The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to navigate the compliance waters in any company successfully? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced, and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my See more +

The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to navigate the compliance waters in any company successfully? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced, and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Ellen Smith, who has sat in the chair of a Director of Trade Compliance.

In this Part 1, Ellen shares her college life with a double major in Political Science and International Policy & Management Studies from Dickinson College, then a junior year in Bologna, Italy, and graduated from night law school at John Marshall Law School. Ellen's career started at a freight forwarding company, then moved into plaintiff's med mal firm and learned how to work in a case with a team strategically, then International Trade firm where she is working on many different customs and export issues. See less -