Since 9/11, the trade compliance and
transportation community has experienced a revolution in government
regulation of the global supply chain. This session will focus on the
security and product safety mandates which are squeezing the global supply
chain.
After this session, you will understand:
- the major legislative and regulatory mandates affecting the
supply chain
- the goals of risk management
- the limits of transaction-based regulation
- strategies for reassessing your supply chain to meet the
challenges presented by trade security and product safety
Marianne Rowden
Marianne Rowden is General Counsel and Interim Executive of the American
Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), an organization with a broad
economic base of international manufacturers, distributors, retailers and
service providers dedicated to fair and open trade.
Prior to her tenure at AAEI, Ms. Rowden practiced law as an attorney in
Katten Muchin Rosenman’s Customs and International Trade Department. Ms.
Rowden brings a broad background in customs, international trade, and
transportation law to AAEI based on her career in private practice advising
multi-national corporations on trade compliance and trade security issues.
Because of Ms. Rowden’s extensive experience in transportation law, she has
also advised many companies on joining the Customs-Trade Partnership Against
Terrorism (C-TPAT) and conducted self-assessments of global supply chain
security programs of multi-national corporations. Additionally, Ms. Rowden
serves as AAEI’s subject matter expert on exports and product safety issues.
Ms. Rowden serves as an Adjunct Professor at The John Marshall School of Law
and has lectured on customs, international trade and transportation topics
for AAEI, the Council of Logistics Management, the Transportation Lawyers
Association, and the Transportation Law Institute.
Ms. Rowden is admitted to the courts of New York and several federal courts
such as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of
New York, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Claims,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme
Court. Ms. Rowden received her law degree from Loyola University School of
Law in New Orleans, LA and a B.A. in Political Science from the State
University of New York at Albany.
