Jim MacLellan is currently Director of Trade Development for the Port of Los Angeles. He is responsible for trade promotion programs including Trade Connect education seminars to assist local businesses entering global markets. Trade Connect was awarded the Presidential E Star Award in 2013 for service to the nation’s exports. Prior to joining the Port in 1992, he worked for more than 20 years in the international shipping business. As Adjunct Professor, from 2008 to 2015, he taught international trade and shipping at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (formerly Monterey Institute Graduate School of Business Studies). He currently serves as Chair of the Pacific Chapter of the US – Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Los Angeles Regional Export Council (MEI) and Board Member of California Manufacturing & Technology Consulting (NIST – MEP).