AAPA Installs Officers and Board Members for 2016/17
During its convention last week in New Orleans, the American Association of Port Authorities installed new officers and elected a board of directors for the 2016-2017 activity year.
Mark McAndrews formally assumed the duties of chairman of the board at the association’s annual membership meeting on October 26. Mr. McAndrews is port director of the Port of Pascagoula. As AAPA chairman, he succeeds Jim Quinn, president and CEO of Port Saint John.
Mr. McAndrews also chairs the association’s U.S. delegation, whose other officers include Chairman-Elect Steven Cernak, PPM®, of Port Everglades, and Vice-Chairman William D. Friedman of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority.
Canadian delegation officers are Chairman – Gaétan Boivin, Trois-Rivières Port Authority; Chairman-Elect – Denis Caron, Belledune Port Authority; Vice Chairman – Carl Laberge, Saguenay Port Authority; and Past-Chairman – Jim Quinn, Port Saint John.
Chairing the Caribbean delegation is Glenn Roach of Barbados Port Inc. The chairman-elect is Grantley Stephenson of Kinston Wharves Limited and the vice chairman Clement Reid of the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands.
Named to the leadership of the AAPA Latin American delegation were: Chairman – Gerardo Varela, Autoridad Marítima de Panamá; Chairman-Elect – Raúl Urzúa, Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso; and Vice Chairman - Alberto Diaz, Administración Nacional de Puertos de Uruguay.
Go to the AAPA website for complete rosters of the delegation officers and board of directors for 2016-2017.
Mark McAndrews, AAPA Chairman of the Board
Photo/Port of Pascagoula