The J.M. Rodgers Team | Specialists In Duty Drawback

James Rodgers
CEO
James Rodgers has led JM Rodgers Co., Inc. as CEO since 1997. Founded by Mr. Rodgers’ grandparents in 1951, the company has been run by a succession of loyal and successful family members including James’ father, James Rodgers in 1967, and his uncle, Alan Rodgers joining in 1976.
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Today, as CEO, he leads a team of experts in custom brokerage, freight forwarding and duty drawback. He is an active member of the logistics/transportation community and has been instrumental in supporting the new laws and regulations for duty drawback. Mr. Rodgers runs the company as he was taught: (1) Outwork your competition; (2) Always run a very enthusiastic organization; (3) Run a service oriented business; (4) Always put the customer first. Combined with these principals and deep knowledge of the industry, James continues to manage importers and exporters of many Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining JMR, James was a Business Analyst for Dun & Bradstreet.
James Rodgers is a graduate of Wittenberg College. He is an active philanthropist with many local charities, including Habitat for Humanity, Veterans Hospital, Roots & Wings, Founder of the Mountain Lakes Alumni Association, PBA, and InterFaith Food Pantry of Morristown to name a few. For more information on the charities he supports please visit www.jrodgers.com/charity.

Diego Vargas
President
Diego Vargas is President of JM Rodgers for the past 5 years and has been with the company since 2002. Mr. Vargas runs both drawback and import/export operations. His experience in Information Technology spans for more than 20 years of study and work in an atmosphere and lifestyle of high-tech surroundings.
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Mr. Vargas received an Accounting Degree and also a Master Degree in Computer Information Systems from Bentley College.

David Verkaik
Vice President Drawback Development
David Verkaik is Vice President, Drawback Development for JM Rodgers Co., Inc. He is a licensed broker and has been working in drawback more than 30 years. Mr. Verkaik joined JM Rogers over 20 years ago and has been an intricate part of leading the drawback client acquisition team working with Fortune 10-500 clients.
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Mr. Verkaik is a member of the duty drawback committees of the following trade associations:
AAEI (American Association of Exporters and Importers)
NCBFAA (National Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of America)
TSN (Trade Support Network)
Joint NCBFAA/AAEI Regulations Subcommittee

Andrew Galloway
Vice President of Sales
Andrew Galloway is the Vice President of Sales for JM Rodgers Co., Inc. He oversees both inside and outside sales for JMR. He is also involved with client services, account transitions and manages JMR’s Hong Kong and Shanghai offices. Andrew has 17 years of executive sales experience with 11 of those years in the logistic industry.
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Jim Roberts
Vice President of Compliance
James A. Roberts, CHB, VP Compliance, C-TPAT Security Officer, Indirect Air Carrier (IAC), Security Coordinator (TSA Regulated) began his career in 1975 working for importers until 1985, at which time he crossed over to the customs brokerage industry and continues to the present.
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Mr. Roberts is a graduate of the Academy of Advanced Traffic (a business school specializing in the regulatory aspects of domestic and international logistics.) He became a licensed U.S. Customers Broker in February 1985.

Tina Andrejewski
Vice President Business Development
Tina Andrejewski is Vice President of Business Development for JM Rodgers Co., Inc. with responsibility for all new business development for the customs brokerage, freight forwarding and duty drawback services.
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Ms. Andrejewski works along side of the industry leaders to stay abreast of the changing laws and regulations. She is a graduate of St. John’s University

Mike DeSantis
Director of Sales
Mike DeSantis is the Director of Sales for JM Rodgers Co., Inc. He oversees both the inside/outside sales team and spearheads the new sales hires and sales training for JMR reps. Mike has 11 years of executive sales experience working with “C” level executives in technology, cost recovery, and logistics industries.
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Kristen Totaro
Director of Marketing
Kristen Totaro is responsible for all the marketing and events for JM Rodgers Co, Inc. Ms. Totaro has over 25 years in the sales, marketing, advertising, and publishing industries. For the past 8 years, Kristen has been the Publisher/Owner of a local community publication in NJ.
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Kristen is an active member in the community and has served on many different non-profit boards, including: Push To Walk, Northern Home for Children and most recently the Grayhawks Youth Football League as the head of fundraising.
Kristen holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park.