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Duluth Port Authority Expands Planning & Resiliency Role of Management Team
 
The Duluth Seaway Port Authority is expanding the role of one of its management team members, reassigning duties of others, and will be adding a facilities manager to the staff in September. 

James Sharrow, the port authority’s facilities manager since 2002, became its director of port planning and resiliency, effective August 3. In that new position, he will oversee the agency’s capital programs, maritime policy, risk management and security plans as well as its connectivity to regional planning initiatives.
 
"This expansion of Jim’s role really plays to his strengths," said Port Authority Executive Director Vanta Coda."His engineering expertise and collaborative work with multiple stakeholders on maritime issues leverages Jim’s talents for the benefit of the port and the Great Lakes-Seaway system." 

Earlier in his career, Mr. Sharrow spent 28 years with USS Great Lakes Fleet, serving as the company’s engineering and maintenance director before leaving to work as a consultant in naval architecture and marine engineering. A licensed professional engineer in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, he is a member of the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers and Minnesota Sea Grant’s Advisory Committee. He earned a bachelor’s degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from the University of Michigan before joining the USS Great Lakes Fleet in 1974. 

The position of port authority facilities manager is posted on the port authority website. 


James Sharrow
Photo/Duluth Seaway Port Authority


Lake Charles Port Commissioners Select Officers for 2015-2016

The board of commissioners of the Port of Lake Charles recently selected officers for 2015-2016. They include: Barbara M. McManus, president: Daryl V. Burckel, vice president; Dudley R. Dixon, secretary/treasurer; and Michael G. Eason, assistant secretary/treasurer.

Ms. McManus was appointed to the port board in June 2011 and currently chairs its Investment and Management committees.  She earned a BS in Education in 1962 at McNeese State University and retired in 1998 after 35 years with the Louisiana Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support. She has been involved for many years with the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System as both an active and a retired board member. She is also a director of the Eagle Federal Credit Union.

Lake Charles Port Commission President Barbara M. McManus
Photo/Port of Lake Charles

Dr. Burckel is a professor of accounting and holds the Thelma and Ray Dingler Endowed Professorship in Business Research at McNeese State University. Mr. Dixon is former mayor of Westlake (LA) and current chairman of the board for the Municipal Employees Retirement System. Mr. Eason is senior vice president and resident director of Merrill Lynch in Lake Charles.

The port district board consists of seven commissioners, each appointed to terms of four years by the governor of Louisiana. The other commissioners are Calcasieu Parish Police Juror Elcie J. Guillory, Williams Gas Pipeline Assistant District Manager John L. LeBlanc, and Attorney Walter M. Sanchez.


From left: Lake Charles Port Commission Vice President Daryl V. Burckel, Secretary/Treasurer Dudley R.  Dixon, and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer; Michael G. Eason.
Photos/Port of Lake Charles
 

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