Kathy Wall, the marine facilities manager
and harbormaster at the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is being promoted
to the position of chief operating officer, according to the port’s new CEO,
David Koch.
Koch, who confirmed the news with Coos Bay
World newspaper July 30, said that since joining the port in 2006, Wall has held
a variety of positions that make her “uniquely suited” to the COO job.
During her six years with Coos Bay, her
duties have included economic development and marketing of industrial and
marine industrial properties, along with project management in dredging and
waterway permitting issues.
She has also served as the port’s
representative regarding ocean policy issues including marine reserves and wave
energy and has worked with port management on infrastructure projects,
marketing, dredging issues and waterway permitting.
She inherits her new job from Koch, who was
officially promoted to CEO in June. He joined the port as COO in October 2010.
Prior to joining Coos Bay, he was one of the port’s contract attorneys with the
Stebbins & Coffey law firm.
He had been named the port’s interim CEO in
December 2011, replacing Jeff Bishop, who resigned last November after seven
years in the position in order to accept a position as city manager of the town
of Blanchard, Oklahoma.
