VPA’s Bridges named AAPA chairman

VPA’s Bridges named AAPA chairman

Bridges

  Jerry Bridges, executive director of the Virginia Port Authority, was made chairman of the American Association of Port Authorities’ at the group’s annual meeting last week.
  Bridges was previously executive director of the Port of Oakland and has held various operating positions with Marine Terminals Corp., Sea-Land Services and Roadway Express.
  Bridges will also serve as AAPA’s U.S. delegation chair for 2011-12. Other newly installed U.S. delegation officers include chair-elect Adoph Ojard, who serves as executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority; and vice chair Tay Yoshitani, who is executive director of the Port of Seattle.