Sefco Export Management Company, Inc.        New York City - USA             President, founder and owner             USG Federally licensed FMC OTI Overseas Transport Intermediary             https://sefco-export.com           Sefco's corporate officers           have substantive international experience.           Mr. Joseph Quinn             joseph.quinn@sefco-export.com   Meeting with an old friend, Pancho Lainez, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of El Salvador                return to background page Sefco founder, President Mr. Quinn is a graduate of Villanova University and holds a degree in Economics (BA, Honors)   Coursework included studies abroad:   Greece (1978) and Mexico (1979) Honors program, history/philosophy, business/economics Basic Business Summary:   Curriculum Vitae     A bit of History         DC Experience     1981 onward - 1985 Private Sector Consultant (Diplomatic Research - 1983) US Department of State Main State HQ Library (Archives) Have returned often, nearly every year over a period of 25 years for FAD Foreign Affairs Day. Dean Acheson Auditorium Main State (2019) Foreign Service Day annual participant Watch a video of the address State Dept Foreign Affairs Day Reflected View from 8th floor US Dept of State - Main State Bldg American Foreign Service Association Foreign Service Journal (advertiser) The FAD reunion event, held every May at Main State attracted a wide array of friends of Foreign Service, and "larger than life" American diplomats, such as Tex Harris Public policy discussions. Mr. Quinn has provided expert testimony on Capitol Hill (Jan. 2018) in support of the Coalition for Fair Port Practices before the Federal Maritime Commission. (click image to view) Quinn Corporate Services, Inc. Maritime Study Group *Policy Analysis & Review* Quinn Corporate Services, Inc.     communications & special projects         2023 is the year when "the memoire" will be further developed, bringing together several larger than life stories. QCS hosted "blogs" highlight the thoughts of our authors. Subject matter includes:   Quinnsblog.com   "A re-invented life, 300 ways for stroke survivors to heal themselves" by Peter DeStefano (draft)     "Seen from within; health care and ALS" by Mike Vinitsky (draft)   Special projects:   The Accessibility Program Significant Experience in International Business    lead to the creation of        Sefco Export Management Company, Inc. July 7, 1986 - 2023  >   Import-Export International Shipping 1994 - 2023   >   Export Management Company (EMC) 2007 - 2023   >   OTI Ocean Transport Intermediary Ocean Freight Forwarder (US Gov't FMC licensed) Activities and Interests Beyond International Shipping and Ex-Im Commerce The City of New York, Board of Elections         2022 - and earlier,  BOE Poll Inspector   Election Poll-site Coordinator  Election result co-signator (judge) 2019; NYC Government BOE Site Coordinator-2022, 2021  Have served as a BOE poll worker for several years. On the job, Election Day in New York City. Employed by the City of New York. The role of coordinator is the top position running an election site from A to Z, from start to finish. Vetted, trained; qualified & approved. Holding positions of public trust. Working with the NYPD, Gov't officials & the public. Performing correctly, fairly, with diligence. Helping voters perform their civic duty.  United States Federal Government   U.S. Department of Commerce   Bureau of the Census, CFS Supervisor   Supervising trained teams of Field Enumerators, NRFU & SBE Operations   2020 - United States Census Bureau   Duly sworn Federal Employee   Decennial census operation duties include   a high level of responsibility & independent work.   Obligations include a lifetime confidentiality oath.   $250k fine/5 yrs for any breach of oath.   Non-Respondent Follow-Up Operation   (Domestic Field Intel - Reporting & Admin) CFS Supervisor - NRFU operations was the high-tech targeted follow-up effort by the US Dept of Commerce Census Bureau to enumerate non-responders throughout NYC and the nation. Beyond that hurculean task, the SBE/TNSOL night operation was a very challenging all night long-early morning special operation undertaken by US Census. Mr. Quinn supervised specially trained teams in the field, accompanying them to count the homeless in NYC, a very sensitive operation on behalf of the US Government as required by the US Constitution. Counting the homeless ...in New York City ...during the pandemic. History   |   In the early 1980's he worked in           Washington DC. Activities there, included PD - public diplomacy; including the creation and development of NCPAS an international exchange program, focused on US-Latin American relations. DC consultancies included serving as       Research/writer      [Leadership Foundation, 1982/85] Cabin John, MD - DC Capitol area      [National Center for Public Policy Research, 1982/84] Capitol Hill, Washington, DC       Private contractor/diplomatic research      [US Dept of State, 1983 - Main State HQ Library, Archives]       Overseas advanceman, DC/NYC public diplomacy consultant      [Center for Intl Relations, NED grantee, 1983/84]       National Advanceman, program director      [RNC staff/consultant, 1981/82]       Int'l Exchange Initiatives [Private Sector NGO, 1982/85]      [Public Diplomacy]         US Youth Council (USIA funded exchanges)         Int'l Youth Year UN Commission, group member       Private Sector Member, regular participant, WHOGCA     on regular White House clearance list, 1983-85     White House Working Group on Central America Reputation for Evenhandedness, Fair, Dignified. Bipartisan Endorsements By the time Mr. Quinn departed Washington, DC in 1985, he earned the formal endorsement of Charles Manatt, Chairman of the DNC (in favor of the NCPAS exchange program) and the formal endorsement of Senator Paul Laxalt, General Chairman of the RNC, as well as from Congressmen (sample follows). "I have known Joe for several years and have come to respect his deep sense of loyalty and commitment to any job he has undertaken. He enjoys a fine reputation for his professionalism and integrity among his peers. It is my pleasure to recommend Mr. Quinn..." During this early career phase, Joe worked alongside many politically recognizable names. Beyond that, there was what's known as "rubbing shoulders"; operating among a constellation of intelligent and accomplished personalities from around the world that seem to be drawn into the powerful microcosm that is Washington, DC.     International Exchanges     Public Diplomacy - NGO Foundations circa 1984 - At a reception held at the Dupont Circle home of Scott Thompson, then head of Project Democracy and deputy director, under Charles Wick, USIA. At right, Lee Edwards, Pres. of the CIR Center for International Relations with members of a high level European Parliamentarian delegation. Willy von Ray, Monique Garnier Lancon, General Close, Peter Pederson, Carlo Rippa di Meana (founder of Italian Green Party), and other dignitaries. Mr. Quinn served as advance man and assistant to Mr. Edwards to arrange public debates at Georgetown & Columbia Universities, media opps with Editorial Boards of the NY Times and Wall Street Journal, high level meetings with Fred Ikle (DOD), Jeanne KirkPatrick (at UN), NYC Mayor Ed Koch.   See also: Lee Edwards & Associates Leadership Foundation Pres., Martha Rountree, was co-founder of Meet the Press Writing, Economic Research & Analysis under Foundation auspices (1982-85) Public Diplomacy, Social Clubs Opportunities to interact with Government leaders continue. UK - USA: met Liam Fox (r) who serves as the Secretary of State for International Trade & President of the Board of Trade, Department of International Trade, United Kingdom (2018) Venue:   3 West 51st Street, New York, New York ...where Mr. Quinn has been a member of clubs and social organizations for many years; as a dues paying member (and/or invited guest); including WNRC (associate, 1994-current), Netherlands Club, Lambs Club, Monday Meeting, Capitol Hill Club, other social & professional organizations. Business Experience & Expertise Family History Marie F. Quinn (b: 7/4/1914, d: 9/22/2000) and Joseph F. Quinn Sr. (b: 8/5/1917 d: 8/24/2011) Siblings, NYC born & raised, deeply involved in the America business community. (l) Woman-owned President of a Park Avenue Corporation, 1940's-1980; and (r) WWII Officer US Army Vet and National Controller, Sears, Roebuck & Company, New York, NY & Chicago, Illinois International Business & Corporate Background The Quinn family has been involved in International Trade since the 1940's. Foreign & Domestic Purchasing Services Corporation 250 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017   Private, family owned corporation. Foreign buyers representatives. US exporters; large overseas industrial owners' purchasing agent.   Purchasing Agent history F & D - Foreign & Domestic was based in New York, NY from 1940's-early 1980's.  