The Port of Tacoma Commission has named Clare Petrich its
president for 2014. Petrich, who was first elected to the Commission in
November 1995, succeeds Commissioner Don Meyer as president.
Petrich, owner of Petrich Marine Dock on the Thea Foss
Waterway across from downtown Tacoma, is co-founder and chair of the
Commencement Bay Maritime Fest, and is involved in maritime heritage research.
Among the other boards on which she serves are the Pacific
Northwest Waterways Association, the Youth Marine Foundation, the Flood Control
Zone District Committee, the Washington Council on International Trade and the
Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Development Board.
Petrich is also a past president of the Puget Sound Regional
Council’s Economic Development District Board and continues to serve on the
board. She is also a past president and secretary for the Trade Development
Alliance of Greater Seattle.
Port commissioners serve four-year terms on the five-member
board, with officer positions rotated yearly. For 2014, the makeup of the board
is: Clare Petrich, president; Don Johnson, vice president; Connie Bacon,
secretary; Dick Marzano, first assistant secretary; and Don Meyer, second
assistant secretary.
