Member & Association Achievements

Amy is a licensed Customs Broker and has served as Director of Customs Affairs and Compliance at A.N. Deringer, Inc., for nearly 20 years. She was NCBFAA President from 2018-2020 before transitioning to NCBFAA Chairman and NCBFAA Senior Counselor. Amy also served on the 14th and 15th terms of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations to Customs and Border Protection (COAC) and as President of the Northern Border Customs Brokers Association. 

Before becoming a licensed Customs Broker, Amy worked at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for 18 years. When she left CBP, she was the Trade Manager in the Champlain, New York Area Service Port, and before that was a CBP Fines, Penalties, and Forfeiture Officer for five years. Earlier she served as a CBP Inspector and Import Specialist. Amy is a graduate of the University of Vermont and holds an advanced teaching certificate from the same university.

Geoffrey Powell is currently CEO of C.H. Powell Company, a 4^th generation family business that was established in 1919 by his grandparents in Boston, Massachusetts. C.H. Powell Company is an International Logistics Provider, Freight Forwarder and Customs Broker with offices located throughout the United States and has ownership in Tandem Global Logistics, a global logistics company.   

In January 2007, Mr. Powell was appointed to Customs and Border Protection’s advisory Committee (COAC) and served for two terms, and continued to serve on other COAC work groups.  In August, 2013, Mr. Powell was appointed to the President’s Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA), an advisory committee to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security. 

Mr. Powell has also been actively engaged with the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA), an association that has represented forwarders and customs brokers since 1897, and served in multiple positions, culminating in the role of President from April 2014 until May 2018. In April 2025, he was awarded the NCBFAA Centurion Award, the association’s highest recognition to an individual for their dedication to the customs brokerage industry. 

Federico (Kiko) C. Zuniga graduated in 1979 from Texas A&M University, where he earned a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree in Finance.  After college, he worked at the Union National Bank of Laredo as a Bank Loan Officer in the International Department.  In 1983 he joined his father and brother in F. Zuniga Inc. CHB and became a licensed broker and one third partner in 1984, He is currently a 50% owner of F. Zuniga Inc., He is also a 50% partner in Diamond Distribution Center in Laredo, Texas.

Currently Federico Zuniga is the Director of the Educational Institute at the NCBFAA (The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America).  Zuniga served as Chairman of the NCBFAA from March of 2006 thru March of 2010.  He now serves as a Senior Counselor for the Board.  Before his Position as Chairman, Zuniga served the NCBFAA as President from March of 2002 till March 2006. Federico also served as Vice President and Treasurer of the NCBFAA.  Zuniga participated on many committees within the organization such as, the Customs Committee (as a member, as well as Chair), Audit and Conference Committees.  He has also chaired the NCBFAA PAC. 

Zuniga is also a past Chairman of IFCBA (The International Federation of Customs Brokers Association).  Prior to serving as Chairman of IFCBA, Federico served as a Managing Director for four years.   

Prior to his involvement with the NCBFAA, Zuniga was the President of the Laredo Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association.  He was also instrumental in the addition of a new region within the NCBFAA organization (region 8 encompassing the southern border of the United States) at which time he began his service on the Board of Directors of the NCBFAA. 

Federico Zuniga served on the Department of Homeland Security COAC Committee, which has oversight on matters of International trade from 2004 thru 2008.

In addition to his role with F. Zuniga Inc., The Laredo Brokers and Forwarders Association, NCBFAA, and IFCBA Federico Zuniga has been and continues to be involved in many trade related as well as civic related organization. A few of the organizations he is involved with are the following: 

• Past board member of The Laredo Development Foundation.
• Present board member of The Boys & Girls Club of Laredo.  
• National Advisory Board member of BBVA Compass (Banco Bilboa Vizcaya Argentaria)/Compass.  A bank with US$69 billion in assets and primarily located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas

Mary Jo Muoio is Director, Customs and Trade at Amazon leading development and deployment of Amazon-offered customs brokerage and strategic trade services. Prior, Ms. Muoio was Senior Vice President of Trade Services and Government Relations with Geodis, Inc.  Before assuming leadership of the consulting division, Ms. Muoio was a Senior Vice-President of Barthco International, Inc., a leading customs broker acquired by Geodis. She is a licensed customs broker, having passed the exam with the highest score in the nation.  In 2023 she was recognized by the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. with the coveted Centurion Award—one of only 12 recognized individuals in a field of over 14,000.  In May of 2024, Ms. Muoio was inducted into the International Maritime Hall of Fame—marking the first time this recognition was extended to a licensed customs broker. 

