Maintaining a CTPAT Program as an Importer/Exporter

Maintaining a CTPAT Program as an Importer/Exporter

In this webinar, you will learn about Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) supply chain security responsibilities and scope, including where ownership should reside in your organization and the importance of collaborating with functions outside of trade compliance and logistics. There will be a review of the CTPAT annual security profile submission and best practices for ensuring the information is up to date and accepted by CBP.

Importantly, the webinar will cover the new Minimum Security Criteria added or updated since 2020, including Forced Labor, Cybersecurity, and Agricultural Pests. There will be an update on the CTPAT Trade Compliance program that makes CTPAT a full Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program.

The webinar will close with a discussion of how to keep pace with your organization to anticipate and respond to changes that may affect your supply chain security program. There will be an opportunity at the end for questions and answers.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Lila Landis
Director of Global Compliance and Import Services at SEKO Logistics

Lila Landis is a Licensed Customs Broker and Certified U.S. Export Compliance Officer who has been in global trade compliance and logistics for more than 14 years. Lila earned her Global MBA from the University of Houston-Victoria, Texas. As the Director of Global Compliance and Import Services at SEKO Logistics, Lila is responsible for global import/export compliance, TSA compliance, and anti-bribery/anti-corruption and GDPR compliance.

Prior to her role at SEKO, Lila built and managed trade compliance programs in the defense, industrial manufacturing, oil and gas, and chemicals industries, with special emphasis on Free Trade Agreement programs, foreign import/export compliance, and Global Trade Management software implementation. Lila is the founder and leader of the Dallas-Fort Worth ICPA DATA Group, a local networking group for trade compliance professionals, and previously founded and ran the Cleveland ICPA DATA Group. She specializes in building trade compliance programs and communicating complex trade compliance regulations in simple terms that are relevant to business.