With 25+ years of experience in public and governmental affairs, Eugene Laney Jr. is President and CEO of the American Association of Exporters and Importers, the premier trade organization representing U.S. companies engaged in global trade. Prior to AAEI, he headed up international government affairs at DHL Express USA, and served as Director of Information & Legislative Services for the Global Business Travel Association, and the White House’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA). He has served on the boards of the National Foreign Trade Council and Washington Export Council, the Trade Committee Chair for the Express Association of America and Customs and Trade Vice Chair of the U.S. Council for International Business, among others. He received his Ph.D. in American Government at Howard University and his B.A. and Master of Public Administration from Florida A&M University. He has an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.