WCI President & & Chief Executive Officer Tracy R. Zea
The Board of Directors of Waterways Council,Inc today with one voice chosen Tracy R. Zea as the company’s brand-new President as well asChief Executive Officer He will certainly think the brand-new responsibilities efficient today.
With a wide series of Capitol Hill, plan advancement as well as federal government relationships knowledge, Zea most just recently worked as WCI’s Vice President-Government Relations, supporting for WCI’s objectives for consents as well as appropriations that sustain a contemporary, effective, trustworthy inland rivers transport system. His job likewise improved WCI’s stakeholder partnership with the Corps of Engineers as well as the Inland Waterways Users Board.
Zea signed up with WCI as its Director-Government Relations in August 2015. He had actually formerly worked with the team of the House Committee on Transportation as well as Infrastructure (T&I). During his time with the T&I Committee, he helped in Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization, Map -21 freeway reauthorization, as well as played an essential component in the implementation of the Water Resources Reform as well as Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014. Prior to signing up with the T&I Committee team, he benefited Senator John Thune (R.-S.D.).
Zea made a Bachelor of Science level in Political Science from South Dakota State University.
“We are thrilled to announce the selection of Tracy Zea as WCI’s new President & CEO. Tracy knows WCI’s issues and membership extremely well, and he embodies the drive, creativity and enthusiasm this position requires,” claimed Peter Stephaich, Chairman of the WCI Board of Directors.
“WCI’s Board also expresses its thanks to Deb Calhoun, who, since February 18, served as WCI Interim President & CEO until we selected a permanent President & CEO. We thank Deb for her additional service to the organization and look forward to her working for WCI remotely from her new home in Kentucky,” Stephaich claimed.
