Membership
2026 Officers
Chair
Larry Landgraver, Port of Longview
Vice Chair
Ross McDonald, Sause Bros.
Secretary
Carl Bertapelle, Merchants Exchange
Administrator
Brianna Derham, Merchants Exchange
Officers are elected for one-year terms. Board Members are elected for two year terms. Elections are held at the November Board Meeting.
Board of Directors
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Subcommittees
The Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee has several standing subcommittees to address waterway issues that impact the Columbia River system.
Current Subcommittees:
- Anchorages
- Make-way
- Navigation & Bridges
- Extreme Low Water
- Harbor Safety Plan
- Executive Committee (Officers)
2026 Participating Member Companies
Thank You for your continued financial support of the mission of the Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee.
- Advanced American Construction
- Anchorage Launch Service Co.
- Centerline Logistics
- Clean Rivers Cooperative
- Columbia River Bar Pilots
- Columbia River Launch Service
- Columbia River Pilots
- Columbia River Steamship Operators’ Association
- Diversified Marine Inc.
- EGT
- Foss Maritime
- Global Diving & Salvage
- Kalama Export Company
- Maritime Fire and Safety Association
- McCall Oil & Chemical Corporation
- Merchants Exchange of Portland
- NYK Group Americas, Inc.
- Oregon Department of Environment Quality
- Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
- Portland Spirit
- Port of Columbia County
- Port of Kalama
- Port of Longview
- Port of Portland
- Port of Vancouver
- Sause Bros. Ocean Towing
- Shaver Transportation Company
- TEMCO Kalama
- Tidewater Transportation and Terminals
- United Grain Corporation
- Washington Department of Ecology
- Wilhelmsen Ship Services
Board of Directors
- Larry Landgraver, Port of Longview (2027) Chair
- Ross McDonald, Sause Bros (2026) Vice Chair
- Carl Bertapelle, Merchants Exchange (2026) Secretary
- Steve Gunn, Shaver Transportation Company (2027)
- Capt. Steve Ackerman, Columbia River Bar Pilots (2027)
- Capt. Jeremy Nielsen, Columbia River Pilots (2026)
- Vanessa Green, Clean Rivers Cooperative (2027)
- Kate Mickelson, Columbia River Steamship Operators’ Assn. (2027)
- Randy Cooper, EGT, LLC (2026)
- Neal Feustel, Foss Maritime (2026)
- Carl Obermeier, Maritime Fire and Safety Assn. (2026)
- Dena Horton, Pacific Northwest Waterways Assn. (2027)
- Elliot Levin, Port of Columbia County (2026)
- Richard Vincent, Port of Portland (2027)
- Kenny Davais, Port of Vancouver USA (2026)
- Earl Dixon, United Grain Corporation (2027)
Ex Officio Board Members:
- Josh Emerson, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Brian Kirk, Washington Department of Ecology
- Sean Kuschel, Washington Department of Ecology
Federal Representatives:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
- Maritime Administration (MARAD)
As per the bylaws of the Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee (accepted January 9, 2019): a variable-range size board of directors shall be established. The minimum number of directors will be eleven (11) and the maximum number of directors will be twenty-three (23). Federal representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Navy, and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shall serve as ex officio members of the board of directors, to the extent they consent to participate, Federal representatives shall not have the right to vote and are not counted in quorum size. The term of each director will be two years.