2023 ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS

Increase your visibility to WPPA members and help support our association. Sponsors gain exposure on our website, in printed and online meeting materials, and from the podium. please email mandy lill for sponsorship information.


Registration and Welcome Sponsor

 

Is 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 landscape architecture. MFA has decades of experience assisting Washington ports with their unique commercial, environmental, statutory, and community priorities.

 

General Session Refreshments Sponsor

 

Engineering analysis, design, and construction support services for urban waterfront, marina, port, coastal, water resources, rail, roadway, intermodal, and bridge infrastructure; shoreline and marine terminal planning; NEPA/SEPA documentation, permitting, and mitigation; freight and economic studies and forecasting; above-water and underwater inspection and repair design of marine and bridge infrastructure.

 
 
 

Expertise in environmental law including compliance and litigation, employment law including wage and hour compliance, investigations, maritime and transportation law issues, governance, public-private partnerships, real estate transactions, construction contracting and litigation.

 
 

The General Session Refreshments sponsorship has unlimited spots! Contact Mandy for more information!


WEDNESDAY KeYNOTE Sponsor

 
 

WEDNESDAY LUNCH SponsorS

There are two spots left for this sponsorship!

 

Schwabe provides comprehensive legal services for Washington ports of all sizes. We assist ports in addressing environmental concerns, property acquisition, leasing and development, rail and maritime agreements, public meeting law compliance, general counsel services, and regional navigation issues. Drawing on Schwabe’s vast collective experience and contacts, we help our clients stay apprised of and prepared for industry developments and trends.

 

Associate Member Reception Eats & Drinks Sponsors

There are unlimited spots for this sponsorship! Email Mandy for details!

 

Since 1996, ELS has provided environmental consulting and permitting services throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. We specialize in land, water, and shoreline projects involving resources such as wetlands, streams, rivers, wildlife habitat, and sensitive, threatened, and endangered wildlife and plant species. Having worked with several Washington ports, we understand the environmental resources, impacts, and permitting processes that are essential for their economic development success. We have offices in Longview, Bremerton, Washougal, Sunnyside, and Bellingham.

Enduris is a member-owned, local government risk-sharing pool that has provided specialized property and liability coverage for over 30 years. We provide coverage and loss control solutions to over 500 Washington State special purpose districts, including over 50 of Washington’s port districts.

 

AWC represents Washington’s cities and towns before the state legislature, the state executive branch and with regulatory agencies, and offers a wide array of services

 

For over 70 years, clients have trusted Gibbs & Olson for their civil engineering and land 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 water, wastewater, stormwater, and transportation projects.

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants is an employee-owned, multidisciplinary environmental engineering consulting firm specializing in water, wastewater, stormwater, and ballast water management, civil engineering and utility design, construction management, upland environmental investigation and site remediation, brownfields redevelopment, environmental compliance, and litigation support for Northwest marine ports and airports.

 

GUEST Participation SponsorS

 

Specializing in marine and civil engineering planning, permitting, design, and construction administration for public port facilities since 1979. Includes floats, docks, piers, dolphins, bulkheads, fendering systems, and wave barriers at marinas, marine terminals, and cruise ship facilities, as well as upland facilities such as boatyards, pedestrian esplanades, access roads, and waterfront parks.

 
 
 

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants is an employee-owned, multidisciplinary environmental engineering consulting firm specializing in water, wastewater, stormwater, and ballast water management, civil engineering and utility design, construction management, upland environmental investigation and site remediation, brownfields redevelopment, environmental compliance, and litigation support for Northwest marine ports and airports.

 

There is one spot left for this sponsorship!

Email Mandy Lill with questions!


Thursday Ports Executive Breakfast SPONSOR

 

The lawyers in the firm’s Port Practice Group assist port districts – large and small - 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. From Bellingham, with state-of-the-art video conferencing and computer technology, we provide very cost effective general counsel and special counsel representation to port districts all over Washington.

 

Thursday Luncheon SponsorS

 

Piper Sandler’s Public Finance team provides underwriting and financial advisory services to state and local governments, including ports, cities, counties and special districts. Contact Justin Monwai for inquires

 
 

Reid Middleton provides civil and structural engineering, planning, and survey services: engineering and planning for waterfront, airport, transportation, and port facilities; seismic design; and environmental permitting for port, harbor, waterfront, airport, site development, and transportation projects. Contact Shannon Kinsella for inquires.

 
 

Providing a full range of legal services for Washington’s public ports, including construction, public records and open meetings, employment and labor relations, environmental, land use, real estate, municipal government and public finance law, insurance coverage and litigation.

 

THURSDAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER SPONSOR

 

Law and policy firm specializing in energy, environment, land use, real estate, and government relations matters.

 

Thursday President’s Reception Sponsors

 

Landau Associates provide environmental engineering and site management, permitting and compliance services, and geotechnical engineering. For 36 years we have assisted ports and their tenants to meet regulatory compliance challenges and development goals at seaport, airport, industrial, and commercial properties; offices in Edmonds, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and Spokane, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. Contact Scott Woerman for inquires.

 
 

K & L Gates provides services that include attorneys, bond counsel, environmental counseling, permitting and litigation; complex facility siting, construction, and permitting; toxic tort exposure defense; insurance coverage counseling and litigation on behalf of policy holders; eminent domain; real estate; federal policy and Indian Law. Contact Cynthia Weed for inquires.

 

ONE spot still available for this sponsorship! Your logo will be on custom signage at the reception!

KeyBank and KeyBanc Capital Markets’ Public Port team provides a full array of taxable and tax-exempt financing solutions for its clients. Key’s full-service platform is unique in the Northwest, combining traditional bank products (such as revolving lines of credit, direct loans, lease lines of credit) with investment banking services (30+ years of experience) for publicly offered municipal bonds sold in the capital markets.


Thursday President’s Reception bar Sponsor

 

Is 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 landscape architecture. MFA has decades of experience assisting Washington ports with their unique commercial, environmental, statutory, and community priorities.

 

Program Printing Sponsor

J-U-B Engineers provide comprehensive professional services in planning, engineering, environmental, surveying, public involvement, and construction engineering for airports, surface transportation systems, industrial siting, infrastructure, water resources, wastewater pollution control, GIS master planning, application development, system design and implementation, and eGovernment consulting. Contact Ben Volk for inquires.


Thank you to all our sponsors!
Your participation is appreciated!