Ms. Muoio is currently serving as Senior Counselor/Board of Director and Chairman Emeritus of the Customs Committee of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc., a post she assumed after serving as Chairman of the Board and two terms as President. Before being elected as the first female president of this influential association, she served as Vice-President for several terms, Secretary, Board of Director and on key Association committees. Ms. Muoio was appointed as a Director to the International Federation of Customs Brokers and represents the US customs brokerage industry under the IFCBA flag at the World Customs Organization.

Ms. Muoio served as Vice-President for Imports of the New York New Jersey Forwarders and Brokers Association for many years, resigning to focus her energies on the national level. She continues to serve on the Board of Governors and is honored to be a recipient of their Captain of Industry Award. She is a Past-President of the Philadelphia Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association. Ms. Muoio served two terms on COAC, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions and continues to serve on several working groups. Ms. Muoio serves on the Board of the American Association of Exporters and Importers where she has been a career-long member and serves on the Trade Support Network. At the start of her career, Ms. Muoio taught at the college level in Japan. Ms. Muoio is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s University with a degree in International Relations.

Ed Greenberg, who retired in December 2020, is formerly a partner with the Washington, D.C. law firm of GKG Law, P.C. concentrating on transportation law and international trade. He also previously served as NCBFAA General Counsel and represented numerous ocean freight forwarders, NVOCCs, shippers associations, and shippers.

Before joining GKG Law, he was Chief Counsel at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the proceeding concerning the construction and operation of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Before that Mr. Greenberg was Regional Counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission and generally in charge of enforcement and litigation pertaining to motor carriers, water carriers and freight forwarders. He has written extensively in various legal and trade periodicals on forwarding issues and is past President of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Association of Transportation Practitioners.

Mr. Greenberg is also a member of a number of professional associations, including the Maritime Lawyers Association, the Maritime Administrative Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Association of Transportation Law Professionals and the Energy Bar Association.

Jon Kent worked as a lobbyist before the Congress and the federal regulatory agencies for many years before his retirement in 2019..Specializing in trade, customs, IPR, and transportation legislation, much of the legislation in these areas passed in the last fifteen years bears his imprint and that of Kent & O'Connor clients. Prior to his retirement, client concerns focused on the customs provisions in various statutes, notably customs authorization legislation recently passed by the Congress.

Coming from Capitol Hill, where he served as chief of staff to one congressman and Appropriations Committee staff for another, Kent founded Kent & O'Connor, Inc., with Patrick O'Connor in 1979. Kent became the acknowledged private sector spokesperson for several companies and associations in the import-export business. As legislative representative for the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Kent was closely involved in regulatory and legislative agendas of CBP and TSA. An area of particular concern was the evolution of the Administration’s post-9/11 approach to homeland security, where the association’s efforts focused on keeping newly emerging policy in harmony with commercial trade.  

William App began his career with J.W. Allen & Company shortly after graduating from St. Stanislaus College in 1961. Beginning his career as the office boy picking up and delivering documents to his present position as CEO, Billy learned and worked in every available position at J.W. Allen & Company, Company; from processing export documentation to overseeing the loading of break bulk vessels. After 37 years of working for J.W. Allen & Company, Mr. App became the owner of J.W. Allen & Company on November 1, 1998.

Obviously not a big fan of change, not only has he been married to J.W. Allen for more than 48 years but he has also been married to his beautiful wife Marguerite for more than 41 years. Although his professional accomplishments are many, Billy’s greatest success has been his family; one wonderful wife, three beautiful children, three amazing grandchildren, and one devoted granddog.

His next longest relationship has been the New Orleans Saints; 1967 to present. After years of disappointment from being a devoted Saints fan, he now revels in rooting for the WORLD CHAMPION New Orleans Saints. While Sunday is reserved for the Superdome and the Saints, Mr. App can be found on Saturdays in Death Valley rooting for the LSU Tigers.

Though not one to seek accolades, his professional accomplishments are impressive and numerous. They provide a snapshot of a man who has devoted his professional life to the transportation industry.

• Past President, Intermodal Club of Greater New Orleans Inc. 1986 – 88.

• Past President, International Freight Forwarders and Custom Brokers Association of New Orleans. 1991 – 93.

• President, Louisiana International Chamber of Commerce. 2002 - Present.

• Commissioner, Louisiana International Trade Commission. 1996 – 2004.

• Secretary, National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA). 2001 – 2004.

• Area 7 Director, National Custom Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA). 1992 – 2001, 2005 - Present.

• Chairman, NCBFAA, Freight Forwarding Committee. 2000 – Present.

• Honorary Life Member, World Trade Club of New Orleans Inc. 1997.

• Executive Committee, Mississippi River Corridor Initiative. 2004 – 2007.

• Board of Director, New Orleans Board of Trade. 2006 - Present.

• Commissioner, New Orleans Public Railroad. 2004 – Present.

• Commissioner, Louisiana Pilot Fee Commission. 2006 – Present.

• Board of Directors, New Orleans World Trade Center. 2003 – Present

• Secretary, World Trade Center. 2010.

