Port of Everett Commissioner Troy McClelland re-elected for 2nd term

 Everett, Wash. - On November 6, 2015, Port District residents re-elected Port of Everett Commissioner Troy McClelland for a second, six-year term. McClelland, who ran uncontested, was first elected to the Port Commission in 2009. In his first term, he was a driving force behind the Port’s aggressive effort to reinvest in trade and real estate infrastructure and remediate historic contamination. A large part of the infrastructure was to improve trade facilities to support the more than 35,000 jobs supported by Port operations, and also greatly improve access to the waterfront. McClelland also led the Port’s effort to secure a freight-focused transportation package in the 2015 legislative session that fully funds the Port’s first/last mile road improvements. “We have accomplished a lot over the past six years, but I sought another term, because there is still more to do,” McClelland said. “I will continue my commitment to open government while working to bring economic vitality and improved recreational opportunities to the Port. I look forward to building on the extraordinary work we’ve begun.” Some of his top priorities for the next six years are to prepare the international Seaport for the larger ships that have already begun to call the Port, and implement the community’s vision for a new waterfront neighborhood with Waterfront Place Central. McClelland, who in his day job is the Senior Director of Operations for Synrad, has held a wide-variety of leadership roles. He is a former active duty Naval Officer, and has continued to serve in the Navy reserve primarily leading Navy Seabees. He recently completed a tour as the Commander, FIRST Naval Construction Regiment and now is assigned as the Deputy Commander of a Naval Construction Group located in Port Hueneme, Calif. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering and received a Master of Science in Engineering (Civil) from the University of Washington School of Engineering as well as a Master of Business Administration from the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. McClelland is married and has a young son.