Lynnette Keffer, chief executive and president of J&K Fresh, has been honoured at the WIT-LA’s Global Trade Awards Gala.
Keffer, who was named as the Innovative Customs Broker of the Year at the awards ceremony, said: ‘It was truly an honour to be awarded as Innovative Customs Broker of the Year by peers in trade.”
WIT-LA recognises those individuals whose efforts have advanced international trade and the economic empowerment of women locally, regionally and worldwide.
'Lynnette Keffer has been a true trailblazer in the perishable cargo field and an incredible role model for women around the world,' the group noted. 'Her dedication supporting women in business is truly laudable.'
WIT-LA is a non-profit professional organisation that has been serving the international trade community over the past 30 years, and operates as a chapter of the Organisation of Women in International Trade with more than 2,500 members worldwide.
