01/23/20 Entry Type 86, Section 321 Use & Election Dinner Program

Christine Hogue
Ms. Christine Hogue is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Section Chief with the Department of Homeland Security.  
She began her career with the former U.S. Customs Service (USCS) in 1991 at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport.  During her tenure, she served as an Import Specialist at the Angeles/Long Beach Seaport and the Area Port of Seattle. In 2003, Ms. Hogue transferred to CBP Headquarters in Washington, D.C. as a subject matter expert on the ACE development team.  In 2006, she served as the Branch Chief for National Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement and Policy.  In 2008, Ms. Hogue returned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport where she served as an Account Manager and then as a Supervisory Import Specialist in 2011.  In 2012, Ms. Hogue became a Section Chief at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).  In 2016, she temporarily served as the Assistant Center Director of Enforcement for the Electronics Center of Excellence and Expertise located at the Los Angeles Field Office.  In 2017, Ms. Hogue returned to LAX as a Section Chief where she is currently assigned.  Ms. Hogue has oversight for the clearance of all international cargo imported into the United States through LAX.  Her knowledge of Trade policy and enforcement enables her to maintain oversight of cargo entering the U.S. through LAX at over sixty warehouses and five express consignment facilities. Overall, Ms. Hogue has 28 years of experience in managing operations and people. Throughout her career Ms. Hogue has completed a number of leadership and management courses, and served as a mentor as part of the Federal Executive Board of Greater Los Angeles Leadership Associates Mentoring Program.  Ms. Hogue has a B.A. in Speech Communications from California State University Long Beach. 

Jennifer Engelbach
Jennifer has worked with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for over 25 years as an Import Specialist, Fraud Coordinator, HQ Program Manager, National Account Manager and Client Representative.  She has been a Client Representative for a majority of her time with CBP.  Consequently, she has a great deal of experience in supporting the trade and aiding in their successful transmissions within the Automated Broker Interface, in the Automated Manifest Systems (Ocean, Rail, Air, and Truck modes), in the Automated Export System as well as the Document Imaging system (via email and EDI).

Heidi Wallace
Heidi has worked with U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 32 years. She has held several positions within CBP; Enforcement Specialist, Import Specialist, Supply Chain Security Specialist and Program Manager. Heidi is currently a Section Chief for Trade at the Los Angeles / Long Beach Seaport and has been at the Seaport for seven months. She oversees Trade Branch 1 which consists of Selectivity, Warehouse Audit, Agriculture and the Trade Analysis Group (TAG).
Her professional work in CBP includes developing and delivering presentations for foreign government officials as well as the trade community in English/Spanish, developing and delivering national training for new supply chain security specialists, serves as the “go to” person for colleagues to interpret CTPAT program policies and procedures, and she also served as a key member for the Center of Excellence and Expertise (CEE) electronics industry. 

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