Catherine J Petersen
 Updated June 2011
Catherine has been appointed by the US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke to the International Trade Advisory Committee on Customs Matters and Trade Facilitation (ITAC 14) as a representative of the Great Plains International Trade Association and of the U.S. small-and medium-sized business industry sector working to advance customs matters and trade facilitation issues.
In 1992, Catherine Petersen founded C J Petersen & Associates, LLC a research, training and consulting firm located in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She has designed documentation and procedure manuals for exporters and has authored/co-authored five books:
Colleges, technical institutes and universities use the first two books; businesses use all four books. Ms. Petersen is a speaker and instructor at U.S. and foreign venues.
Ms. Petersen has had day-to-day practical experience at a freight forwarder, a trading company, and an ocean carrier; she has been active in international business since 1980. Her background led her to develop C J Petersen & Associates, LLC, which is a collaborative consultancy that works with clients to identify compliance gaps and to resolve them.
She holds both graduate and undergraduate degrees in regional planning from Mankato State University, Minnesota and she is a Licensed Customs Broker. Ms. Petersen completed the ICC Incoterms® 2010 online training and received the ICC Certificate of Achievement in 2011.
She has been active in several organizations including the Minnesota District Export Council, University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies Logistics Task Force, Twin Cities Roundtable Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Minnesota Global Trade Association, and the International Transportation Committee of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C.
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