Erik Woodhouse, a former senior sanctions official with the State Department, has returned to Crowell & Moring, the firm announced this week. Woodhouse left the State Department in July after serving as deputy assistant secretary for counter threat finance and sanctions and leading the agency's Office of Sanctions Coordination (see 2407310003). His practice will focus on sanctions compliance and issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering rules and regulations.

Jessica Blum Sanchez, a former compliance specialist with the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, is joining Safran Defense & Space as its director of trade compliance, she announced on LinkedIn. She left DDTC in 2017 and most recently worked as the chief compliance officer for HDT Global.

Haleigh Morgus, a former senior sanctions policy adviser with the Treasury Department, is joining the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network as a senior international policy adviser, she announced on LinkedIn. Morgus had worked on sanctions issues at Treasury since 2018.

Christopher Skinner, former partner at Williams Mullen, has joined ArentFox as a partner in its international trade and investment practice, the firm announced. Skinner's practice will cover export controls and sanctions compliance as well as customs and import regulations.

Matt Cronin, former chief investigative counsel for the House Select Committee on China, has joined venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a senior national security adviser, he announced on LinkedIn. He left his job on Capitol Hill earlier this month (2410160022).

Lorena Valente, former sanctions compliance section chief at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, was named the agency’s new assistant director for licensing, she announced on LinkedIn. Valente has been at the Treasury Department since 2022.

U.S. aerospace firm RTX tapped senior counsel Lara Covington to head the company’s compliance with the deferred prosecution agreements announced last week with DOJ and the SEC, Covington announced on LinkedIn. Covington’s official title will be the executive director of the RTX DPA Compliance Program Office, where she will help “ensure the company successfully meets its obligations” to both agencies, she wrote in her bio. RTX will pay close to $1 billion and agreed to a range of compliance commitments to resolve allegations that it committed violations of defense export control regulations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and more (see 2410160058).

Neil Bhatiya, a former senior adviser to the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing, left the agency last week, he announced on LinkedIn. Bhatiya didn’t provide more information about his next role. He joined Treasury in 2020.

Caroline Sapp, a former official in the Office of Foreign Assets Control's licensing division, left the Treasury Department last week to join the State Department, she announced on LinkedIn. Sapp didn’t provide details about her new role. She had worked at OFAC since 2015.

Diego Ortega, former sanctions regulations adviser at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, has joined Faegre Drinker as a government and regulatory counsel, the firm announced. Ortega worked for over three years at OFAC, where he drafted and published regulations implementing U.S. sanctions authorities and general licenses.