Jeanette R. Gioia is President of both Serra International, Inc., a freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and 3PL company originally established in 1919 as Luigi Serra, Inc., and Serra Shipping, Inc., its’ NVO affiliate. She holds a BA from Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY and a MIA from Columbia University, NY, NY. Before joining Serra in 1984, Jeanette worked as an international economist with the foreign exchange advisory service of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co; the international lending division of Mellon Bank; the international finance group of Kidder Peabody & Co.; and with the private consulting company Nakagama & Wallace. She has written and been a guest speaker on international economic and foreign exchange issues. Jeanette was elected President June of 2021 for a two year term and previously served as Vice President of Exports, Serra has been a member of the NY / NJ FFF & BA since its inception. Previously, she had served on the Board of Directors for the Executive Association of Greater New York.