Port of Seattle selects new CEO
Just announced - a replacement for Mic Dinsmore:
It figures that we'd get another consultant/lobbyist who may simply continue business as usual. Then again, without seeing Tay Yoshitani in action it's unfair to start comparing him to Mic Dinsmore. His selection was unanimous - even watchdog commissioners Alec Fisken and Lloyd Hara have voiced their support. So we're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
More important than the hiring of a new CEO, though, is getting rid of the corporate, conservative power bloc that currently controls the Port Commission. We have an opportunity to do that this year by defending Alec Fisken and replacing Bob Edwards, as we noted on our most recent podcast.
The Port of Seattle Commission today selected industry veteran Tay Yoshitani as the Port’s new chief executive officer, replacing Mic Dinsmore, who has announced his resignation.Emphasis is ours.
Yoshitani has led Ports in Oakland and Baltimore and was deputy executive director of the Port of Los Angeles. Born in Japan, he is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University. He received airborne and ranger training in the Army prior to service in Vietnam, and was discharged with the rank of captain. He currently is a consultant and lobbyist in Washington , D.C.
It figures that we'd get another consultant/lobbyist who may simply continue business as usual. Then again, without seeing Tay Yoshitani in action it's unfair to start comparing him to Mic Dinsmore. His selection was unanimous - even watchdog commissioners Alec Fisken and Lloyd Hara have voiced their support. So we're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
More important than the hiring of a new CEO, though, is getting rid of the corporate, conservative power bloc that currently controls the Port Commission. We have an opportunity to do that this year by defending Alec Fisken and replacing Bob Edwards, as we noted on our most recent podcast.
