Each New York DEC member has special expertise in international trade, and is dedicated to helping businesses in our state develop global sales.
DEC Executive Committee
Andrea Ratay – Chairperson
TD Bank, N.A.
Christine Pomeranz – Vice-Chair
Fashion Institute of Technology
Joseph Schoonmaker – Secretary/Treasurer
Risk Protection International
Carmela Mammas – Executive Secretary
New York U.S. Export Assistance Center
Members of the New York DEC
Barbara Barran, Classic Rug Collection, Inc.
Peter Bengston, The New York Public Library
Jess Collen, Rothwell Figg
Thomas A. Cook, Blue Tiger International
John Costanzo, LDK Global Logistics
Lawrence Delson, Delson International
Walter Dietrich, Central National Gottesman Inc.
Edward Dorian, Dorian Drake International, Inc.
Allan Feldman, Leveraged Marketing Corporation of America (LMCA)
Rattan Hermrajani,US Marketing Corp.
Thomas Kehoe, Kingsbridge Strategies, Inc.
Douglas Langhans, Study New York
Henry Lapidos, Export Trade of America, Groceries USA, Fishing USA
Timothy Lee, Accenture LLP
Barney Lehrer, International Internet Strategies
Robert Leo, Meeks, Sheppard, Leo & Pillsbury
Charles Ludmer
Albert Mangels, Lee Spring Company
Joseph Mantello, Qosina Corp.
Lene Skou, Weissman Center for International Business/Baruch College/CUNY
Myles M. Matthews, Global Trade and Technology Center
Aimee Okamoto, Industrial Metals International Ltd.
Nancy C. Ploeger, IWEC Foundation
David Reiff, Manor Trade Development
Fred Sampliner, S. S. Sampliner & Co. Inc.
Rado Saragih, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Rashida Sykes, Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
Daniel Tristan, Spectronics Corporation
Thomas Valentine, Mainfreight Inc.
Jian Xiao, Turning Point Solutions
Partners of the New York DEC
Lennox Ruiz, Empire State Development
Melissa Guinan, New York City Economic Development Corporation
New York DEC Advisory
Peter Tierney, Harlem USEAC
Joan Kanlian, Westchester USEAC
Marisel Trespalacios, Long Island USEAC
Eduard Ekel, Small Business Administration
Richard Foy, EXIM Bank