• Executive Committee, New Orleans World Trade Center. 2006 – Present

•  Chairman, New Orleans World Trade Center Transportation Committee. 2006 – Present.

•  Recipient of the prestigious C. Alvin Bertel Award. 2009

Mary Ann Comstock is a licensed Customs Broker and the U.S. Northern Border Compliance Manager for UPS Supply Chain Solutions.  She resides in Sweet Grass, MT.

Ms. Comstock represents Area 1 on the NCBFAA Board of Directors and is a member of the NCBFAA Bylaws Committee. She is a Certified Customs Specialist with the NCBFAA. 

Mary Ann recently completed her second and final term on the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs & Border Protection.  She served as the co-chair of the One US Government at the Border, was appointed to a number of other COAC subcommittees and work groups, including Antidumping & Countervailing Duty, Global Supply Chain Security – Land Border Initiatives, Role of the Broker and Trade Facilitation.

Ms. Comstock has been very active in the Northern Border Customs Brokers Association (NBCBA) for the last 35 years.  She has been honored to serve several terms as the NBCBA President, and the NBCBA Secretary and Treasurer.

Her brokerage experience began with W.Y. Moberly, Inc., a small regional brokerage firm located in Sweet Grass, MT.  She received her Customs Brokerage License in 1978. She served as the Corporate Secretary for W.Y. Moberly, Inc., from 1980 to 1990, when she became President.

In 2001, UPS Customhouse Brokerage acquired W.Y. Moberly, Inc.  She served as the Mountain region manager as the integration of numerous firms acquired by UPS took place. She assumed a new role in 2004 and became the U.S. Northern Border Compliance Manager - the role she fills today.   

Professionally, having completed an unprecedented 10-year term as Chairman, Ken Bargteil is Chairman Emeritus of the NCBFAA Customs Committee. He provides counsel to its Board of Directors as Senior Advisor, having termed out after 4 consecutive 2-year terms on the Board the Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia Region.

He was a Charter Member of the NCBFAA Educational Institute (NEI) Policy and CCS Content Committee and has served as its Chairman since 2012. In 2015 he became the NEI’s first Chancellor. In this expanded role he continues to guide the Institute with his vision, knowledge, and industry expertise.

He is also a Charter Member of the Large Broker and Forwarder Committee, and served 12 years on the NCBFAA Annual Conference Committee. On April 10th of 2014 he was awarded the NCBFAA’s highest honor – the Centurion. Ken helps lead the NCBFAA delegation at the Customs and Border Protection’s Trade Support Network, serves as a Trade Ambassador, TSN Charter Member on the: Trade Leadership, Revenue, Legal & Policy, Supply Chain Security 10 + 2 and Steering Committees, and he Chairs the TSN Liquidation Subcommittee.

He began his career as a messenger for a small Baltimore customs brokerage and freight forwarding company, advancing within Kuehne + Nagel, Inc. from Baltimore import department manager to corporate Vice President, a position he held for 34 of his 36 years with that company. As Associate Line Manager he grew the company’s customs brokerage business unit by 700%, and at the time of his retirement he supervised more than 85 licensed professionals as its licensed officer, and Vice President for Import Compliance.

During his career has exercised leadership in the fields of trade and regulatory compliance, corporate governance, business ethics, anti-trust, anti-bribery, sustainability, safety and health and continuous improvement.

Celebrating 80 years in business, Mr. Brauner’s company, Brauner International, has been a licensed customs broker and international freight forwarder since 1931. He served as NCBFAA President from 1992-1994 after which he was NCBFAA Chairman until 1998. From 1977-1979, he was an Executive Committee Director, precursor of the current Board of Directors, a 1984 member of the Annual Conference Committee, and he chaired the NCBFAA Budget and Finance Committee for many years. His son, Matthew, following in Dad’s footsteps, was elected to the Board of Directors in 2010 to represent NCBFAA Area 2, the New York/New Jersey region.

Peter H. Powell Sr. graduated in 1956 from the College of the Holy Cross, where he earned a B.S. degree in business administration. After college, he served for three years in the U.S. Air Force as radar intercept officer. Subsequent to his military service, Powell joined C.H. Powell Company, founded in 1919. Today, he is CEO and has given more than 40 years of service to the company.

In March 2002, Powell assumed the NCBFAA Chairmanship after serving two terms as NCBFAA President. He is currently a member of the NCBFAA Security Committee. NCBFAA comprises about 870 member firms across the country-all of them involved in international transportation and related services. Before being elected to his first term as president in 1998, Powell served as vice president and chairman of the Forwarding Committee of the association. In those positions, he testified before both houses of Congress on the Shipping Reform Act of 1998. Furthermore, Powell has been directly involved with Customs and Border Protection as it continues to develop automated reporting of commodity and transport export data.

