AAPA Adds Speakers to Spring Conference

The latest speaker additions to the spring conference of the American Association of Port Authorities, March 18-19 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C., are: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and former CBP Commissioner Ralph Basham, now a principle with Command Consulting Group. Other program speakers include Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, chair of the Senate Environment & Public Works Subcommittee on Oversight, CSX Transportation Vice President Derrick Smith, Morgan Stanley Executive Director Ira Smelkinson, Fitch Ratings Senior Director Seth Lehman, William Craft, the State Department deputy assistant secretary for trade policy and programs, and Marcus Sachs, Verizon Communications' vice president for national security policy.