Anne Hilsabeck is the President and Founder of AMH CUSTOMS CONSULTANTS, a
California based consultancy firm which specializes in U.S. and foreign trade regulation, global trade management and import/export regulatory compliance. Ms. Hilsabeck established the firm in 1983. She is a licensed customs broker and a qualified legal expert on Customs-related matters. A graduate of San Diego State University School of Business Administration, Hilsabeck holds B.S. degrees in Accounting and Economics. She regularly advises clients on all
traditional customs-related topics and, among other services, conducts duty drawback and regulatory compliance audits of importer and exporter operations. She has extensive expertise in performing customs broker and freight forwarder management reviews, as well as working on issues involving export controls and licensing, DOT/EPA vehicle application for temporary entry, Free Trade Agreements, C-TPAT and CBP Trusted Trader Programs, among other services. The firm has an outstanding reputation and is a seasoned service provider of duty
drawback entry filing services.

Ms. Hilsabeck has previously served as a Director of the Customs & International Trade Practice for Deloitte & Touche LLP, Manager and Senior Supervisory Auditor for the U.S. Customs Service (CBP) Regulatory Audit Department, and Senior Auditor-in-Charge for the U.S. General Accounting Office, Los Angeles, California. Notably, Hilsabeck was the first female regulatory auditor of CBP and co-authored many of the CBP Audit Programs which are still being used today by the agency as the basis for its new and revised programs.

Ms. Hilsabeck is a frequent lecturer and trainer on international trade topics for public and private seminars. She serves on the Board of Women in International Trade – Orange County and the Foreign Trade Association in Los Angeles. She is active in several local and national working committees involved with moving trade forward, including the drawback committees of
the American Association of Exporters and Importers in Washington, D.C. and the National Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Association of America in Washington, D.C. Hilsabeck was instrumental in the development of the historic World Trade Center in Orange County in the early 1980’s and she is a founding member of Women in International Trade and the Orange County Chapter of the National Association of Women’s Business Owners.