Sam Giller Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Covering Central and Eastern Europe and Nordic countries

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

● Desk officer for Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. ● Serve as liaison to U.S. Government departments and agencies concerning CBP activities related to the region, including the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, Agriculture, and Homeland Security, as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development.● Represent CBP in engaging with portfolio countries’ Missions to the United States, including partnering with host-country representative and government officials to develop and formalize strategic plans, and customs, trade, and border security-oriented government-to-government engagement. ● Provide briefings to senior CBP leadership on emerging regional issues, outreach strategies, developments, and planned interaction with regional senior government officials, including analytical input on the issues at hand, and recommendations on how best to move forward and resolve problem areas. ● Assist in the administration of training and visitation programs for local law enforcement personnel from Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

● Desk officer for the Moldova, Russia, Ukraine portfolios.● Researched, analyzed, and prepared relevant briefing materials on ongoing and emerging issues and events in the portfolio countries and Eastern European region.● Communicated and collaborated regularly with the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, U.S. Department of State, the National Security Council (NSC), and senior Government of Ukraine officials on customs reform in Ukraine. ● Organized and Participated in a two-week U.S. Customs and Border Protection mission to Ukraine to assess their customs operations in June/July 2016.● Developed the 70-page U.S. Customs and Border Protection Assessment Report on the Customs Services of Ukraine, following the Assessment Team’s visit containing more than 60 recommendations for reform. ● Coordinated and participated in a four-day mission to Ukraine in September 2016 to deliver the CBP Assessment Report to the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Duties and Responsibilities:● Served as a central point of contact with 47 partner Federal Government agencies’ for their conversion and integration into the new CBP Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) single-window; an automated customs system that streamlines the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and partner Federal Government agencies tracking and processing of good crossing U.S. ports of entry. ● Developed and managed a database to record, track, and analyze the progress of the partner government agencies, including assisting in the administration of Federal Government personnel access to the International Trade Data System portal, the information database of the ACE system. ● Develop and disseminate briefing materials on the progress of these partner agencies’ integration into the ACE system for internal and external audiences, including briefing materials for senior CBP and Department of Homeland Security officials, and public-facing documents for dissemination online and at conferences.

Koziatyn, Ukraine

- Taught 350 primary and secondary students English at a school in Koziatyn, Ukraine.- Wrote, implemented and managed a grant to build and furnish a student recreation center for 80 underprivileged students who boarded at the school.- Founded and led community English club for language practice and cultural exchange.- Launched an after-school English tutoring program for 25 students.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Supervised staff of six in overseeing four federal advisory bodies, which solicit advice of private sector executives for the President of the United States and the Secretary of Commerce. - Served as liaison between advisory committee members and the Secretary of Commerce, Under Secretary of International Trade, and other senior Commerce personnel. This included briefing the Secretary and senior officials on the activities of the advisory committees, drafting Secretarial correspondence, and organizing conference calls and policy briefings between senior Commerce officials and the committees.- Coordinated the development of the committees’ policy recommendations, including disseminating the relevant policy and statistical information to the committee members to assist in the formulation of their recommendations. - Oversaw the organization of each of the committees’ meetings including the drafting of talking points and briefing materials for the Secretary and Commerce senior staff, communications, agendas, and general meeting planning. - Managed the President’s Export Council, a committee of twenty-eight business leaders, ten Members of Congress, and ten Cabinet and Executive Branch Officials, who advise the President on issues concerning international trade.- Managed the U.S. Manufacturing Council and U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, committees of industry leaders who advise the Secretary of Commerce on ways to maintain and improve their respective sectors. - Provided oversight for the Industry Trade Advisory Committees program, sixteen sector-based committees that advise the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative on trade negotiations. - Served as Acting Director of the Office of Advisory Committees from October 2006 to January 2007.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Predecessor position to Deputy Director. Administered to a greater degree the day-to-day operations of the President’s Export Council and The Manufacturing Council. - Developed The Manufacturing Council from an initiative recommended by the Secretary of Commerce in 2004 into a functioning secretarial advisory board. - Managed day-to-day operations of the President’s Export Council and The Manufacturing Council, including: coordinating the development of the committees’ policy recommendations; preparing talking points, briefing books, communications, and agendas for the committees’ meetings.- Assisted in planning the President’s Export Council/Secretary of Commerce June 2004 mission to China.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Researched and prepared issue briefings for the Co-Chairman and her Chief of Staff for events and travels.- Prepared daily press briefings for the Co-Chairman.- Assisted in the planning and organizing of the Committee’s three annual meetings.Communicated daily with members and officers of the Republican National Committee and state parties.- Assisted with drafting correspondence, coordinating conference calls, answering phones and general administrative tasks

Msc, International Public Policy

Dissertation: Assessing the Efficiency of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Aid Methodology

Ba, International Affairs