trade
Associations & NEXCO
Terrence F. Martell, Weissman Center for International
Business/Baruch College/CUNY
Myles M. Matthews, GTCC-Global Trade and Technology Center
Kristin McDonough, The New York Public Library/Science, Industry
& Business Library
Philip Opher, Opher Econx
Nancy C. Ploeger, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Andrea M. Ratay, HSBC Bank USA
Isaac M. Savitt, Gate Group USA, Inc.
Donna Sharp, Sharp Global Partners, Ltd.
Manohar L. Sood, Citibank NAElaine Stone, Fashion Institute of
Technology/SUNY
Thomas J. Valentine, Target Logistics
Luis Alberto Viada, The McGraw-Hill Companies
Peter J. Zantal, Port Commerce Department, Port Authority of New
York & New Jersey
Jacqueline A. Kaiko, JP Morgan Chase
Angela R. Cervera, Ro-An Industries Corporation
Fred Sampliner, S.S. Sampliner & Co. Inc.
Andrea R. Arroyo, Adirondack Direct
Helene Herman, Lee Spring
Laure Aubuchon
Aaron Weiss, Galley Dreyer & Berkey, LLP
Ex-Officio Members
Maureen Caldwell, Empire State Development Corporation
Thomas Cummings, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Robert Elsas, US Small Business Administration
KL Fredericks, US Department of Commerce
Committees
Communications – Isaac Savitt, Chair
Counseling – Joe Schoonmaker, Chair
Education/Legislation – Myles Matthews, Chair
Program – Donna Sharp/Elaine Stone, Co-Chairs
World Trade Week – Nancy Ploeger