Monday, June 02, 2008

From The Daily "A": Port Narrows Exectuive Director Search To Six

Interim director and two men with Tillamook links make final cut to lead agency

By CASSANDRA PROFITA - The Daily Astorian

The Port of Astoria Commission has narrowed its search for an executive director to six candidates, one of whom is the Port's acting director Ron Larsen.

The other five candidates are:

• Jack Crider of Lincoln City, former Port of Tillamook Bay executive director;

• Dakota Chamberlain of Auburn, Wash., a Port of Seattle project manager;

• George Cress of Longview, Wash., Port of Longview real estate and planning director;

• Robert Van Borssum of Tillamook, Port of Tillamook Bay Executive Director; and

• Dr. J. Lee Hutchins of Chicago, a senior program manager for the national environmental consulting firm ENSR Corp.

The Port Commission has scheduled two executive sessions this week to discuss the executive director hiring process. The board is planning to interview the six candidates and select a director this month......For Complete Article Click On Title Above

5 comments:

Patrick McGee said...

Dakota Chamberlain would get my vote

Peter Huhtala said...

Why is that? Jack Crider looks pretty solid to me, but all I really know is from the references and quotes at zoominfo.com

Patrick McGee said...

I like the fact that Chamberlain has 13 years of more hands-on experience at P.O.S., not as a front-line bureaucrat.

I like his F.A.A. engineering experience that can flow cohesively with Larson at the airport.

I think this guy can see things on the scale of a P.O.S. and can bring that think down to the scale of P.O.A. and have the potential see way further ahead than the other candidates and I still stink Larson's heart and future is still at turning the airport into a first class regional faclity.

Longview, Tillamook and way out of town?

Nah!

Peter Huhtala said...

Makes sense to me. Congrats on your banishment from DSMB!

Patrick McGee said...

Ain't that a hoot Peter.