Ana Hinojosa

Former Executive Director, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Former Federal Senior Executive Leader with over 34 years of experience in law enforcement, international trade, international policy development and standard setting.

Winner: 2021 Service to America Award for Safety, Security and International Affairs and the People’s Choice Award and the DHS Exceptional Service Gold Medal Award.

Ana is originally from South Texas and and has had an illustrious career in the U.S. federal government and with the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussel, Belgium.

She is a seasoned Customs expert and Senior Executive, having served in many leadership positions throughout her career. Most recently, she was responsible for directly CBP’s trade threat assessment units, special investigations and enforcement programs focused on detecting, deterring and disrupting illicit trade, with a special emphasis on forced labor violations, evasion of special tariff cases and modernizing the use of civil penalties to ensure appropriate consequence delivery.

Ana started a trade consultancy practice in 2022.