2023 Annual Meeting Presentations

annual meeting, CLE seminar, and
new commissioner seminar

Hilton Vancouver
301 W. 6th Street
Vancouver, WA 98660
360.828.4320

Tuesday, DECEMBER 5

NEW COMMISSIONER SEMINAR

WHAT IS A PORT DISTRICT AND WHAT POWERS DOES IT HAVE?

Eric ffitch., WPPA; Frank Chmelik., CSD Attorneys at Law; and JC Baldwin, Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority                                                                                  
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A PORT COMMISSIONER AT THEIR PORT?

Frank Chmelik.; with Commissioners Kathy Pittis, Port of Anacortes and Kristine Meyer, Port of Whitman County                                                          

OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS TRAINING

Tim Schermetzler, CSD Attorneys at Law

FROM THE CAMPAIGN TO THE COMMISSION CHAMBER: WHAT CHANGES NOW?

Commissioners JC Baldwin and Glen Bachman, Port of Everett

KNOWING THE WATERS: LEGAL GUIDELINES WITH FRANK AND TIM

Frank Chmelik and Tim Schermetzler with Jim Rothlin, Port of Bremerton, and Dan Stahl, Port of Longview

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) SEMINAR

SEPA:  UPDATES AND STRATEGIES

Julie Wilson-McNerney, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

PRACTICAL PUBLIC RECORDS ACT RESPONSES

Kelly Walsh and Adam Murray, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt

ETHICS

Frank Chmelik, CSD Attorneys at Law

CLEAN WATER ACT: A PRIMER 

David Stearns,  Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt

Wednesday, December 6

Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Greg Johnson, Program Manager, WSDOT - The Importance and Complexity of Replacing the I-5 Interstate Bridge

General Session

How Loud is Your Project and How Much Does it Stink? Keep your project on track with your community
Braden Wale, Engineering Manager, Columbia River Carbonates & Francis Naglich, Sr. Wetlands Biologist/Principal/Founder, Ecological Land Services 

Natural Disaster Preparedness
Corina Allen, Chief Hazards Geologist, Washington State Geological Survey & Danté DiSabatino, Tsunami Program Coordinator, Washington State Emergency Management Division
Angie Lane, ADM Plans & Information, Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildland Fire Management Division

Thursday, DECEMBER 7

Legislative Report

General Session

Training the Next Generation of Port Workers

Mark Wreath, Career & Technical Education Director, Vancouver Public Schools

Marie Bruin, Director of Workforce Education, State Board of Community and Technical Colleges

Ann Avary, Director, Northwest Center of Excellence for Marine & Manufacturing Technology, Skagit Valley College

Agriculture and Hydrogen

Dan Holmes, President, Atlas Agro
Aaron Feaver, Director, Consortium for Hydrogen And Renewably Generated E-Fuels (CHARGE)

Luncheon KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Chad Herring, Chief Human Resources Officer, ZoomInfo: How to Hire 3,000 People: ZoomInfo’s Expansion in Vancouver

Port Reports

Port of Benton - Diahann Howard

Port of Lopez - Rick Hoffman

Port of Grays Harbor - Kayla Dunlap, Alissa Shay and Molly Bold
(if you would like a copy of the Port of Grays Harbor presentation, please email Mandy and she will send you a link to download it - the file is too large to put here)

Roundtable Discussions 2.0

Decarbonizing Your Port: Creating a Plan to Transition Your Buildings to Net Zero

Sean Denniston, New Buildings Institute

Legal Considerations for Port Permitting

Tim Schermetzler, CSD Attorneys at Law

Clean Vessel Act Grant Program

Catherine Buchalski Smith, Washington State Parks Boating Program

Do I Need a Recruiter and How do I Manager Them

Dan Stahl, Port of Longview

Resilience Planning & Implementation For Ports

Jim Maul Gemini Environmental Strategies LLC, Allison Pyrch & Daniele Spirandelli, Haley & Aldrich, and Alexandra Howard, Port of Portland

Stakeholder Engagement and the Impact of 3D Modeling

Steve Robert, PE, & Drew McDonald, PE, DCG Watershed

Friday, December 8