Telex: FOREDOMSE As an early business apprenticeship, in the late 1970's, Mr. Quinn worked as Assistant to the President (Marie F. Quinn) Sole US representative of a dynastic enterprise, the private owners of a large industrial group based in South America with subsidiaries throughout the Americas. Industrias Yukery, S.A., owned by the Erasmo Santiago family (Caracas-based, 1930s-1980's). Learned the export/import business from A to Z Manufacturers of Consumer Goods Famous brands (in South America) included "Toddy" malt drinks, which was as well known as "Ovaltine" had been in the United States, consumed in tens of thousands of homes over several generations. Since those days the company was taken over by GERBER Foods, and then Venezuela took a far left turn, farms and factories expropriated, so that business and lifestyle no longer exists. The well-known owners, very wealthy people we represented (as US agents and more) are by and large now, only part of history. Telex from Mr Quinn to Venezuela, Selling and Shipping Bulk Malt (1979) - click to read Yukery, a household brand name in South America for several decades. Exporters Decades Long Connection to US-South American Business Purchasing Agents - Buyers Exporters - Special Services Purchasing Agents, representing the Personal and Business Interests of our customers, comprised of several prominent industrial concerns including:   INDUSTRIAS YUKERY SA based primarily in South America Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires Bogota, San Juan, Havana from the 1940's & beyond. Our long history in Import-Export trade. Our company (F&D) employed two well established international forwarders to handle our US export shipments to South America over several decades.       See some correspondence       from the era; from our companys'       international freight forwarders             Hasman & Baxt, Inc.               1979:  Shipping Rates  one, two             J.M. Rodgers & Co. Inc.                 1979:  Shippers Letter of Instructions Importers International Business, UK-USA Distilled Spirits and Beverage Importers The Distillers Somerset Group US National Office, J. Quinn   circa 1985/86 Marketing Sales Services, National Coordinator DSG - owners and importers of Johnny Walker Scotch, Tanqueray, John Begg Scotch Whiskey and other well-recognized beverage brand leaders. The Distillers Company p.l.c. (UK parent) was taken over in a multi-billion dollar corporate battle, the largest in British history (at that time). By June 1986, Guinness won that take-over battle, but they decided to bring in their own people.     Distilled Spirits Industry Photo: November 20, 2004 Reunion of the Somerset Importers/Distillers Somerset Group corporate "family" in midtown Manhattan. Mr. Quinn (in photo on left). Famous Iconic Brands of Liquor Even though the company was taken over several years earlier by Guinness in a hostile takeover battle that made the headlines of the Financial Times (UK), there was a real family feeling inside this famous company (owners of many top class brands, including Johnny Walker Scotch, Tanquerary, Old Grandad, etc.) Mr. John Heilmann (third from left) was Chairman. National Distilled Spirts Trade Analytics click pic for larger image Multi-billion Dollar Take-over Battle Spirits/Beverage Industry Research From 1986 to 2023 Well over three decades experience. International Shipping Started at ground level, first as Sales Rep, then Sales Manager, then VP. OMS - Overseas (1986-1993) Learned all about export-import, and international shipping from A to Z. Several decades of practical hands-on   Export - Import Expertise   Company History:  OMS Williamsburg, Brooklyn Late 1980's   Ex-Im Sales/Management for well established overseas shipping company, representing a Teamsters Union labor force, located near the Brooklyn waterfront. Our business operations included full service export packing, labor, ex-im port trucking, ex-im warehouse operations, customs bonded CES station, services for export trading companies. The company maintained a worldwide network of agents.   Starting date on the job at OMS, Williamsburg, Brooklyn: July 07, 1986 Worked for 7 years to learn hands-on with a team of international shipping specialists. A few years later, OMS was sold to a Lloyds marine cargo insurance brokerage. Since 1986 literally tens of thousands of international shipments have been arranged. Prior to 2007, freight forwarding activities were performed by our closely cooperating licensed freight forwarders, including All Shore Forwarders, Ltd. and others. From 2007, forwarding activities have been processed in-house. Mr. Quinn founded Sefco Export (1994) after several years dedicated exclusively to the international shipping business. 1994-2023+ In all those years Sefco Export has been consistently reliable, financially trustworthy. Sefco Export, a private company, is 100% owned by Mr. Quinn. 2023   marks THIRTY SEVEN YEARS continuous engagement in the field of arranging export/import cargo shipments.   