(Upcoming) 2021 – Dave Shogren will be a guest speaker at the Taiwan trade office in Chicago

June 2021 – Dave Shogren was a guest speaker for the “Reingage in Trade” series offered by the World Trade Center of St. Louis. The topic was Hong Kong Now and using Hong Kong as a gateway to developing business in Asia.

May 2021 – Dave Shogren has been appointed by US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to serve a second term on the Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC). Dave will serve as co-chair for the TFAC and will lead the subcommittee for Trade Policy. This is a 2-year appointment that will run through 2022.

January 2021 – Dave Shogren was appointed by the US Secretary of Agriculture and the US Trade Representative to serve on the The Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee. This committee is comprised of senior representatives from across the U.S. agricultural community who provide advice to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on trade policy matters including the operation of existing trade agreements and the negotiation of new agreements. Members of the six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees (ATACs) provide technical advice and guidance from the perspective of their specific product sectors. This group of appointed advisors will serve until 2025.

2019 – Dave Shogren appointed by US Secretary of Commerce to the Trade Finance Advisory Council

2019 – Dave Shogren a featured speaker at the Mid-America Trade Conference

2015 – received Global Supplier of the year from Leyou chain of baby & mom stores in China.

2015 – SBA Exporter of the Year for eastern Missouri. There was also an article in the small business monthly that went with this.