Lettiere to head New York port promotion group

Lettiere to head New York port promotion group    Former New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere has been named chairman of Nation’sPort, a group that promotes development of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
   Lettiere is senior vice president at the engineering firm of Edwards and Kelcey. He replaces Joan Verplack, who is also head of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
   Nation’sPort was founded in the late 1990s to advocate for the deepening of the shipping channels in the New York Harbor. It has since expanded its mission to advocate improvements area waterways, roads and railways.