{"id":5374,"date":"2026-05-11T08:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:59:52","slug":"aapa-announces-sang-h-yi-as-president-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/aapa-announces-sang-h-yi-as-president-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA Announces Sang H. Yi as President &amp; CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AAPA is pleased to announce that <strong>Sang H. Yi<\/strong> has been named <strong>President and CEO<\/strong> of the American Association of Port Authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sang brings extensive experience in maritime policy, infrastructure, and national security, most recently serving as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Maritime Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As AAPA continues to advocate for strong, modern port infrastructure, Sang will lead our efforts to ensure ports remain safe, resilient, and globally competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to introducing Sang to our members in the coming weeks \u2014 and to connecting with many of you at the <a href=\"https:\/\/aapa.getregistered.net\/2026-aapa-powers-smart-ports\">POWERS + Smart Ports Summit &amp; Expo<\/a> in Tampa next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full press release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ports.org\/advocating\/PRDetail.aspx?ItemNumber=23154&amp;RDtoken=41641&amp;userID=93102\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAPA is pleased to announce that Sang H. Yi has been named President and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities. Sang brings extensive experience in maritime policy, infrastructure, and national security, most recently serving as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Maritime Administration. As AAPA continues to advocate for strong, modern &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":5375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insights-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}