A short history of the Alliance
From a single 4·30 a.m. phone call in 2014 to a thousand-member trade association.
- 2014
A frustrated phone call
After a frustrating call with CBP about an entry summary correction, Vasiliki Peroulas convened a Saturday-morning meeting in a Northbrook diner with seven Chicago-area forwarders. They agreed to file as a non-profit trade association.
- 2015
First annual conference
Forty-three attendees met in a hotel ballroom in Rosemont, Illinois. The first conference covered ACE adoption, the new ISF-10+2 enforcement period and the realities of independent NVOCC operation.
- 2017
The Resources Library opens
The members-only document library launched with 84 templates. It now holds more than 600.
- 2019
First federal comment letter
The Alliance submitted its first formal comment in an FMC docket on demurrage and detention billing.
- 2021
Regional chapters launch
Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta and the New York/New Jersey region became the first four chapters, each hosting quarterly in-person meetings.
- 2023
The training program is accredited
The Alliance's continuing-education program was recognised under the CBP Triennial CE requirement for Licensed Customs Brokers.
- 2025
One thousand member firms
Member-firm number 1,000 joined in March 2025. Today the Alliance represents more than 1,200 companies across 47 states.