Biography:

Jonathan Gold serves as Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy for the National Retail Federation. Gold joined NRF in October 2007 and is responsible for representing NRF before Congress and the administration on supply chain and customs issues impacting the retail industry. 

Prior to joining NRF, Gold served as a Policy Analyst in the Office of Policy and Planning for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). He joined CBP in May 2006 and was responsible for providing policy guidance on issues surrounding maritime cargo security and trade related matters. Gold also worked on implementation issues surrounding the SAFE Port Act and other issues within the agency including CBP intelligence reform, pandemic flu and trade facilitation. 

Prior to joining CBP, Gold spent nearly a decade with the Retail Industry Leaders Association holding several government relations positions including Director, International Trade Policy and Vice President, International Trade Policy before being named Vice President, Global Supply Chain Policy in January 2005.   

Gold was appointed to the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions in January 2005. He has also served on the International Trade Advisory Committee on Distribution Services, which is responsible for advising the U.S. government on trade negotiations. Previously, Gold served on the Board of Directors for Consumers for World Trade as its Treasurer and as the President of the Waterfront Coalition. 

Gold graduated from The American University in Washington, DC in 1994. He graduated with a BSBA in International Business with a concentration in Finance.

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Committees:

• Strategic Supply Chain Council

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