1994    Export Management Company CLICK IMAGE TO READ Sefco:   Approved  (1994)    ...by the New York State Department of Economic Development - International Division, as an "approved GEMS consultant". GEMS stands for "Global Export Marketing Service" and was part of NY States effort to increase the export sale of goods made in NY State. SEFCO's work is not limited to products made in NY State. We work with manufacturers located in the USA and worldwide. International Shipping Industry https://sefco-export.com circa 1999 - Red Hook Brooklyn waterfront. Paying a visit to one of our shipping agents. original warehouse Williamsburg Brooklyn (1989) Late 1980's New York City Labor Management & Sales Mr. Quinn represented and sold the services of our labor force, over 35 members of the Teamsters Union Local 814. Over Thirty Six Years Experience circa 2003 - Sefco office administrator, Carrie. Invited Guest ...by managers & owners of one of the largest privately held SS Lines in the world, partners in trade. Port Newark, NJ    [christening ceremony] April 2018 - Invited guest to Ro/Ro ship christening ceremony for the ACL/Grimaldi Grande New York. Guests include Mr. Constantino Baldissara (Grimaldi Lines, Director), Mr. Andrew Abbott (ACL President & CEO), Captain Igor Meneghini, and the "Godmother" of the vessel, Amanda Matilda Cuomo Cole, granddaughter NY Governor Mario Cuomo and niece of (former) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. October 2018 - Invited guest to the ship christening ceremony for the ACL Atlantic Sun, a thoroughly enjoyable event to get together with many colleagues in the international shipping industry. Shippers, Forwarders, Overseas Agents, Ship Owners, Port Operators and many more. See photos and videos from the event aboard one of the newest Roll-on/Roll-off ships. Fun Facts The Port of Baltimore has been named after a friend of Mr. Quinn's. Helen Delich Bentley was very close to Mr. Quinn's mentor Martha Rountree in Washington DC. Mrs. Bentley served on the Board of Directors of Martha's DC based organization, Leadership Foundation. In the early 1980's, Mr. Quinn ran a special division of the foundation. Martha became famous as the co-founder of TV's "Meet the Press"; she passed away in 1999. Over the years Mrs. Bentley and Mr. Quinn knew each other personally, starting from the time when she first ran (successfully) for Congress in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Quinn was a volunteer on that campaign, in 1984. Mrs. Bentley was an ardent supporter of US maritime interests and the Port of Baltimore Helen agreed to help with research, to form the basis for a book about our mutual friend Martha. Mrs. Bentley passed away in August 2016. Family History The Quinns (Quinn Abbey, Republic of Ireland) Mr. Quinn's beloved father, a corporate executive, served in the US Army during World War II. Mr. Quinn's paternal grandfather, Lt. Detective Joseph Quinn, NYPD was appointment to the NYC Police Department in 1895 by the Police Commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt. Decorated member, Honor Legion; served in the NYPD Detective Bureau through his passing in 1925 (51 yrs old). The FitzPatricks (Scotland/No. Ireland) The Cranemans Daughter The hard life of a port craneman laboring in the ship building yards along the River Clyde in Port Glasgow Scotland at the turn of the 20th century. Mr. Quinn's maternal grandfather, Laurence FitzPatrick, was a port crane operator in the ship building dockyards of Port Glasgow, Scotland in the early 1900's, before emigrating to America. Read a poem about grandpa FitzPatrick, The Craneman Written by Mr Quinn's mother, she was President of her Class at Adelphi University School of Nursing (1943); Educator, Certified Social Worker, Poet, Inventor, immigrant to America, arrived at Ellis Island in 1929. Gone but not forgotten. Writing   "Quinn's blog" serves as a portal to the personal side, a memoire to tie together several decades of life. Perhaps it deserves a book. Considering the long wakes left by innumerable people touched by and intersecting our lives. Memorializing, providing commentary for posterity.       Community - New York City       Mr. Quinn continues to serve as a Corporate Director and Secretary, of the Forest Hills Gardens cooperative building, 1 Ascan - and has developed its web site, on a pro-bono basis. Served as a director numerous time over the years; an owner in the building since 1988. Re-elected December 2022 for yet another term as corporation Secretary in 2023.     Q Family Business History         Sole USA Representative for our         South American Corporate partners Santiago Development Corp (NY, NY) 25th Anniversary Award - 1964 1979  Business correspondence Sent to Mr. Quinn, at our family owned business, from our freight forwarders. Trade Partners in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Spain... Exclusive Representatives in the USA Industrias Yukery, Caracas, Venezuela Snapshots from Around the World Japan ともだち "Tomodachi" As of 2023, Mr Quinn (above, in Kyoto) has visited Japan 15 times. Shodo calligraphy class Katsura, Kyoto, Japan Australia The International Shipping Business Meeting with Bob Wray, Pres., OSS Worldwide Seven Hills, Sydney, Australia Meeting with our Italian agents (NYC 2007) State Department, Hall