In addition to his roles with C.H. Powell and NCBFAA, Powell serves as Executive Committee member, TSA Liaison Committee member; member, Foreign Commerce Club; member of The National Industrial Transportation League; member, Coalition for Airline Security; member, COAC Trade Support Network (TSN) Security Subcommittee; and also serves on the Maritime Committee.

Powell is married, has three adult children and 12 grandchildren, and lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Leonard Shayne was born in New York City on Sept 29, 1920 and attended NY Public Schools. He retired from the forwarding business in 1999, but had an extensive career in the business before retiring. From 1945, after returning home from serving during WWII, Shayne joined the family business, Leading Forwarders, and stayed there until 1996, when the company’s operations ceased. In the span of these 52 years, Shayne became the president of Leading Forwarders Inc., Leading Export Service Corp., Via Sea Carrier Corp. & of various subsidiaries of the company.

During his time in the business, Shayne was an active member of various trade associations. From 1969 until 1974, he was President of National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA), acting during his term to convene the Association’s first Government Affairs and Annual Conferences, a tradition started by Shayne and carried on by the Association to this day. Additionally, Shayne oversaw the merging of the New York Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association and the Customs Broker and Forwarders Association to become the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America in 1969. After the end of his term as President of NCBFAA, Shayne became the Chairman of the Board of the Association in 1974. Leonard also served as Chairman of the Customs Committee of the American Association of Importers and Exporters (AAIE), Member of the Board of Governors and Director of the New York Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association, Member of the Board of Governors of the World Trade Club of the World Trade Center, and Vice President of the International Association of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA).

Shayne received his BS from the School of Business at Columbia University in 1941 and was a lecturer in foreign trade at Baruch School of Business and Civic Administration at the College of the City of New York. Leonard was also a contributing editor to such important trade publications as the American Import and Export Bulletin.

Shayne is married to B Onsberg. He has 2 grown children and 4 grandchildren.

Harvey A. Isaacs, Esq., is a partner in the law firm of Tompkins & Davidson, LLP, established June 19, 1998. He was formerly the senior partner of Siegel, Mandell & Davidson, P.C., and Tompkins & Davidson.  Both firms specialized in Customs Law and International Trade. Mr. Isaacs was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Customs Law Section, before entering private practice in 1965. He has been General Counsel to the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. since 1991, and has served as President of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association and Chairman of the ABA Standing Committee on Customs Law. He was also a member of the Treasury Department "Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service" and a representative on the Customs Service "Mod Act Implementation Committee."

Mr. Isaacs was a 1957 graduate from the College of the City of New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. He graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law in 1964.

Arthur Litman is a licensed customs broker. In 1998 Mr. Litman retired from FedEx Trade Networks, where he served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance. He started with Castelazo & Associates in 1964 and rose to become President of the company. Castelazo & Associates was acquired in 1991 by Tower Group and later by FedEx.

Active in trade associations. He is a past president of the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations, the NCBFAA, and the Foreign Trade Association of Southern California. He served on the board of the American Association of Exporters and Importers for 17 years.

Appointed to the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) when it was chartered in 1988, Mr. Litman has served six two-year terms. While a member of COAC, Mr. Litman was a leader in efforts to move to a monthly payment process for duties and taxes, and during the 9/11 term was active developing C-TPAT and other security measures.

Mr. Litman is an ACE Trade Ambassador and for 10 years was co-chair of the Trade Support Network Entry Committee. Mr. Litman represented FedEx on the World Customs Organization’s Private Sector Consultative Group in Brussels, working on the WCO’s SAFE Framework of Standards.He is a recipient of the Stanley T. Olafson Bronze Plaque Award, the first NCBFAA Centurion Award, the AAEI Trade Warrior Award, CBP’s ACE Award and the Commissioner of Customs Award of Recognition.

Mr. Litman is an attorney admitted to practice in the State of California. He can be reached at (310) 838-4205 or via e-mail at litman@customsadvice.com Arthur Litman is a licensed customs broker. In 1998 Mr. Litman retired from FedEx Trade Networks, where he served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance. He started with Castelazo & Associates in 1964 and rose to become President of the company. Castelazo & Associates was acquired in 1991 by Tower Group and later by FedEx.Active in trade associations, Mr. Litman is currently a Senior Counselor of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America. He is a past president of the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations, the NCBFAA, and the Foreign Trade Association of Southern California. He served on the board of the American Association of Exporters and Importers for 17 years.

He is a recipient of the Stanley T. Olafson Bronze Plaque Award, the first NCBFAA Centurion Award, the AAEI Trade Warrior Award, CBP’s ACE Award and the Commissioner of Customs Award of Recognition.

Mr. Litman is a licensed customs broker and an attorney admitted to practice in the State of California.