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Stay tuned! the WESCCON Committee is transforming this conference to virtual!

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Learn: Improve your business and your career with workshops, panels, roundtable discussions and town hall meetings on timely topics. Stay informed about the latest industry issues and trends.

Participate and Communicate: Support your industry and let your voice be heard by US regulators and legislators on issues that affect your business. Volunteer for a Pacifc Coast Council or WESCCON committee. Find out how you can make a difference.

Network: WESCCON offers the best opportunity to meet people in the global logistics industry. Whether by attending or exhibiting, by finding contacts in the Directory of Registrants, or promoting your name as a sponsor, participation in WESCCON gives you the contacts you need. As we often hear from our WESCCON participants, there is no other conference in this industry that offers the educational, networking and social programs for such a reasonable registration fee.

WESCCON

Scholarship

Celebrating

a decade of promoting education and industry involvement.

The Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Associations (PCC) and Avalon Risk
Management are offering five (5) scholarships to attend WESCCON 2020 in Coronado, CA on October 1-
4, 2020. This is the 13th year that the scholarship has been offered to promote education and industry
involvement. The scholarship funds provided by Avalon will be used to cover the cost of coach airfare (if
traveling by air) and 3 nights of accommodations at the Loews Coronado Bay hotel. The PCC
will waive the conference registration fee for scholarship recipients.

Each of the five PCC member associations (San Diego, Los Angeles, Northern California, Columbia River and
Washington State) will select one qualified applicant for the scholarship award. If a member association is
unable to select a qualified applicant another recipient will be chosen by the WESCCON General Chair and the
PCC President from the pool of applicants received by the other four associations.

Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in the logistics industry. for consideration. All
grant recipients must agree to submit a written summary by November 1, 2020 summarizing their experience
at WESCCON and explaining how their attendance will benefit them and further their career goals.

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More information coming soon

2019 Scholarship Winners

Michele Taylor, Robert E. Landweer (Washington State)

Allison Brady, Total Logistics Resource (Columbia River) 

Sandra Alvarez, Flexport LLC  (Northern California)

Marta Mares, Nippon Express USA, Inc.  (Los Angeles)

Mariano Torres, CASAS International Brokerage (San Diego)

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2018 Scholarship Winners

Becky Werner, Sound Brokerage International LLC(Washington State)

Andrew Berman, Geo. S. Bush & Co. (Columbia River) 

Robert Kirk, EWI Inc.  (Northern California)

Marcus Eeman, FlexPort  (Los Angeles)

Adrian Hernandez, CASAS International Brokerage Inc. (San Diego)

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2017 Scholarship Winners

Angela Lewis, Panalpina (Washington State)

Cassandra Woods, Geo. S. Bush & Co. (Columbia River) 

Jessica Reynolds, Vantage Point Services (Northern California)

Christine Robinson, EMO Trans (Los Angeles)

Tavish Garcia, Casas International Brokerage (San Diego)

2016 Scholarship Winners

Kelly Larson, A.N. Deringer, Inc. (Washington State)

Laura Yount, TLR, Inc. (Columbia River) 

Danny Ang, Hankyu Hanshin Express (USA) Inc. (Northern California)

Katie Hanson, MBC Brokers Inc.  (Los Angeles)

Monica Camacho, Camacho Brokers Inc. (San Diego)
 

2015 Scholarship Winners

Matt Ehlers, Robert E. Landweer & Co., / RELCO Inc. (Washington State)

Sarah Adams, Geo S. Bush & Co. (Columbia River)

Chris Parga, UPS Supply Chain Solutions (Northern California)

David Chavez, IJS Global (Los Angeles)

Margarita Lopez, RL Jones Customhouse Brokers (San Diego)

2014 Scholarship Winners  

Gwen Salisbury, Sound Brokerage International (Washington State)

Chris McKinney, Seko Global Logistics (Columbia River)

  Renata Rios, Fedex Trade Networks (Northern California)

Bob Willis, Williams Clark Co. (Los Angeles)

Luis Garcia, International Automated Brokers (San Diego)

2013 Scholarship Winners  

Samantha Pate, C.H. Robinson (Washington State)

Robert Hoxha, Allports Forwarding (Columbia River)

  Nathan J. Reed, NNR Global Logistics USA (Northern California)

Jeanne Clark, IBC Inc. (Los Angeles)

Jonathan Z. Orozco,  Panalpina Inc. (San Diego)

2012 Scholarship Winners  

Lacey Watson, International Brokerage Inc. (Washington State)

Ali Halseth, Geo. S Bush & Co. (Columbia River)

  Janet Pak, DB Schenker (Northern California)

Pat Vangtan, Panalpina Inc. (Los Angeles)

Rosa Rangel,  FedEx Trade Networks (San Diego)

2011 Scholarship Winners  

Stephanie Anderson, ClearFreight Inc. (Washington State)

Tieg Logie, Geo. S Bush & Co. (Columbia River)

  Chris Kammer, RS Express(Northern California)

Donna Hutchinson, Morrison Express (Los Angeles)

Flora Bermudez (San Diego)

2010 Scholarship Winners

Kathleen Moore, Kamino International (Washington State)

Haley Barshis, JJ Boyle Co. (Columbia River)

Terri Soltis, DHL Express (Northern California)

Joanna Lai, Samex Customs Brokers (Los Angeles)

Elsa Rodarte, Am-Mex International (San Diego) 
 

WESCCON

COMMITTEE

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