Port Commissioners Sworn Into Office

Edwards Elected Commission Chair for 2002

Three Port of Seattle Commissioners were sworn into office yesterday at the Commission's first meeting of 2002 in the Commission Chambers at Pier 69. Newly elected Lawrence T. Molloy joined Pat Davis and Paige Miller, who were reelected in November, in taking the oath of office. Each begins a four-year term on the five-member Port Commission.

His fellow Commissioners elected Bob Edwards to serve as Commission Chair in 2002, succeeding Clare Nordquist, who was chair in 2001. Edwards was elected to the Port Commission in 1999 after long service as a Renton City Council member. He currently serves as President of the Puget Sound Regional Council and is a member of the Executive Board of the Washington Public Ports Association.

Molloy succeeds Jack Block on the Commission. Molloy is a technology officer with EBARA Corporation of Japan and worked previously for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He serves on the Board of the Transportation Choices Coalition, the Rainier Valley Transit Advisory Committee, and the Mount Baker Community Club in Seattle.

Commissioner Miller was elected to serve her fourth term at the Port in November, 2001. She will serve as vice chair of the Port Commission in 2002. Miller is President of Port Jobs, a partnership of business, labor, and government to foster job training and employment opportunities; and serves on the board of the Trade Development Alliance and the Downtown Seattle Association. She is also active in the Seattle Chinese Garden Society. She is a Seattle resident.

Commissioner Davis, who was first elected to the Seattle Port Commission in 1985, is also beginning her fourth term. A Seattle resident, Davis is the former President of the Washington Council on International Trade and was the first woman elected to the Port Commission.

Clare Nordquist was appointed to the Commission in 1998 and won election to a four-year term in 1999. In addition to serving as Port Commission Chair in 2001, he also served on the Joint Advisory Committee with the City of SeaTac, a committee that oversees implementation of land use and transportation agreements. Nordquist is a Bellevue resident.