Shelley P. Mohtadi
Liaison Officer – Canada Border Services Agency
Consulate General of Canada, Miami
Mrs. Mohtadi is appointed to serve as Liaison Officer for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in Miami from August 2021 to August 2025. Her area of responsibility includes the Southeast Region of the United States, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and the Dutch Caribbean.
Prior to this assignment, she served as Liaison Officer in Mexico City from August 2017 to August 2021.
She is mandated to liaise and engage with domestic and international partners in support of the full CBSA mandate. This includes engagement on irregular migration and human smuggling, contraband threats (drug trafficking and firearms smuggling), and strategic planning priorities.
Mrs. Mohtadi is well-respected within the border and law enforcement community within her area of responsibility for advancing operational files and investigations pertaining to firearms trafficking, narcotics smuggling, human smuggling and advocacy for the Canada Border Services Agency.
With more than 60 Canada-based personnel all over the world, liaison officers play a critical role in a range of pre-border activities in matters of irregular migration, national security, intelligence, fraud detection and supply chain security. Liaison Officers also assist in post-border activities through the support of criminal investigations, removals, reporting and liaison. International officers are posted at foreign missions around the globe and engage directly with international partners through outreach and advocacy.
Mrs. Mohtadi joined the Canada Border Services Agency in 2007 and started her career as a Border Services Officer at the MacDonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa. During her tenure, she was also a Superintendent and member of the Enforcement Team.
Mrs. Mohtadi advanced to join the Traveler Operations portfolio at National Headquarters in 2011. She was the program lead on many major transformation and service excellence initiatives.
She was then selected in 2017 to be one of 60 liaison officers posted abroad to represent the CBSA and advance the Agency’s diverse and complex mandate.
She is a recipient of numerous accolades including the CBSA’s President Award, Serving with Courage and the Canada Border Services Agency Service Excellence Award.