12 Candidates Step Up To Fill Schell's Port Seat

Nearly 75 people have applied for the Port of Seattle commission seat that will be vacated in January by Seattle Mayor-elect Paul Schell.

Commissioners will select up to 20 candidates to interview on Dec. 16, said Paige Miller, president of the Port of Seattle commission.

"I'm pleased so many people from King County are willing to step forward and offer their names for this challenging position," Miller said yesterday.

Among the candidates are Tomio Moriguchi, chairman and chief executive officer of Uwajimaya, one of the region's foremost Asian grocery and import companies; and Vera Ing, a longtime civic activist of Seattle and principal at Ing & Associates architectural firm.

Applications postmarked yesterday will still be accepted, said Mike Merritt, a Port spokesman.

The applicants received by the end of business hours yesterday, according to the Port, were:

David Abercrombie; Snoqualmie Pass, lawyer; Naasira Adeeba, Seattle, mental health counselor; Judith Bakkensen, Kent, owner of Chelonia Consulting; Mark Bouffiou, Ballard, commercial fisherman; Norward Brooks, Seattle, executive director of the Seattle Vocational Institute; Christopher Brown, Seattle, owner of a civil engineering consulting firm; George Brown Jr., North Bend, Gleneagle Golf Community owner and Microsoft consultant; William Bryant, Seattle, chairman of a consulting firm on international marketing and government affairs.

James Carraher, Seattle, owner of Ocean Park Accounting; Paul Chiles, Bellevue, president of a commercial real estate firm; Kerry Complita, Seattle, a partner at EISI Consulting Engineers; Theodore Cropley, Seattle, legal contractor; Todd Curtis, Seattle, airline safety analyst; Graham Davis, Seattle, human resources consultant; Sam Desue, Fort Lewis, employed by Seattle Monorail Services; Mary Duvall, Port Townsend, marketing, fund-raising and special events; Oscar Eason, Seattle, national president of Blacks in Government; Bob Edwards, Renton, investment securities broker.

Max Englerius, Seattle, director of Sheffield Security Systems; Hope Elder, Federal Way, Federal Way City Council member; David Galloway, Mercer Island, president of Premier Pacific Seafoods; Ray Gonzalez, Seattle, human resources specialist; Frank Groznik, Seattle, senior environmental planner at Jones & Stokes Associates architects; Frank Hansen, SeaTac, SeaTac mayor; Brendan Hardy, Seattle, employed at American Seafood; Ernest Hayden, North Bend, executive director of Electric Power Research Institute.

Bernie Hourihan, Bellevue, director of client services for Greendisk, a software recycling company; Christi Houser, Kent, president of the Kent City Council; Vera Ing, Seattle, urban planner and principal at Ing & Associates architectural firm; Paula Kamp, Federal Way, owner of a multi-service trucking and air-freight company; George Kargianis, Bellevue, attorney; Larry Kingen, Seattle, founding member of the Greater Harbor 2000; Craig Koch, Seattle, coordinator of the Duwamish Peninsula Community Commission's minor home repair program.

Jay Jiudice, Seattle, semi-retired; Edward Johanson, Auburn, transportation consultant; Chris Johnson Jr., Seattle, president of Hamilton Engineering; Robin Maynard Seaver, Seattle, design consultant; Patrick McGuire, Renton, truck driver; Lawrence Molloy, Seattle, owner of an environmental technology consulting firm; Tomio Moriguchi, Seattle, chairman and chief executive officer of Uwajimaya; Robert Morrison, Seattle, marine contract consultant; Gregg Napoli, Bellevue, vice president and general manager of Thomas Cook Currency Services.

Ron Newenhof, Seattle, warehouseman; Alan Nordell, Seattle, international marketing and trade; Clare Nordquist, Bellevue, managing general partner at Materia Ventures Associates; Christopher Nutter, Federal Way, airline pilot; David Ortman, Ballard, former director of local Friends of the Earth office; Robert Pantley, Kirkland, CEO of real estate developing company; Carl Robart, Seattle, airport services director; Jeri Rowe, Redmond, public affairs.

Toni Russell, Boeing manager; Mary Schubert-Schultz, Woodinville, direct sales manager for Hunt-Wesson; Walter Seay, Seattle, president of a marine management company; Clive Shearer, Bellevue, management consultant; Todd Shirley, Seattle, operations manager for Pacific Northwest Equipment; Valerie Southern, Issaquah, manager of transportation planning for King County Department of Transportation; Everett Stewart, Burien, jet fueler; Mark Stratton, Seattle, purchasing manager for Pacific Housing Materials and Design; Celso Tolman, Seattle, marine clerk supervisor for the Pacific Maritime Association.

Abner Thomas, SeaTac, retired Port employee; Robert Thompson, Des Moines, police officer; Arnold Tomac, Redmond, former Redmond City Council member; Annie Tong, Kent, office manager and vice president of Inspirado Designs; Virginia Voorhees Wilcox, Seattle, employed by King County Cultural Resources Office; Fletch Waller, Seattle, principal of FCW Consulting; Dan Ward, Clyde Hill, former director of commerce under former Gov. Dan Evans; Lawrence Weldon, Seattle, state Department of Transportation freight mobility administrator; James Wilson, Auburn, owner and president of Wilson Airfreight.

Thomas Winslow, Des Moines, program manager for First A.M.E. Head Start Program; R.Y. Woodhouse, Seattle, president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan Cities; Raney Wright, Seattle, real estate appraiser; Al Yuen, Bellevue; owner and manager of Hospitality Commercial Investments.