Left: United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab with outgoing CSI Chairman Norman Sorensen (left) and incoming Chairman Mike Ducker. Right: Congresswoman Melissa Bean receives an award from Coalition of Service Industries Board Member Joseph Gilmour, Chairman and CEO of New York Life International. The award was given in recognition of Congresswoman Bean's contributions to international trade in services.   Previous CSI Award Recipients for exceptional contributions to international trade in services: 2000 Senator Chuck Hagel Congressman Cal Dooley 2001 Senator Charles E. Grassley Congressman Jim Moran Congressman Jim Kolbe Congressman William Jefferson 2002 Senator Max Baucus Congressman Jim McCrery Edward (Peter) Russell, III 2004 Congressman Roy Blunt Congressman Joseph Crowley Congressman Michael Oxley 2005 Congressman Greg Meeks Congressman Pete Sessions   United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab gave the keynote address at the Coalition of Service Industries Annual Gala Dinner on Wednesday, October 4, 2006. At the event, Mike Ducker, President of FedEx Express International, also assumed the Chairmanship of CSI, succeeding Norman Sorensen, President and CEO of Principal International Inc. Click here for the press release. Congresswoman Melissa Bean was also honored for her work in promoting US trade interests. For a copy of Ambassador Schwab's remarks at the CSI Gala dinner, click here. For the audio of Ambassador Schwab's remarks, click here. For a copy of the resolution adopted by the CSI Board of Directors, click here. Special thanks to our sponsors: Gold Circle Sponsors FedEx Express MetLife New York Life The Principal Financial Group Visa International Silver Sponsors AIG ACE INA The Chubb Corporation Benefactors Discovery Communications, Inc. EDS TimeWarner UPS Patrons Akin Gump APL AT&T Newscorp Friends American Council of Life Insurers Motion Picture Association of America State Street Bank and Trust Verizon Business