HydroVision International 2015

Kristin Meira
Executive Director
Pacific Northwest Waterways Association


As PNWA’s Executive Director, Kristin Meira leads the association’s work with Congress, federal agencies and regional decision makers on transportation, trade, energy and environmental policy and projects. PNWA's membership includes over 130 public ports, transportation providers, agriculture and forest products producers, public utilities, manufacturers, municipalities and others in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Waterways Conference (NWC), the Harbors & Navigation Committee of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), the Inland Water Transportation Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academy of Sciences, the City of Portland’s Freight Transportation Committee, the Board of Directors of the Merchants Exchange of Portland, and the Editorial Board of Inland Port Magazine. Kristin moved to Portland in 2000 after spending five years on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, where she worked for U.S. Senator Patty Murray and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. Prior to joining the PNWA team in 2002, she worked for several high tech and Internet firms in the Northwest. Kristin’s political experience also includes work as a legislative assistant for a N.J. State Assemblyman, briefing aide to N.J. Governor Jim Florio, and work on several campaigns around the nation. Kristin has a BA with a dual major in Political Science/History and a double major in English from Rutgers University. She makes her home in Damascus, Oregon.

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