Port of Tacoma names Petrich president

Port of Tacoma names Petrich president

Petrich

   The Port of Tacoma Commission Friday named Clare Petrich Commission president and elected officers for 2009.

   Positions among the port’s five commissioners rotate yearly, and Petrich replaces Dick Marzano as commission president. Marzano will serve as assistant secretary in 2009.

   Port of Tacoma Commissioners serve four-year terms, and as governing body of the port, set policy and authorize    major expenditures.

   Pierce County voters first elected Petrich to the commission in 1995. She was re-elected in 1999, 2003 and 2007.