The
Waterways Council Inc.’s Board
of Directors elected the following new officers for 2011-13 at its annual
meeting on Oct. 19 in Pittsburgh:
Chairman, Matt Woodruff, (Director, Government Affairs,
Kirby Corp.); Vice Chairman, Steve Little, (President, Crounse Corp.); General
Counsel, Dan Mecklenborg, (Senior Vice President, HR & Chief Legal Officer,
Ingram Barge Co.); Immediate Past Chairman, Rick Calhoun, (President, Cargo
Carriers). All other officers were re-elected to their current positions.
The following new members have been elected to the Arlington,
Va.-based council’s Board of Directors:
Gary Anderson, Vice President, Grain Marketing, CHS Inc.;
Bruce Hahn. Executive Vice President, Marquette Transportation; Martin Hettel,
Manager, Captive Services, AEP River Operations; and Michael McLean, Senior
Vice President, Consol Energy Inc.
“The Board of the Waterways Council is purposely diverse,
with representation from across the waterways system and across the spectrum of
waterways users, including shippers, carriers, ports, service providers, labor
and agricultural interests. We are united in the view that maintaining a
safe, efficient and reliable system of waterways is essential to our nation’s
future. The sustained commitment of high level executives from our member
organizations to serve as officers and directors of WCI is a testament to the
importance of the council’s work to these groups,” Woodruff said in a council
press release.
The full list of WCI’s Board of Directors can be found at http://www.waterwayscouncil.org/AboutUs/BoardofDirectors.pdf
and its Officers and Executive Committee at http://www.waterwayscouncil.org/AboutUs/ExecutiveCommittee.pdf