Port of Tacoma commissioners have named Don Meyer to lead the 2013 Commission. Meyer, who was elected to the Commission in November 2009, succeeds Commissioner Dick Marzano as president.

The Port’s five commissioners serve four-year terms. Officer positions rotate yearly.

2013 Port of Tacoma Commission
Don Meyer, president
Clare Petrich, vice president
Don Johnson, secretary
Connie Bacon, first assistant secretary
Dick Marzano, second assistant secretary

Commission meetings and study sessions are open to the public. They are held in Room 104 of The Fabulich Center at 3600 Port of Tacoma Rd. Meetings also are available for viewing live and on demand from the Port's website at www.portoftacoma.com/webstreaming.

About Don Meyer
Meyer is the former executive director of the Foss Waterway Development Authority and a former deputy executive director of the Port.

Born and raised on a farm in South Dakota, he has an undergraduate degree in business from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma and a master's degree in business administration from the University of South Dakota.

He currently serves on the Pierce College board of trustees, the Pacific Lutheran University School of Business Executive Advisory Board, the Tacoma Waterfront Association, Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Development Board, the board of the LeMay Car Museum and the Joint Municipal Action Committee. He also recently served on the Governor's Connecting Washington Task Force.

About the Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is an economic engine for South Puget Sound, with more than 43,000 family-wage jobs in Pierce County and 113,000 jobs across Washington state connected to Port activities. A major gateway to Asia and Alaska, the Port of Tacoma is among the largest container ports in North America. The Port is also a major center for bulk, breakbulk and project/heavy-lift cargoes, as well as automobiles and trucks.