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National Foreign Trade Council
1625 K Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-887-0278
Fax: 202-452-8160

600 Lexington Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-399-7128
Fax: 212-399-7144

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Bill Reinsch currently serves as President of the National Foreign Trade Council. As president, Reinsch oversees NFTC's efforts in favor of open markets, in support of Ex-Im Bank and OPIC, against unilateral sanctions and in support of sound international tax policy, among many other international trade and tax issues of concern to U.S. business. Concurrently, Mr. Reinsch also serves as a member of the U.S.-China Security Review Commission.

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Contact: breinsch@nftc.org

William P. Kelly is the Senior Vice President and oversees the NFTC's member relations and development. He is also responsible for NFTC Foundation's Annual World Trade Dinner.

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Contact: wkelly@nftc.org


J. Daniel O'Flaherty became Vice President of the National Foreign Trade Council in Washington in 1987. He became Executive Director of the US-South Africa Business Council when it was formed by the NFTC in 1993. He has worked on range of trade policy issues with NFTC member companies, especially unilateral economic sanctions issues on which he helps to manage the NFTC-sponsored USA*Engage coalition. His work also includes US-China trade relations, Vietnam normalization and commercial relations with the former Soviet Union.

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Contact: doflaherty@nftc.org

Jake Colvin is Vice President for Global Trade Issues at the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC). He heads the NFTC's initiative in support of the Doha Round of World Trade Organization negotiations. He also oversees the Cuba Initiative of USA*Engage. In these roles, he encourages policies that facilitate international trade and travel and reform of U.S. sanctions and immigration programs. He is also a fellow with the New Ideas Fund, where he is working on a project on U.S. Cuba policy.

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Contact: jcolvin@nftc.org

Charles W. Dittrich is Vice President, Regional Trade Initiatives for the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), responsible for determining and advocating policy positions, creating lobbying strategies, and managing trade policy issues. His work includes the management of business coalitions and support of bilateral free trade agreements, regional trade initiatives, trade adjustment assistance and trade preference programs. He has spent over 20 years at the nexus of business and government policy, working with domestic and foreign corporations and governments, with experience in Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, Japan, Africa and the Middle East.

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Contact: cdittrich@nftc.org

Catherine Schultz is the Vice President for Tax Policy at the National Foreign Trade Council. Her responsibilities include international tax policy including legislative, regulatory, administration, and tax treaty activity. Prior to joining the NFTC, she was a Principal at Capital Strategies Group, LLC, where she represented client interests on pending tax legislation and served as a legislative advocate on international taxation, research and development, depreciation and capital gains.

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Contact: cschultz@nftc.org

Richard Sawaya joined the National Foreign Trade Council as Director of USA*Engage in January 2009. In this role, he oversees the advocacy efforts of the coalition, which was formed in 1997 to promote alternatives to the use of costly and ineffective unilateral U.S. sanctions. Sawaya also works with the NFTC to press for reform of U.S. visa and entry policies and the export control system.

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Contact: rsawaya@nftc.org

Marshall Lane is the Director of Technology at the National Foreign Trade Council. He is responsible for the overall management of information technology and member services for several hundred-member companies with international trade, human resources and international tax interest.

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Contact: mlane@nftc.org

Vivian D. Myers is the Office Manager at the National Foreign Trade Council.
Contact: vmyers@nftc.org

William R. Sheridan is Vice President, International Human Resource Services of the National Foreign Trade Council. Based in the New York City office of the NFTC, Bill is responsible for several of their international human resource committees and roundtables; expatriate cost management information; policy and vendor resources; and the human resource professionals database.

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Contact: wsheridan@nftc.org

Grace M. O'Rourke is Director of International Human Resources.
Contact: gorourke@nftc.org

Claire Keogh is an International Human Resources Associate.
Contact: ckeough@nftc.org

Sandra Rodriguez is the Office Manager at the National Foreign Trade Council's New York Office.
Contact: srodriguez@nftc.org