Head of Secretariat & Executive Director 

Bennett is the head of secretariat FIVS and the executive director of FIVS-Abridge since 2003. An attorney and government affairs specialist with extensive experience in public policy and regulatory matters regarding the alcohol beverage industry, he was previously senior director of international and government affairs at Allied Domecq, director of policy development at Seagram, and a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery. He has served as president of the Washington Foreign Law Society, as vice president of the Washington Fletcher Alumni Association, and as a member of the board of directors of the International Wine Law Association. Bennett has taught graduate-level courses on international trade policy at the University of Maryland and Syracuse University. He is a graduate of Columbia University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Boston College Law School.