2020 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
Officers:
President: Larry Bajmakovich, BDG International, Elgin
Senior Vice President: Paul S. Anderson, The Anderson Law Firm, LLC, Lincolnshire
Vice President: Zachary Person, Borderless Business Solutions, Chicago
Secretary: Brian Butler, IL SBDC International Trade Center, Joseph Business School, Forest Park
Treasurer: Paul Warfield, International Banking Advisor, Chicago
Directors:
Lisa Cherivtch, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines
David G. Forgue, Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, Chicago
Fred Hilgart, UPS, Chicago
Scott Kotvis, Daubert Cromwell, LLC, Alsip
Bill McNamara, Illinois SBDC International Trade Ctr, Women’s Business Develop. Ctr, Chicago
Kirk Samson, Samson Atlantic LLC, Chicago
Chris Sedgwick, Illinois Office of Trade & Investment, Chicago
John Stoesser, IDEAL Agriculture & Marine Insurance, Elkhorn, WI
Jennet Qian Succari, Global Business Partners, LLC, Chicago
Ursula Wegrzynowicz, Emelev, LLC, Park Ridge
Immediate Past President:
Dean Ennes, Ennes International, Westchester
Liaison Directors:
Lisa Victoria Waller, Chicago Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association
Ginta Rubin, Chicago International Trade Commissioners’ Association (CITCA)
Margo Markopoulos, Illinois Office of Trade & Investment
David B. Kouidri, Swiss-American Business Council
Kurt A. Wagner, Law Offices of Kurt A. Wagner, Villach-Drobollach, Austria
Executive Director: Richard Paullin