my name is andrew keller. it is a true privilege to have the opportunity to moderate this panel. there are five exceptional individuals who i am proud to call former colleagues. say i can think of a better time for this panel, which is entitled best actresses, past errors, and the future of sanctions. given the incredible change that we've seen over the last year, including as a result of the change in administrations and clearly as a result of congressional action. i have given these panelists the very small task of walking through how these changes will impact the use of sanctions as a foreign-policy and national security tool and what those changes will mean for the private sector and for our allies going forward. of course, they have to do all of this within an hour. easy task. i would like to introduce each of our panelists. i would ask them to give a brief opening statement. i will start with our government colleagues. sitting immediately to my left, we have andrea. she is currently the deputy ofac.or at oh fax -- at she is held almost every critical position at the agency.

first of all, my thanks to beth and andrew keller and ambassador freed for the invitation. it is an honor for me and the boeing company to be here. beth had to catch me trying to exit after the last panel. i just didn't want to follow that act. but it is a great pleasure to be here. i am not, in the interest of full disclosure, i'm a practicing attorney. my focus is, i'm the trade control guy in the law department for the boeing company. and so my world is export/import sanctions. i've been at boeing nine years. and parts of that was in private practice and part of that in the navy. but it is just interesting as a data point how much time i spend on sanctions analytical work and interpretive work and sanctions legislation now as compared to just, you know, four years, five years, when i first came to boeing. i would say that this is a, probably the majority, of my time spent on either interpretation because we have a footprint all over the world, as you all know. and not only that, but so much going on. i mean, you really just have to keep up. keeping up with not just regs,

brian o'toole, andrew keller, david [inaudible] they are part of the team here which aims to providethe best analysis and recommendations on sanctions available. i have been working with a business at the atlantic council and we are pleased to launch but today's event and this program. we got two panels today focused on policy perspectives from current and former practitioners including some of on our team but also andrea a former colleague and a friend and policy. there are others on our team in this panel and i think michael greenwald and the other panel will include businesspeople, richard, frederick and robert. finally, undersecretary treasury, administrations senior person on sanctions will deliver what i suspect is a serious statement of this administration's approach to sanctions. i look forward to an in-depth, lively and who knows, more than lively discussion. at this point let's get started and i like the first panel to come to the state. >> good morning everyone. it is great to be here with you today. my name is andrea keller, a partner in the international trade group at h

first of all, thanks to beth and andrew keller and ambassador freed for the indication. it's a great honor for me personally to be here. having said that, beth had to catch me trying to exit the last panel. i just didn't want to follow that act. it is a pleasure to be here. i am not in -- in the interest of full disclosure i'm a practicing attorney. my focus is on the trade control guy in the law department for the boeing company. so my world is export, import sanctions. i've been at polling nine years in parts of that was the private practice, but it's interesting that the data point how much time i spend on sanctions in an interpreted work in sanctions legislation now if compared to just four years, five years when i first came to boeing. i would say this is probably the majority of my time spent on neither interpretation because we have a footprint all over the world as you all know and not only that, but there's so much going on. i mean come you really just have to keep out. keeping up not just on the rags, but what is coming down the pike from the congress. the good