Speakers

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  Jay Hawkins Senior Economist, The PNC Financial Services Group
  

  Jay Hawkins

  Senior Economist, The PNC Financial Services Group

  Jay Hawkins is vice president and senior economist for The PNC Financial Services Group. In his role, he is primarily responsible for analyzing U.S. national and regional economic trends.

  Prior to joining PNC in August 2024, he was a senior economist at BMO specializing in U.S. national and regional economic analysis and was previously the principal U.S. Economist at Visa for approximately 10 years.

  Hawkins earned is Master of Arts in applied economics from the University of Central Florida with a concentration in public sector economics, and a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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  Lynlee Brown Partner at Ernst & Young – Global Trade
  

  Lynlee Brown

  Partner at Ernst & Young – Global Trade

  Lynlee Brown is a Partner in Ernst & Young LLP’s Global Trade practice in San Diego, California. She provides services related to strategic planning to manage duty costs and global trade compliance. She advises businesses on import, export and international trade issues, including counseling companies on global export and import regimes, tariff and indirect tax strategic planning as well as international acquisitions and expansions.

  Lynlee has a particular emphasis on customs valuation, including implementing first sale for export, transfer price planning for customs purposes, and planning for duty reduction and recovery programs as well as supply chain restructurings.

  Lynlee has deep experience with consumer products/retail companies as well as technology companies, particularly around duty mitigation and de-risking supply chains. She spends significant time with clients in the automotive, industrial products and life sciences industries as well.

  Before coming to EY, Lynlee was the import/export and international logistics manager at Denso Wireless Systems America.

  Lynlee recently co-authored the US chapter in Global Trade and Customs: A Practical Compendium of Major Jurisdictions (International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 2020).