John Wolfe | The Northwest Seaport Alliance
John Wolfe is chief executive officer of The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA). He sets the organization’s vision and strategy, and guides the NWSA’s unique customer-focused culture.
Wolfe also served as the CEO of the Port of Tacoma, a position he held from 2010 to 2019. Before being named CEO, he had served as the Port of Tacoma’s deputy executive director since June 2005.
Prior to joining the Port of Tacoma, Wolfe served for two years as the executive director of the Port of Olympia, and before that as Olympia’s director of operations and marine terminal general manager.
Wolfe also spent 10 years with Maersk Sealand/APM Terminals in Tacoma, most recently as the terminal’s operations manager.
He is on the boards of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), Executive Council for a Greater Tacoma, Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce, the Washington State Fair Board, Federal Maritime Commission’s Export Innovation Team and Maritime Innovation Advisory Council for the Department of Commerce. Wolfe is also an executive board member of the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County. Wolfe earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University.
Registration & Event Information:
| Location | La Quinta Inn & Suites | ||
| 1425 E 27th St Tacoma, WA 98421 | |||
| Schedule | 11:15 am Registration & networking | ||
| 11:30 am Lunch served | |||
| 12:00 pm Event | |||
| Cost | $25 prepaid for members | ||
| – 3 days prior to the event | |||
| – Drawing is an additional $5 for 6 tickets | |||
| – Additional $10 for walk-in members, member sales on day of event, and non-members | |||
| Registration | Register online, by email, or fill out the registration form |
The TCT meets September through June on the second Monday of every month for networking, lunch and dynamic speakers on important issues to the transportation industry. Members, their guests and others are invited.
Thank you to all who contributed door prizes at our last meeting! All proceeds go toward TCT’s Scholarship Program.
The TCT meets September through June on the second Monday of every month for networking, lunch and dynamic speakers on important issues to the transportation industry. Members, their guests and others are invited.
Kevin Otzenberger is the eMobility Product Marketing Senior Analyst for Daimler Truck North America. He manages technical marketing communications for Freightliner’s medium-duty and heavy-duty battery electric truck portfolio. Previously, Kevin worked as an engineering project manager for the first series-production eCascadia and eM2 vehicles, and has been supporting projects at Daimler Truck since 2017.
All proceeds go directly to EFN.
John P. Lauer was named executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Matson in February 2022 and has served as an officer of Matson since March 2012. In this post, Lauer is responsible for sales, marketing, customer service, pricing, government services, and the China office network for the ocean transportation division of Matson. Lauer has more than 35 years of experience in the maritime industry.
Sheri Call, employed by the Washington Trucking Associations since 2001, currently serves as the organizations President & CEO; a position she has held since 2016. She has a dual role; both managing the Association and performing its lobby functions. Sheri is also a current Board Member of the Washington Highway Users Federation, NORPASS, Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee, and the Interstate Bridge Community Advisory Committee.
Ivan L. Harrell II., Ph.D., serves as the President of Tacoma Community College (TCC) in Washington state. Having a passion for community college education, Dr. Harrell strives every day to lead a group of professionals in providing the best environment, programs and services students need to complete their academic and career goals.
Ryan Phillips is the Director of Distribution (Grocery Side) and Alan Imhof is the Vice President of Food Service for Harbor Wholesale. Ryan and Alan will be discussing the challenges they have faced with the disruption in the supply chain. They will also be speaking about warehouse/driver/employee retention. We hope you can all join us on short notice for this event!