Lila Landis is a Licensed Customs Broker, Certified U.S. Export Compliance Officer,
Certified Global Sanctions Specialist and Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional
International who has been in global compliance and logistics for over 18 years. Lila
earned her Global MBA from the University of Houston-Victoria, Texas.  Lila has built
and managed compliance programs in the defense, industrial manufacturing, oil & gas,
logistics and chemicals industries with special emphasis on customs compliance,
training, Free Trade Agreement programs, foreign import/export compliance, and Global
Trade Management software implementation. She specializes in building compliance
programs and communicating complex compliance regulations in simple terms that are
relevant to business. Fluent in French and Spanish, Lila studied abroad in graduate
school and has managed international teams in leadership roles in large corporations.
In her current role as the Global Head of Compliance at JAS Worldwide, Lila is
responsible for compliance across over 70 countries for import and customs
compliance, export and sanctions compliance, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, anti-
trust, supply chain security, and code of conduct and ethics.
Lila has worked directly with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Focused
Assessments, broker compliance reviews, CTPAT validations, broker management
questions, ACE testing, and Section 321 and Type 86 proposed changes.
During the negotiations for the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA), Lila
worked with the office of Senator Rob Portman (R - Ohio) to present a new rule for
chemical mixtures and blends to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that
was accepted in the final version as Rule 3: Mixtures and Blends Rule in Sections VI
and VII.

Lila is the founder of the Dallas-Fort Worth ICPA DATA Group, a local networking group
for trade compliance professionals, and supports leaders of trade compliance
networking groups through the International Compliance Professionals Association
(ICPA) in cities across the U.S.. Lila is a board member of the National Association for
Small Business International Trade Education (NASBITE), a member of the Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) Trade Support Network (TSN), an advisor to the University
of Houston Women in Leadership program, and a contributor to the WorldECR Industry
Panel.