PNWA Annual Meeting SUCCESS!
 
PNWA's 75th Annual Meeting held this past week in Vancouver, Washington was a great success!  Our agenda offered something of interest for every PNWA member and provided valuable information on Pacific Northwest navigation, trade and economic development.  We were able to meet with informative and enthusiastic speakers, regional industry leaders, and federal agency staff; set the PNWA policy agenda for 2010; and elect our new Executive Committee and Board of Directors.     
 
Rick Finn, Federal Affairs Manager for the Port of Portland, was elected President of the PNWA Board of Directors.  Rick was first elected to the Board in 2002 and has served as Senior Vice President for the last two years.  Joining him in leading PNWA is Senior Vice President Patsy Martin, Executive Director of the Port of Skagit County, WA and Treasurer Jim Toomey, Executive Director of the Port of Pasco, WA.  The complete list of the new PNWA Board of Directors is presented below.  We look forward to working with our new leadership and would like to congratulate all who were newly elected or re-elected to these important positions.

 

PNWA Executive Committee:
President
Rick Finn, Port of Portland
Senior Vice-President
Patsy Martin, Port of Skagit County
Treasurer
Jim Toomey, Port of Pasco
ID Vice President
Todd Maddock, Port of Lewiston
OR Vice President
Kim Puzey, Port of Umatilla
WA Vice President
Stephanie Bowman, Port of Tacoma
At Large:
Paul Amos, Columbia River Pilots
Clare Gallagher, Port of Seattle
Arvid Lyons, Lewis-Clark Terminal Association
Glen Squires, Washington Grain Alliance
Immediate Past President
Don Mann, Port of Newport
Secretary
Glenn Vanselow, PNWA
                                                                                      
Board of Directors:
Bob Bagaason, Port of Longview
Dan Boone, Port of Whitman County
Lanny Cawley, Port of Kalama
Cager Clabaugh, ILWU Local 4
John Cranor, Northwest Grain Growers    
Mark Freeman, Port of Siuslaw
Byron Hanke, Clark Public Utilities
Dave Harlan, Oregon Business Development Department
David Hull, Port of Humboldt Bay
Marvin Jackson, Port of Clarkston
Dan James, PNGC Power
Roy Keck, Port of Benton
Jim Kuntz, Port of Walla Walla
Capt. Gary Lewin, Columbia River Bar Pilots
Christie McAloon, Benton County PUD
Michael McElwee, Port of Hood River
Gerry Meyer, Port of St. Helens
Gary Neal, Port of Morrow
Larry Paulson, Port of Vancouver
John Pigott, Tidewater Barge Lines
Steve Shaver, Shaver Transportation
Craig Simpson, East Columbia Basin Irrigation District
Capt. James Townley, Jr., Columbia River Steamship Operators Association
Mark Urdahl, Port of Chelan County
Gene Wagner, Port of Kennewick
Capt. Mike Walker, Foss Maritime
Kathy Wall, Oregon International Port of Coos Bay
Jim White, Washington Association of Wheat Growers
David Weed, Weyerhaeuser Company

 

PNWA was able to honor our outgoing President Don Mann, General Manager of the Port of Newport, at our 75th Birthday Bash on the evening of October 13th.  Don was presented with a framed print of the U.S. Capitol Building, signed by Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Jeff Merkley, and Congressman Kurt Schrader. 
 
During our Birthday Bash, Jay Ward, Director of Business Outreach for Senator Ron Wyden, presented PNWA with a letter of recognition from President Barack Obama.  The letter commemorates PNWA's 75 years of successful advocacy for navigation, trade and economic development in the Pacific Northwest.  It was a great honor for PNWA to receive this recognition, and we would like to thank Senator Wyden's staff for their work to secure the letter.

   

PNWA would also like to thank our enthusiastic registrants and informative speakers for the time everyone took to join us.  This meeting provided a unique opportunity to discuss the future of navigation in the Northwest and we are excited to say that the outlook is extremely positive!  To view our full meeting agenda and to view all presentations shown at the Annual Meeting, please log on to our website, www.pnwa.net.  
 
PNWA would like to recognize the generous sponsors who helped make this meeting a great success!  Thank you:

 Host Port Sponsor
Port of Vancouver
 
75th Birthday Bash Sponsors
Bernert Barge Lines
Foss Maritime
Shaver Transportation
Tidewater Barge Lines
 
Meeting Sponsors
BergerABAM
CH2M Hill
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
Lewis Clark Terminal Association
Moffatt & Nichol
PNGC Power
Port of Lewiston
Port of Longview
Port of Portland
Port of Umatilla
Port of Walla Walla
Port of Whitman County
RAMP Coalition

 

Our next meeting will be the 2010 Mission to Washington.  More information will be available shortly and online registration for this event will be open December 1st, 2009.  
 
PNWA staff contact: Heather Stebbings