The Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners elected Joe Toomy chairman, succeeding Commissioner Valerie Cahill, whose term as chair expired. Cahill will continue as a commissioner. The Board also elected Commissioners Dan Packer vice chair and Greg Rusovich secretary-treasurer.
PwC US promotes Jonathan Kletzel to Transportation and Logistics (T&L) leader within the firm's U.S. Industrial Products practice, effective immediately.
Bob Henry from Robinson, Kan. was elected as Trade Policy & International Affairs Committee chairman for the American Soybean Association, the ASA said in a press release. The ASA also has confirmed Danny Murphy from Canton, Miss., as president and Steve Wellman from Syracuse, Neb., as chairman, it said.
John Bakane, National Council of Textile Organizations executive committee member and CEO of Frontier Spinning Mills, was named to the advisory committee of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Southwest Airlines Chairman Gary Kelly was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the A4A board. United Airlines CEO Jeffery Smisek was elected vice chairman.
New at Airlines for America: Keith Glatz, ex-Department of Transportation, as vice president-international affairs; Katie Connell, ex-Gannett and Delta, as managing director-airline industry public relations and communications.