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Mission Statement
To deal with matters of mutual interest affecting Customs Brokers' and International Freight Forwarders' welfare.
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Calendar
Oct 23, 2024: CBP Quarterly Trade Meeting
Oct 29, 2024: Happy Hour with Transportation Clubs of Seattle and Tacoma
Nov 14, 2024: EPA Training & Monthly Membership Meeting
Join us for a discussion and Q & A with the United States Environmental Protection Agency. We have an agenda focusing on pesticides, engines/vehicles and HFA import requirements. Should EPA reporting be a PGA in your brokerage space, this is a must attend event! Bring your questions!
November 14th, 2024
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Fabulich Center, Rm 104,
3600 Port of Tacoma Road
Fife, WA 98424
Our Guest Speaker:
Christine Tokarz (Chris) joined EPA Enforcement Team in 2017. Most of her work centers around imports and coordinating Border Operations across the United States. Specifically, she monitors pesticides, HFCs, and vehicles and engines. She was born in Fort Lewis, Washington and grew up moving from one Army base to another (including three years in Panama). Chris went to undergrad at State University of New York at Albany, earned a BA in Biology/Philosophy and played on the Womens Division 1 Soccer Team. Having served twice in the Peace Corps, Chris was a part of the Master’s International Program and earned a Master’s Degree in Natural Resources while in the Dominican Republic (2000-2002) and a Master’s in Public Health/Epidemiology while in Zambia (2014-2016). Between Peace Corps services Chris was the Executive Director of several camps and conference centers, worked as a high school Physics and Chemistry Teacher on the Navajo Reservation, and managed a 1,500-acre organic farm.