Anne Marie Pellerin is founder and Managing Partner of Lam Lha, a Paris-based consulting firm providing advisory services in the fields of aviation security and passenger facilitation. LAM LHA works with some of the aviation industry’s most innovative stakeholders to drive operational performance, enhance passenger experience, and ensure a robust security posture in the global transportation network.

Ms. Pellerin spent six years as a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Representative at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, with regional responsibility including representation to the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC). In this role, she was actively involved in government to government negotiations related to aviation security matters and spearheaded multiple innovative efforts to include the first national cargo recognition exercise between the United States and France (leading to a broader European framework), the creation of a Behaviour Detection in Aviation Security Working Group with ECAC, and a multilateral initiative to test the effectiveness of REST/RASCO canine techniques.

Previously, Ms. Pellerin was the Executive Director of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Checkpoint of the Future Program in Washington, DC. In this role and reporting directly to the TSA Administrator, she launched numerous innovative initiatives to include mobile boarding pass, differentiated lanes (family, expert, casual), checkpoint friendly laptop bags, checkpoint reservations, and a completely redesigned checkpoint model at Baltimore Washington Airport showcasing next generation technologies and processes. These efforts set the stage for TSA’s Pre-Check Program and the use of Security Scanners and dual-view x-ray across U.S. airports. Prior to TSA, Ms. Pellerin worked as a Vice President at Quorum Strategies and as a consultant with former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen at The Cohen Group.