Title
Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade
Company
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Bio

Brenda Smith is the Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade, at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Selected in the fall of 2014, Ms. Smith oversees a diverse portfolio of trade facilitation and enforcement matters. This work ranges from determining the direction of Priority Trade Issue enforcement to the management of trade data—along with CBP’s regulatory process for administering trade and border operations.

Since joining the U.S. Customs Service in 1994, Ms. Smith has served in a variety of leadership roles overseeing trade and border enforcement issues. Most recently, Ms. Smith served as the Executive Director for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Business Office.  In this role, she oversaw the development of ACE as the Single Window, the primary system for imports and exports. Ms. Smith also spearheaded the integration of Partner Government Agency requirements through the development of ACE, serving as a "One U.S. Government" approach to border management.

 

She has also served as the Executive Director for Trade Policy and Programs, the Director of Policy and Programs in the Office of International Affairs and Trade Relations, and led the Commissioner’s Strategic Planning and Performance Division.  Prior to joining Customs, Ms. Smith worked at the Department of the Treasury and on Capitol Hill. 

 

Ms. Smith holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Economics from Rutgers University and is also a graduate of the Customs Leadership Institute and the Federal Executive Institute.