Roy Hoffman, CPA, is a partner at J.H. Cohn with a focus on international client services. Roy specializes in financial and management consulting services for foreign-owned ventures, and has more than 30 years of experience advising clients on accounting, business management, and personal finance issues. He has counseled many large and small international clients who have U.S. subsidiaries or have acquired U.S. operations, including public and private companies in the manufacturing, import and export, freight forwarding, law, fashion, and jewelry industries, and government and quasi-government entities. Building on his international business experience, Roy held the office of North American Chairman at Nexia for over seven years and served as the U.S. liaison partner for Nexia International, the worldwide network of independent auditors, business advisors and consultants, of which J.H. Cohn is a member. Roy is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Roy was the 2007 Co-Chairperson for New York State’s World Trade Week, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Spain–U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the German American Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the Cooperation with Investment Bankers and Stock Exchanges Committee of the NYSSCPA.

Richard M. Larrabee is the Director of the Port Commerce Department of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He oversees the management and operation of the major marine terminal facilities within the Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest port on the East Coast of North America, which handled almost 89 million tons of cargo in 2008, and approximately 5.3 million teu’s (twenty-foot equivalent units). Mr. Larrabee manages a multi-billion dollar port redevelopment program that includes reinvestment in marine terminal facilities, deepening harbor channels and berths, improving intermodal connections and protecting sensitive marine environments. The redevelopment program is positioning the Port of New York and New Jersey to accommodate future growth that is projected to double over the next decade and could quadruple by 2040. Prior to joining the Port Authority, Richard Larrabee held the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Coast Guard. He served as Commander First Coast Guard District in Boston, MA, where he oversaw all Coast Guard operations in the Northeast United States. Over his thirty-two year Coast Guard career, Rear Admiral Larrabee held a variety of operational and staff assignments, including command at sea and shore assignments. He has received two Distinguished Service Medals and three Legion Merit awards. Mr. Larrabee holds a Master of Science degree in Ocean Engineering from the University of Rhode Island and a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Coast Guard Academy.