The Bureau of Industry and Security has named Robby Saunders, a former senior adviser with both BIS and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., the agency's new deputy assistant secretary for technology security. Saunders was the former vice president of national security at the Coalition for Prosperous America before joining Scott's staff in 2023 and BIS in March, according to her LinkedIn. She replaces longtime senior BIS official Eric Longnecker (see 2505050005),

Michael Pender, a former longtime senior engineer with the Bureau of Industry and Security, is joining legal and advisory firm Fenwick as a trade analyst, he announced on LinkedIn. Pender left BIS at the end of April after first joining the agency in 2004.

The White House has nominated Julie Callahan, the assistant U.S. trade representative for agricultural affairs and commodity policy, to be chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Callahan previously held positions at the FDA and USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service.

The Semiconductor Industry Association has hired Jaclyn Kellon, a former State Department official, to join its global policy team as a director. Kellon will work on supply chain security and cybersecurity matters with a focus on Southeast Asia and India, SIA said. She previously served as a foreign affairs officer in the State Department's Office of Critical Technology Protection, where she served as a technical expert on semiconductor technology policy topics.

Ted Posner, former assistant general counsel for international affairs at the Treasury Department, has joined Baker Botts as a partner in the international trade practice, the firm announced. Posner joined Treasury in October 2020, where he led a group of Treasury attorneys in advising agency officials on issues ranging from investment security to trade (see 2507150010).

Ted Posner, former assistant general counsel for international affairs at the Treasury Department, has joined Baker Botts as a partner in the international trade practice, the firm announced. Posner joined Treasury in October 2020, advising various agency officials on issues ranging from investment security to trade, Baker Botts said. Prior to joining Treasury, Posner worked as a partner at Weil Gotshal for eight years and at Crowell & Moring for three years.

James Treanor, former attorney-adviser in the Office of Foreign Assets Control's chief counsel's office, has joined Akin as a senior counsel, he announced on LinkedIn. Treanor will help clients with international trade and national security-related regulatory and enforcement issues, including those related to sanctions and export controls. He left OFAC in June.

Adam Szubin, former head of the Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, has joined Covington, where he will work on sanctions, export controls, money laundering and investment security issues. Szubin, who mostly served in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, was most recently a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell.

Alison Cooper has left her role as the Office of Foreign Assets Control's enforcement chief to join the Navy Federal Credit Union, where she will manage issues related to OFAC and the Bank Secrecy Act, she announced on LinkedIn. Cooper worked at OFAC for over two decades, from 1997 to 2011 and again from 2017 until she left this month.

Scott Wise, former assistant general counsel for global trade at Microsoft, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the international trade group, the firm announced. At Microsoft, Wise was the lead attorney on economic sanctions and outbound investment issues regarding emerging technologies, such as AI and quantum computing, the firm said.