Webinar: CPSC
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) (EDT)
Description
The NAFTZ CPSC Webinar in response to event attendee surveys requesting to cover this topic in more detail.
Featured Speaker(s): Katie Tangman, Columbia Sportswear Co., and Christopher Smith, IKEA, will review protocols and best practices and developments. A Q&A session will follow the presentation. By registering one agrees to be compliance with NAFTZ policy/guidelines and emailed up to once per sponsor (if applicable).
This session will cover the latest developments and resources. One will be able to:
- Review protocols, best practices and developments
Speakers
Katie Tangman is the Senior Director of Global Customs and Trade at Columbia Sportswear Company, where she leads a global team of trade professionals across the U.S., Canada, France, and Vietnam. Her team is responsible for ensuring trade compliance and driving a wide range of duty optimization initiatives, including tariff engineering, FTA utilization, Foreign Trade Zones, Bonded Warehouses, and First Sale for Export programs.
With 16 years at Columbia Sportswear, Katie brings deep industry knowledge and strategic leadership to the company’s global trade operations. Prior to joining Columbia, she served as Managing Partner and Director of Strategic Resource Development at Geo. S. Bush & Company, a regional customs brokerage and freight forwarding firm, where she specialized in developing innovative trade solutions and client strategies.
Christopher Smith is a trade advisor in the Customs Coordination Center, North America for IKEA Purchasing Services (US) Inc. He received a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York College at Brockport in 1996 and obtained his Customs Brokers License in 1998. From 1992 to 2006 Mr. Smith worked for Eastman Kodak Company in warehouse and logistics primarily as an Import Compliance Specialist. In his current position with IKEA his responsibilities include establishing and maintaining corporate compliance with all US Customs and other Government agency regulations, assist in communicating compliance requirements globally in the IKEA organization, develop and manage Customs related projects for North America.
Educational CREDIT
Learn more about AZS and CZS credit eligibility for webinar attendance on their applicable websites.
| STATUS | RATE |
|---|---|
| Member | COMPLIMENTARY* |
| Non-Member | $75 |
| Federal Government | $35 |
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All individuals must have an NAFTZ membership to receive the NAFTZ member rate, if a substitute is requested, the substitute must have a current NAFTZ membership in order to make such a transfer. If the requested transfer is for a non-member, one would have the option to add an additional membership in order to receive the member rate or pay difference between the paid member and invoiced non-member rate. Attendees registration transfer requests should be sent to vcartwright@naftz.org.
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Eastern Time zone (2:00 - 3:00 PM)
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