Leadership

Officers

Matt Woodruff

Chairman of the Board / NWF Trustee

Kirby Corporation

Houston, TX

Cherrie Felder

Vice Chairman of the Board / NWF Trustee

Channel Shipyard Companies

Metairie, LA

Tracy Zea

President / NWF Trustee

Waterways Council, Inc.

Washington, DC

Karl Jefferson

Treasurer / NWF Trustee

LIUNA

Cleveland, OH

Debra Calhoun

Secretary

Waterways Council, Inc.

Paducah, KY

Trustees

Kristin Beck

LaFargeHolcim

Dundee, MI

Andrew Brown

Ingram Barge Company

Nashville, TN

Jennifer Carpenter

American Waterways Operators

Arlington, VA

Teri Goodmann

City of Dubuque

Dubuque, IA

Brian Mueller

Heartland Companies

Columbia, IL

Jason Nyberg

Marquette Transportation Co., LLC

Paducah, KY

H. Merritt Lane

Canal Barge Company

New Orleans, LA

Rev. Mark Nestlehutt

Seamen's Church Institute

New York, NY

Tim Parker

Parker Towing Company

Northport, AL

Dr. Craig Philip

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Chad Pregracke

Living Lands & Waters

East Moline, IL

Alex Pucheu

American Commercial Barge Line

Jeffersonville, IN

Stephen Sheridan

Dallas, TX

Nelson Spencer, Jr.

The Waterways Journal

St. Louis, MO

Peter H. Stephaich

Campbell Transportation Company

Pittsburgh, PA

Jim Tarmann

Illinois Corn Growers Association

Bloomington, IL

Clark Todd

Blessey Marine

Harahan, LA

Anne Thompson

National Corn Growers Association

Washington, DC

Kirsten Wallace

Upper Mississippi River Basin Association

St. Paul, MN