Randy Mueller, the director of business development at the
Port of Ridgefield since April 2007, has been hired as the next executive
director of the Port of Chehalis.
Mueller leaves the Port of Ridgefield after a little over
seven years. At the port, he was the lead employee responsible for management
of infrastructure and economic development projects, including real estate
acquisition and development, transportation. He was also responsible for
building the port’s real estate portfolio, and negotiated legal agreements and
completed permitting and entitlements.
From May 2004 to February 2012, he owned his own community
development and consulting business, spent seven months in 2003 as a legislative
assistant with the Washington State Senate.
The Port of Chehalis, which was formed in 1986, is located
in Lewis County, Washington halfway between Seattle, Washington and Portland,
Oregon.
Mueller replaces former Executive Director Jim Rothlin, took
the top administrative post at the Port of Bremerton in late 2013. Ex-Lewis
County Public Utilities District manager Dave Muller was named the port’s
interim director last December, but was not a finalist to serve in the job on a
permanent basis.
Mueller is expected to begin his new job at the Port of
Chehalis on June 23.
