Aapa elects Gary G. Nelson as its next board chairman
During its 2019 spring conference in Washington D.C., the American association of port authorities (Aapa) elected Gary G. Nelson, executive director of Washington state’s port of Grays Harbor, to serve as the association’s chairman of the board for the 2019-20 activity year that begins in October.
He will take over the Aapa chair from William D. Friedman, president and CEO for Northeast Ohio’s Cleveland-Cuyahoga county port authority, who began his one-year term on 10 October 2018.
“With his experience as a port director involved with diversified cargo, his international trade background, and his longstanding engagement with Aapa and our member ports throughout the hemisphere, Nelson is an outstanding choice for leading our association during the upcoming activity year,” said Kurt Nagle, Aapa’s president and CEO. (mw)