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Washington DC – As its Annual Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting in Chicago on November 14, 2018, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) elected Directors for a Three-Year Term ending November 2021 as follows:

Ohio Valley Region

Bruce McGinnis, McNational, Inc., South Point, OH

Mississippi Region Category

Rob Innis, LafargeHolcim, Dundee, MI

Southern Region

Scott Leininger, CGB Enterprises, Inc., Covington, LA

Shipper’s Category

Ken Applegate, Valero Energy, Houston, TX

Carrier’s Category

Matt Woodruff, Kirby Corporation, Houston, TX

Waterways Services Category

Cherrie Felder, Channel Shipyard, Metairie, LA

Associations/Government Category

Troy Jones, St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council, St. Louis, MO

At Large Category

Chris Blanchard, Cooper/T. Smith, New Orleans, LA Mary Ann Bucci, Port of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Rob Carlisle, Carlisle & Bray, Covington, KY
Marty Hettel, American Commercial Lines, St. Louis, MO Kevin Mulholland, Phillips 66, Houston, TX

Mario Munoz, Turn Services, LLC, New Orleans, LA

Ken Hartman, National Corn Growers Association, Waterloo, IL
Brent Nissen, ARTCO/ADM, Decatur, IL
Caryl Pfeiffer, LG&E & KU Services, Louisville, KY
Martha Scott Poindexter, Bunge Corporation, Washington, DC
Rodney Weinzierl, Illinois Corn Growers Association, Bloomington, IL

Board Members by virtue of their title:

Michael Toohey, President and CEO, Waterways Council, Inc., Washington, DC, Nov. 2019
Dan Mecklenborg, General Counsel, Ingram Barge Company, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2019

The following WCI Executive Committee, Officers, and Audit Committee Members were also elected by the Board of Directors:

Executive Committee

Peter Stephaich, Chairman
Tim Parker, Immediate Past Chairman Michael Toohey, President and CEO
Matt Ricketts, First Vice Chairman
Steve Golding, Vice Chairman
Rob Innis, Vice Chairman
Caryl Pfeiffer, Vice Chairman
Rodney Weinzierl, Vice Chairman
Dan Mecklenborg, General Counsel
Marty Hettel, Secretary
Cherrie Felder, Treasurer
Merritt Lane, At Large
Scott Leininger, At Large
Lee Nelson, At Large
Jeff Webb, At Large
Matt Woodruff, At Large
Rick Calhoun, Honorary Past Chairman

Mark Knoy, Honorary Past Chairman

Berdon Lawrence, Honorary Past Chairman

Officers

Peter Stephaich, Chairman
Tim Parker, Immediate Past Chairman

Michael Toohey, President and CEO

Matt Ricketts, First Vice Chairman

Rob Innis, Vice Chairman
Steve Golding, Vice Chairman
Caryl Pfeiffer, Vice Chairman Rodney Weinzierl, Vice Chairman Matt Woodruff, Vice Chairman
Dan Mecklenborg, General Counsel Marty Hettel, Secretary

Cherrie Felder, Treasurer
Debra Calhoun, Senior Vice President Paul Rohde, Vice President

Audit Committee

Lee Nelson, Chairman Caryl Pfeiffer
Matt Ricketts
John Wepfer

Waterways Council, Inc. is the national public policy organization advocating for a modern and well-maintained national system of ports and inland waterways. The group is supported by waterways carriers, shippers, port authorities, agriculture, labor and conservation organizations, shipping associations and waterways advocacy groups from all regions of the country.