2026 Small Ports Seminar Sponsors
Reception Food Sponsor
An integrated consulting firm offering award-winning services in environmental and civil engineering, site planning and development, communications and outreach, environmental assessment and cleanup, strategic planning, Geographic Information Systems(GIS), health and safety services, and air quality. MFA has decades of experience assisting Washington ports with their unique commercial, environmental, statutory, and community priorities.
Reception Bar Sponsors
The attorneys in the firm’s Port Practice Group assist port districts—large and small—to achieve successful outcomes for their communities by utilizing our specialized expertise and years of experience in the law unique to ports, including governance, leasing, land use permitting, labor and employment, environmental, litigation, construction, and insurance defense. CSD Attorneys at Law is proud to provide general counsel and special counsel representation to port districts all over Washington.
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Serving Northwest public and private clients, including public ports. U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers list Pacifica as a Tier 1 law firm in the Seattle region for public finance law, appellate law, education law, municipal law, and real estate law. Many of our attorneys are recognized as “Best Lawyers in America” and as “Super Lawyers.” We also have deeply held professional and personal commitments to civic responsibility, community volunteerism and industry participation, reflected in our leadership and/or pro bono service to numerous organizations, associations, boards and committees.
Spouse Participation Sponsors
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Caffeine & Cookies Sponsors
For over 75 years, clients have trusted Gibbs & Olson for their civil engineering and surveying needs. As you work to make your community a better place, we can partner with you to help plan, fund, design, and implement your site design, stormwater, wastewater, water, and road projects.
Certified public accounting firm specializing in Washington ports since 1987. Technical accounting and financial consulting services include assistance with State Auditors Annual Reports, BARS coding, training, cash flow analysis and grant compliance. Member of WPPA, Washington Finance Officers Association and Government Finance Officers Association.
The Washington State Microenterprise Association (WSMA) assists Washington’s smallest businesses with the essential business tools, resources and financing they need to innovate, grow and flourish within their communities. WSMA’s primary work, capacity building support for nonprofit Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs), is done through grants, training, and technical assistance to ensure quality business tools and needed resources are accessible to every business in the state. These ESO partners specialize in providing business training, technical assistance and/or financing to companies with 5 or fewer employees in every industry sector. Many of the business owners include veterans, entrepreneurs with limited incomes, people with disabilities, rural businesses and those who have been historically marginalized. These ESO partners serve these communities so that they can earn more, build upon their work, expand their reach, and contribute to Washington State’s economy. WSMA also works closely with policy makers, Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), public port districts, lenders, manufacturers, Associate Development Organization (ADOs), chambers of commerce, regional Tribes, experts in sustainability, workforce/economic development teams, and leaders around the country to grow the field of microenterprise development. WSMA seeks to build a path to prosperity for Washington’s smallest businesses that is integrated, community driven and meaningful in order to strengthen our local economies.
Jacobs is the industry’s largest provider of professional engineering and architecture services in the world and ranks as the #1 Program Management and Design Firm in Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) latest rankings. We lead the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With approximately $11.5 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2024 and a workforce of over 45,000 across more than 400 offices in over 40 countries, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services, including scientific, technical, professional and construction and program management for business, industrial, commercial, government and infrastructure sectors.
Our Global Ports & Maritime Group, comprising over 700 dedicated professionals, offers advisory, design, and program and construction management services across the container, bulk, general cargo, and energy sectors, as well as to port authorities, governments, and naval forces. We partner with port authorities, operators, and waterfront owners to provide comprehensive, and sustainable solutions, from initial planning to fully operational facilities.
In the Pacific Northwest, we have consistently been delivering services to our clients for over 30 years, including many on-call and longer-term program engagements. Jacobs’ portfolio of Port & Maritime services includes strategic planning and operations, equipment and technology, asset management, environmental permitting support, risk assessment, feasibility and optioneering, design, engineering, above and underwater inspection, scheduling, cost estimating, construction management, maintenance and rehabilitation planning, and program management.
General Reception Sponsors
Enduris is a member-owned, local government risk-sharing pool that has provided affordable property and liability coverage since 1987. We provide coverage and loss control solutions to over 500 Washington State special purpose districts, including many of Washington’s port districts.
If you are interested in sponsoring the Small Ports Seminar, please reach out to Mandy Lill for more information.