About ICPA

Run by the people who do the work.

Under the bylaws of the International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA), individual members hold the majority of the Board and only individual members may serve as officers. Staff email is answered directly, so write to the person whose remit matches your question.

  • 6 executive officers
  • 12 directors
  • 12 staff
  • Counsel in 3 jurisdictions

Executive officers

President
Jim Ervin
TTI, Inc.
1st Vice President
Christi Tschirhart
Solventum
2nd Vice President
Kary Lippe
1FINITY AMERICAS, INC.
Executive Director
Elisabeth Sherrell
ICPA, Inc.
Secretary
Sandra Gonzalez
Northrop Grumman
Treasurer
Blane Carroll
Techtronic Industries

Board of directors

Sara BowersoxKEEN FootwearEmailin
Joe BurksYamaha Motor ManufacturingEmailin
Alicia BryantEdgewell Personal CareEmailin
Stacey KapushyAir Products & Chemicals, Inc.Emailin
David DelaneyRevvityEmailin
Robert LeachCirrus AircraftEmailin
Yammari LongEmailin
Kelsey MoraskiNorgrenEmailin
Melanie NunnPACCAREmailin
Stacey KrauseInnomoticsEmailin
Lynda ThomasLockheed Martin AeronauticsEmailin
Jessica CookAnritsuEmailin

Staff and support team

Executive leadership

Executive Director
Elisabeth Sherrell

Executive leadership, strategy and financial oversight; board liaison; staff management; organizational direction; final decision authority.

ICPA Co-Founder
Lynda Thomas

Co-founded ICPA and helped build its original member community. Continues to contribute to organizational initiatives and special projects.

Membership, community and partnerships

Membership Engagement
Chris Scalisi

Membership diagnostic and member listening initiative; membership value model; acquisition, onboarding, retention and reactivation roadmap; referral of commercial opportunities to designated owners.

Head of Community Engagement
Lila Landis

Networking and Industry Group oversight; volunteer group leader support; group activity tracking; member connection into communities.

Director of Partnerships
Dana Poore

Sponsorship sales and relationships; partner management; exhibitor support; sponsor issue resolution; revenue growth.

Education and events

Director of Educational Efforts
Lisa Gelsomino

CBP Accreditation program and continuing education; International Trade Certification program (CUSECO, CUSCIO, CIP ITAR, CITLS and CIFF).

Events & Marketing Lead
Victoria Schneider

Event planning and execution; registration and Cvent site builds; attendee and speaker communications; marketing, social content and campaigns; volunteer coordination.

Virtual Event Coordinator
Andrew Sinclair

Webinar build and delivery; virtual and hybrid conference session management; streaming and Zoom configuration; venue AV coordination and international AV sourcing.

Strategy and operations

Executive Advisor, Analytics & Organizational Strategy
Heather Tschirhart

Research, analytics and executive decision support; financial and event reporting; business systems and workflow design; organizational records; governance and special projects.

Executive Administrator
Reesie Le

Administrative operations; scheduling and records management; event and program support; data entry; cross-functional project support.

Technology

Webmaster
Rick Miller

Website management; membership system maintenance; site updates; technical support for member access.

IT Coordinator
Randy Gabel

Device monitoring and patching; Microsoft 365 administration and training; multi-factor authentication; phishing awareness training; IT strategy consulting.

Outside counsel

Canada
George Reid
Bennett Jones LLP
USA
Josh Rodman
Schulz Trade Law PLLC
USA
Mollie Sitkowski
Faegre Drinker Biddle
Europe
John Grayston
Grayston & Company

Every name on this page started as a member.

Officers and directors are elected from the individual membership, and the bylaws keep it that way. Join and you get a vote in who runs the association, and a new individual member at an importer or exporter joins free for the first year.

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