Richard DiNucci

      Mr. DiNucci began his career with the U.S. Customs Service 21 years ago in the Port of Baltimore in the Commercial Operations Division. He transferred to the Office of International Affairs at Customs Headquarters operations where he worked in the International Organizations and Agreements Branch. His primary responsibilities included work with the World Customs Organization on the Kyoto Convention to standardize customs entry and clearance processes globally, on cooperative efforts in law enforcement operations, and work on customs to customs mutual assistance agreements.

      Mr. DiNucci returned to the field to work in the reorganized Customs Management Centers (CMCs now Director Field Operations offices) on trade enforcement issues and returned to Headquarters, Office of Field Operations after 5 years at the CMC. His responsibilities included the Low-Risk Importer Program which, after 9/11, served as one of the foundational elements of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism initiative. Mr. DiNucci moved from the C-TPAT program to a position as the Special Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs and later was assigned to the Border and Transportation Security Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. Upon completion of his assignment at the department, Mr. DiNucci oversaw the Commissioner’s Situation Room at Customs Headquarters while serving as the Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Anti-Terrorism. Prior to taking on his current responsibilities, Mr. DiNucci was the Director, Border Targeting and Analysis with oversight of CBP’s targeting systems.

       As the Director of the Secure Freight Initiative in Field Operations, Mr. DiNucci oversees CBP’s efforts responding to the 9/11 Commission Act legislation mandating 100 percent scanning of all U.S.-bound containers by 2012 and the implementation of CBP’s Security Filing initiative and to the SAFE Port Act mandate for enhanced trade data to assist CBP’s high-risk targeting efforts.

     Mr. DiNucci is from New York City and received a Bachelor of Arts in History (Magna cum Laude) from the University of Colorado, Boulder.