Please join the Northern Virginia Chapter of GBTA for another fantastic event! We will host a panel of experts to discuss best practice in simplifying your documents for global travel.  Our panel will feature a range of insights from the road warrior to the international agent delivered by experts in import and export and passport and visa technicalities. Each will each provide their unique perspective on how to best serve yourself and your customer to make traveling on a global scale seamless. Please join us, along with our panelists for what promises to be another platform for insightful Q & A, great stories and invaluable discussion. 

 Barbara Baker has been in the travel industry for over 28 years. She assisted in managing travel for General Services Administration and Department of Energy and most recently she has been Project Manager for all Department of Commerce bureaus and Nuclear Defense. She has extensive international travel background in both government and private sector and is a SME in Fly America and Open Skies.

Bob Portigue is a true “road warrior”, being a retired career Army officer and currently employed as a Systems Engineer and Operations Research Analyst. His career has taken him all over the globe, traveling extensively within the United States and internationally from Europe, to the Middle East and Afghanistan. Bob believes preparation is key to maximizing perks and avoiding pitfalls.

Gaert W. Sime is Executive Director of corporate export control for ManTech International Corporation. Since 2006 he has assisted ManTech business groups with shipments of commercial and dual-use commodities and export controlled defense articles. He has served as a board member for The Society for International Affairs, The Capital Yacht Club, and Donor Town Square. 

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