The five-member Port of Tacoma Commission has named Don
Meyer its president for 2013. He was elected to the Commission in November 2009
and succeeds Commissioner Dick Marzano in the commission’s lead role.
Meyer, whose current four-year term on the commission
expires in December, is the former executive director of the Foss Waterway
Development Authority and a former deputy executive director of the port.
Born and raised on a farm in South Dakota, he has an
undergraduate degree in business from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma and
a master’s degree in business administration from the University of South
Dakota.
He’s currently is a member of the Tacoma Waterfront Association,
Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Development Board and the Joint Municipal Action
Committee. He also recently served on the Governor’s Connecting Washington Task
Force, which reviewed statewide transportation needs.
Officer positions on Tacoma’s port board rotate annually.
The commission’s full 2013 makeup consists of: Don Meyer, president; Clare
Petrich, vice president; Don Johnson, secretary; Connie Bacon, first assistant
secretary; Dick Marzano, second assistant secretary.
