With a background in law enforcement, Bob has had an illustrious career holding leadership positions in various agencies. He served as Special Agent-in-Charge at the U.S. Virgin Islands Office of the Attorney General, Detective Sergeant with the New York City Police Department, Inspector with the Osceola County Florida Sheriff’s Department, and Chief of Police in Crystal River, Florida. Additionally, he was the Director of Investigations for the Recording Industry Association of America and began his career as a Patrol Officer with the U.S. Customs Service.

Dawn is also the Chair of the Board of Directors of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to intellectual property enforcement. She held this position from 2002 through 2006 and again from 2012 to present, serving on the Executive Board as Director in between. She has also served as the Chair of the Brand Protection Counsel of the American Apparel and Footwear Association.

Before joining Calvin Klein in 1999, Dawn was a Patent and Trademark Associate with Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto in New York.

Dawn graduated with a B.S. degree in Biology from Union College in 1990. She received her J.D. and Master of Intellectual Property degrees from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law in 1995 where she served as Editor in Chief of Franklin Pierce’s Law Review IDEA The Journal of Law and Technology.

Since joining the IACC in 2005, Mr. Johnson has co-authored the IACC/INTA Model State Criminal Trademark Counterfeiting Statute; served as the principal author of criminal trademark legislation enacted in six states; testified before a number of state legislatures and the U.S. House of Representatives, and overseen the organization’s annual Special 301 submission to the U.S. Trade Representative.

Deborah is an attorney with extensive experience protecting intellectual property rights on a global scale.  Her experience earned her a nomination by the President of the United States on May 8, 2023 (and a re-nomination on January 8, 2024) to serve as the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC).  Her career also includes leadership roles as a corporate attorney and in public service as a prosecutor. As head of intellectual property enforcement, at Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS), Robinson developed and implemented anti-piracy protocols to protect music, television, digital, and consumer-products properties. She built the global content protection group, amassed evidence for criminal prosecutions and directed civil litigation matters. She also coordinated regularly with social media and app platforms to create specialized enforcement workflows and forged alliances among several trade associations and industry coalitions.  Prior to joining Paramount Global, Robinson spent five years protecting music creators’ rights at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and seven years as an Assistant District Attorney for the city of Philadelphia.  Robinson serves as Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee of the IP Section of the New York State Bar Association and as a Board Member of Aequitas, a non-profit focused on access and quality of justice in cases of human trafficking and gender-based violence. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Robinson received her B.A. from Howard University and her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  

Prior to joining IACC, Candice worked with the International Trademark Association (INTA) for more than six years where she was responsible for INTA’s global and regional anti-counterfeiting initiatives, and led its participation in international forums and partnership.

Before INTA, Candice held several positions over the course of seven years at APCO Worldwide, a public affairs and strategic communications consultancy. She spent time in APCO’s Beijing and Washington DC offices for five years and one and a half years, respectively. While in Beijing, she oversaw internal and external communications, membership services and foreign government engagement for the Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC), and was involved developing strategic communications and public affairs programs targeted at the Chinese market for foreign companies. While in APCO’s office in D.C., Candice developed and oversaw community and philanthropic initiatives as well as communications programs for multinational clients.

Candice received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy from Barnard College, Columbia University.

Prior to joining the IACC, Mike managed security at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City overseeing investigations, administration, technology and training. Prior to that, Mike held the position of Detective Lieutenant with the New York City Police Department directing investigations into traditional organized crime, narcotics and vice and serving as the commander of the New York County District Attorney’s Office Detective Squad.