of Flags Regular attendee at annual Foreign Affairs Day, US Dept of State Former, contract researcher (1983) Special Projects Informal Videography at State Meeting Steve Hindy, Founder of Brooklyn Brewery "Teddy's 25th/125th Anniversary" Beverage & Spirits Industry Brooklyn Brewery's HQ is located in our former HQ warehouse 112 North 12th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn NYC Meeting Ambassador Ahmed Farouk - Jan 2016 Consul General of Egypt, New York NY Mr. Quinn maintains an active interest in public diplomatic exchanges. Mid 1990's Meeting Governor George Pataki - NY, NY Early 1980's Meeting Mayor Edward I. Koch - NYC Over the years Mr. Quinn has met many leading public officials. Washington DC based work A note from Bob Reilly, USIS Senior Advisor on Public Diplomacy. Recognition of engagement in Public Diplomacy USG Executive Level Access One of the earliest members (1983) of the White House Working Group on Central America Hosted by Ambassador Faith Ryan Whittlesey More than enough for a bookful of memories. See some historic & archived FOIA docs. Many key participants are long gone, all but for their memory. USG: Walt Raymond, NSC (d), Dolf Droge - affectionately called "an exclamation point with hair" (d), Constantine Menges (d), Amb Otto Reich, Robert Reilly. Private Sector members came from a broad and diverse array of leading figures. Friends, allies, foreign & domestic agents of influence. White House exposure Rare opportunities (1984)    Inside Room 450, OEOB    The White House    with President Reagan Perhaps someday... will write "The Book"   Participant in Policy Discussions National Security Council (1984-1985) Research/Intel/Analysis one of several paths considered Late 1800's-early 1900's Quinn Family History   NYPD New York City Police Dept Detectives Bureau JQ NYPD-USCustoms 1918 Lieutenant Detective Joseph F. Quinn New York City Police Department Grandpa Q's "War Zone Pass" Access granted for NYPD Investigations US Customs, Port of New York (1918) Project 1925 The Wanamaker Diary Tribute to NY Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt click pic for larger image NYPD - Deep New York, NY roots Appointed to the NYPD in 1895 by Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt Fidelis ad Mortem, April 1925 Pre 09-11-2001 Good friends, Sad departures   (WTC 9/11) Pre college - 1970's Once in a lifetime visit to East Berlin 1976   East-West Cold War Era Mr. Quinn is a "Stanner", graduate of AMHS in Briarwood, NYC. "Non Scholae, Sed Vitae" Not for school, but for life. College years 1977-1981 While attending Villanova University (PA) Mr. Quinn was ranked #2 best on the intercollegiate varsity rifle & pistol team, comprised mostly of ROTC members. The VU Rifle & Pistol team competed regionally at several Mid-Atlantic based colleges. In more recent years Mr. Quinn has been a member of the West Side Rifle & Pistol Club, located on West 22nd Street in Chelsea (New York, NY). Social/civic engagement included serving as founding Chairman, the VFP Villanova Free Press, with co-editor R. Chris Whalen. 10,000 circulation, distributed in the mainline Philadelphia collegiate region. After Villanova, Mssrs Quinn and Whalen embarked on a new voyage to Washington DC. Both shared a house in Bethesda; Chris joined the RSC as a staff writer for Congressman Jack Kemp; Mr. Quinn (after giving the USG a chance) teamed up with liked-minded friends at the RNC. Became national advance director for their campaign technology training program (1981/2). Life took off from there. Export Import Expertise Sefco Export Management Company, Inc.   (Sefco)    Mr. Quinn has been deemed a QI ("Qualified Individual") for    Sefco's international shipping activities by the US Government    International freight forwarding and shipping business    transactions are conducted thru Sefco Export. Linked in:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ joseph-quinn-2497b226 Basic Business:   Curriculum Vitae Local & Federal Government:   NYC - Board of Elections U.S. Dept of Commerce - Census Quinn Corporate Services, Inc. (QCS)     Special Services   |   Buyers Agent     Consulting Services  |  Advance Work, Special Projects     Analysis & Advisory Services   |   Online Media Development Welcome to El Salvador     Izalco Volcano    Developing business opportunities.       San Salvador, El Salvador         Back after 32 years.     Playa El Tunco, La Libertad   Mr. Quinn with El Salvador's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Lainez   Public Diplomacy   Meeting held at United Nations HQ during the General Assembly  (2004)   We investigate the best methods to handle export-import projects.   International Commerce   Our network of agents help facilitate export-import operations around the world.

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