The Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners elected Joe Toomy chairman, succeeding Commissioner Valerie Cahill, whose term as chair expired. Cahill will continue as a commissioner. The Board also elected Commissioners Dan Packer vice chair and Greg Rusovich secretary-treasurer.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Senior Vice President Jim Butts will retire from the company effective Dec. 31.
PwC US promotes Jonathan Kletzel to Transportation and Logistics (T&L) leader within the firm's U.S. Industrial Products practice, effective immediately.
LNG exports developer Sempra Energy names James Lambright, ex-Sapphire Energy, senior vice president-corporate development, effective Jan. 2.
Michael Wickham said he won't seek re-election to the C.H. Robinson board at company’s next annual shareholders’ meeting May 9.
Bob Henry from Robinson, Kan. was elected as Trade Policy & International Affairs Committee chairman for the American Soybean Association, the ASA said in a press release. The ASA also has confirmed Danny Murphy from Canton, Miss., as president and Steve Wellman from Syracuse, Neb., as chairman, it said.
Morton Halperin, Open Society Foundations, nominated by President Obama to Millennium Challenge Corp. board.
Southwest Airlines Chairman Gary Kelly was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the A4A board. United Airlines CEO Jeffery Smisek was elected vice chairman.
John Bakane, National Council of Textile Organizations executive committee member and CEO of Frontier Spinning Mills, was named to the advisory committee of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
The US-China Business Council says Piper Lounsbury Stover will return to USCBC as vice president-China, effective Jan. 1.