Michael J. Toohey
Michael J. Toohey, that has actually acted as President/ Chief Executive Officer of Waterways Council,Inc considering that 2011, is to retire.
“Having turned 71 this month, I believe it is time to focus on my faith, family, my golf handicap and my other interests,” Toohey stated. “I remain committed to WCI’s continued achievement now and in the future, once a successor is named.”
WCI’s Executive Committee will certainly choose an exec search company to start the procedure of looking for that follower.
Peter Stephaich, WCI Chairman of the Board, stated, “Mike’s leadership over the last eight years has resulted in true modernization of our inland waterways system: full and efficient funding for the Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works mission for lock and dam construction and major rehabilitation of the inland waterways, as well as historic Operations & Maintenance funding, over the last seven fiscal years; enactment of the Capital Development Plan into law in 2014; a WCI-advocated increase in the diesel fuel tax commercial operators pay into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund that has resulted in five lock projects under construction rather than just one; and the opening of Olmsted Locks and Dam four years ahead of schedule in 2018. These and so many more successes have established WCI as the leading national advocate for inland waterways infrastructure, and we are stronger as a nation for Mr. Toohey’s counsel,”
Before signing up with WCI, Toohey was an expert for the Livingston Group (2007-2011), supplying legal depiction prior to Congress and also the Executive Branch for customers from the chemical and also transport industries. Prior to that, from 1998-2007 he acted as Vice President, Director of Government Relations, Associate Director of Government Relations, and also Senior Washington Representative forAshland Inc (1998-2007).
Nominated by President George Bush and also validated by the UNITED STATE Senate, Toohey was Assistant Secretary of the UNITED STATE Department of Transportation from May 1992-January 1993.
He additionally acted as Staff Director of the Republican Staff, Committee on Public Works and also Transportation, from 1983 with 1989, and also as Staff Director, Republican Staff, Committee on Merchant Marine and also Fisheries from 1981 with 1983. He was additionally a specialist personnel on the Committee on Public Works and also Transportation from 1975 with 1981.
Commissioned as a policeman in the UNITED STATE Army, he offered on active service as a team police officer for the Chief of Engineers from 1971-1975.
