PNWA Annual Meeting Highlights
 
PNWA's 76th Annual Meeting held this past week in Spokane, Washington was a great success!  Our agenda offered something of interest for every PNWA member and provided valuable information on Pacific Northwest navigation, energy, trade and economic development.  We were joined by informative speakers, regional industry leaders, and federal agency staff; set the PNWA policy agenda for 2011; and elected our new Executive Committee and Board of Directors.     
 
PNWA's elected Executive Committee and Board of Directors are presented below.  We look forward to working with our leaders, 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
Arvid Lyons, Lewis Clark Terminal Association
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
John Pigott, Tidewater Barge Lines
Glen Squires, Washington Grain Alliance
Immediate Past President
Don Mann, Port of Newport
Secretary
Glenn Vanselow, PNWA
                                                                                      
Board of Directors:
Brit Ausman, Washington Association of Wheat Growers
Dan Boone, Port of Whitman County
Lanny Cawley, Port of Kalama
Cager Clabaugh, ILWU Local 4
John Cranor, Northwest Grain Growers
Darold Dietz, Port of Longview

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
Jerry Klemm, Port of Lewiston
Jim Kuntz, Port of Walla Walla
Robert Larson, Port of Benton
Capt. Gary Lewin, Columbia River Bar Pilots
Christie McAloon, Benton County PUD
Michael McElwee, Port of Hood River
Paula Miranda, Port of St. Helens
Gary Neal, Port of Morrow
Larry Paulson, Port of Vancouver
Steve Shaver, Shaver Transportation
Craig Simpson, East Columbia Basin Irrigation District
Guy Stephenson, Westwood Shipping Lines
Capt. James Townley, Jr., Columbia River Steamship Operators Association
Mark Urdahl, Port of Chelan County
Matt Van Vleet, Clearwater Paper Co.
Capt. Mike Walker, Foss Maritime
Kathy Wall, Oregon International Port of Coos Bay

PNWA would like to recognize the generous sponsors who helped make this meeting a great success!  Thank you:

 CH2M Hill
Columbia River Pilots
Columbia River Steamship Operators Association
Dutra Group
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Moffatt & Nichol
PND Engineers, Inc.
PNGC Power
Port of Lewiston
Port of Longview
Port of Morrow
Port of Portland
Port of Vancouver
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Shaver Transportation

Our next meeting will be the 2011 Mission to Washington, and online registration will open December 1, 2010.  For more information about all of our 2011 meetings, please visit www.pnwa.net.