{"id":4365,"date":"2023-04-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=4365"},"modified":"2023-04-21T07:54:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T12:54:23","slug":"aapa-board-appoints-new-vice-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/aapa-board-appoints-new-vice-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA Board Appoints New Vice Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/PaulAnderson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/PaulAnderson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4366\" width=\"160\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AAPA is excited to announce Paul Anderson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.porttb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Port Tampa Bay<\/a> President &amp; CEO, has been named as AAPA\u2019s new vice chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aapa-ports.org\/about\/content.aspx?ItemNumber=21249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Board of Directors<\/a>. Anderson was nominated and unanimously elected to fill the new vice chair position, during a regular board meeting on March 28 held in conjunction with the Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C. Anderson had been serving on the board as an at-large director. <a href=\"https:\/\/aapa.cms-plus.com\/files\/AAPA Bylaws 12.21.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AAPA\u2019s bylaws<\/a> allow for the appointment of a vice chair at the discretion of the 11-member board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anderson is a former Federal Maritime Commissioner and joined Port Tampa Bay as Chief Executive Officer in December 2012 after holding a series of high-profile leadership positions in the public and private sectors. Anderson serves multiple national leadership positions including vice chair of AAPA, chair of the Coalition for America&#8217;s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC), as well as chair of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council (FSTED), and chair of the Florida Ocean Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AAPA extends its gratitude to Chair Sean Strawbridge, Vice Chair Paul Anderson, and the entire board for its expertise, leadership and oversight in working to further the mission of AAPA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAPA is excited to announce Paul Anderson, Port Tampa Bay President &amp; CEO, has been named as AAPA\u2019s new vice chair of the Board of Directors. Anderson was nominated and unanimously elected to fill the new vice chair position, during a regular board meeting on March 28 held in conjunction with the Legislative Summit in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-4365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insights-blog","tag-port-tampa-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}