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2012 Focus On International Trade Long Beach Business Journal
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Los Angeles, Long Beach Harbor Commissioners Tackle Big Issues For Country’s Top Ports he following 10 individuals are responsible for guiding their respective ports through good and bad times, and for making decisions that impact Southern Californians today and into the future. In recommending their appointments, the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach attempt to balance the board so there is representation from business, labor and the community at large.
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Los Angeles Board Of Harbor Commissioners The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners oversees the management and operation of the Port of Los Angeles. The five-member board is appointed by the mayor of Los Angeles and confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council. The commissioners serve five-year terms and elections are held every July for the offices of president and vice president. The board meets every other Thursday at 8:30 a.m. President Cindy Miscikowski, who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1997 to 2005 was appointed to the board in 2009. Prior to her city council position, she served for 20 years as chief of staff for an L.A. councilman. She earned a degree in political science from UCLA in 1979. Vice President David Arian was appointed to the board in late 2010. A resident of San Pedro, he began his career as a longshoreman in 1965, has served an officer of the ILWU Local 13 many times, including three stints as local president. In 1991 he was elected international president of the ILWU. Commissioner Douglas P. Krause was appointed to the board in the fall of 2005. He serves as executive vice president, chief risk officer and general counsel in the L.A. headquarters of East West Bank. He received his juris doctor from Columbia Law School, where he was editor of the Law Review. Commissioner Robin Kramer, who has more than three decades of service to the L.A. community, joined the commission in late 2010. She is a former chief of staff to both Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Mayor Richard Riordan. She earned her masters in urban sciences from Occidental College.
Commissioner Dr. Sung Won Sohn is the most recent appointment to the commission, joining the board last July. He is an endowed professor of economics for the Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics at California State University Channel Islands, and vice chair of the retailer Forever 21.
Long Beach Board Of Harbor Commissioners The Port of Long Beach is governed by the City of Long Beach. The City Charter created the Long Beach Harbor Department to promote and develop the port. The Board of Harbor Commissioners sets policy for the Port of Long Beach. Commissioners are appointed by the mayor of Long Beach and are confirmed by the city council. They may serve no more than two six-year terms. In June, the commissioners elect board officers. These offices are held for one year. The board generally meets three times a month on Mondays – two at 1 p.m. and one at 5:30 p.m. – and is dark the last Monday of the month.
President Susan E. Anderson Wise was appointed to the board in December 2008. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and, since 1974, she has been an attorney in private practice in Long Beach. She has been an active member of the community for nearly 30 years, serving on numerous boards and commissions. Vice President Thomas Fields is a Long Beach advertising executive and former city planning commissioner and redevelopment agency chair. He was appointed to the board in December 2009. In 1996, he served on the Shipyard Reuse Advisory Committee, which devised the reuse plan that ultimately awarded the former Naval Shipyard property to the Port. Commissioner Nick Sramek was appointed to the board in July 2007. He is a senior project leader in system engineering
for The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, where he has worked for 25 years, primarily on military satellite systems. He earned a masters in engineering from California State University, Long Beach. Commissioner Doug Drummond was appointed to the board last July. He served as a member of the Long Beach Police Department for 29 years, retiring as a commander in 1988. He was elected to serve two four-year terms on the Long Beach City Council. He has also authored two books. He earned a doctorate in criminology from August Vollmer University. Commissioner Rich Dines, a longshoreman at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles for the past 15 years, was appointed to the board last July. In 2007 he was elected president of the ILWU Southern California District Council. He is a former diving instructor and has been a licensed real estate agent since 2003. ■
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