Dan Gatchet was appointed chair of FMSIB in 2012, after retiring from the trucking industry. Dan began his transportation career working for two US flag ocean carriers; U.S. Lines and American President Lines. His trucking career started in Southern California as president of a large intermodal trucking company. After moving back to his hometown of Seattle, he started West Coast Trucking in 1993, which he sold to a national trucking company in 2007. During his transportation career, Dan has been actively involved in many of the industry's trade associations. He was a founding member of the American Trucking Association Intermodal Council and past chair of the California Trucking Association Intermodal Council. Dan also is a past president of the Washington Trucking Associations. He graduated from the University of Washington and earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of San Francisco.

Tom Trulove is currently serving his fourth term as Mayor of the City of Cheney, having first been elected to that post in 1977 and reelected in 1981 and 1985. During that time he served on the Board of the Association of Washington Cities and as its President. In 1986 he was appointed as Washington representative to the Northwest Power Planning Council, serving until 1994, including two years as its Chair. In 1995 he resumed his duties as Professor of Economics at Eastern Washington University and has served as Department Chair since. Tom returned to city government and served as a Cheney City Councilmember from 2005-2009. He resumed his duties as Mayor in 2010.

Tom has an active record of public and private sector service. He currently serves on the Washington Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board, AWC Employees Benefit Trust Board of Trustees, Associated Industries Board of Directors where he is Chair, Greater Spokane Incorporated Board of Trustees, Spokane Regional Health District Board, and the West Plains Chamber of Commerce. He also has served on many other bodies including Governor Gregoire's Connect Washington Task Force, as Chair of the Washington Community Economic Revitalization Board, and as Board Member and President of the Municipal Research and Services Center, as well as numerous other state, local, and academic boards and commissions.

A lifelong Fife resident, Pat is in his second term on the Fife City Council. From day one, Pat has put an emphasis on transportation. As a Councilmember Pat participated in the Tacoma Tideflats Area Transportation Study (TATS), and serves Fife's elected representative to the Pierce County Regional Mobility Access Partnership (RAMP). His lifelong experience in Fife and exposure to the regional transportation planning efforts resulted in Pat's early advocacy and contributions to the City of Fife City Center Visioning and Transportation plans. In recognition of his commitment to and participation in regional transportation planning, Pat was appointed last year (2012) by Governor Gregoire to the Washington State Freight Advisory Committee.Prior to retirement, Pat was a long-time member of the Boilermakers Union with a working career in Ship Building and Steel Fabrication. Pat worked in both the ports of Tacoma and Seattle. his experiences provide him a unique perspective on the diversification and changes necessary how out transportation systems serve the ports and our communities, particularly as they relate to freight mobility at the local, state, and international level.

Brian Ziegler is the Pierce County Director of Public Works and Utilities. He brings 34 years of engineering and public infrastructure experience to the Board. Recently, the American Public Works Association named Brian as one of the Top Ten Public Works Directors in America. He is an instructor in the Northwest Public Works Institute, assisting in the training of local public works officials. He worked for the Washington State Department of Transportation for 26 years and was instrumental in large transportation projects, including the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the I-705 Tacoma Spur freeway. Brian represents counties on FMSIB and has chaired the FMSIB's Project Selection Committee for three years.

Dave Gossett's background is in local government with a strong emphasis in transportation. Prior to his election to the Snohomish County Council in 2001 he spent twelve years on the Mountlake Terrace City Council including six years as Mayor. He has represented Snohomish County as a member of both the I-405 Executive Committee and the Regional Transportation Investment District Executive Board. He currently is Chair of Community Transit, providing transit service throughout Snohomish County. Dave's involvement in economic development issues includes being a member of the Puget Sound Regional Council's Economic Development District Board and an officer of the Greater Seattle Trade Development Alliance.

Jim Albert was appointed to FMSIB by Governor Gregoire in 2012. He has worked in Washington State government for almost 35 years. He started state service working as a data center technician and computer programmer at Washington State University. He then moved to Olympia where he worked as an Information Technology Applications Manager for the Office of Financial Management (OFM). After 13 years at OFM, he became the Chief Information Officer for the Washington State Attorney General's Office. In 2005 he was appointed Deputy Director for the Washington State Department of Information Services. After six years at DIS, Jim had a brief flirtation with retirement and then decided to join the Governor's transportation team in the Budget Division at OFM. Jim has served on numerous not-for-profit boards and also currently serves on the Transportation Improvement Board. Jim graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Public Administration.

John Creighton has served on the Seattle Port Commission since 2006. He came to the Commission with broad experience as a lawyer who worked on complex international transactions in the port cities of Singapore, Helsinki, and Istanbul prior to returning home to Seattle. During his tenure, Commissioner Creighton has developed significant expertise in regional transportation and economic policy - he sits on the Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Policy Board on behalf of the Port and is chair of the SR509 Executive Committee. He has served on the board of Enterprise Seattle, the King County economic development organization, and is an advisory board member of Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau. Creighton earned a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University. He went on to earn his J.D. from Columbia University and also has a Certificate in Administration from the University of Washington Business School.

Larry Paulson has been the Executive Director of the Port of Vancouver, USA, since January, 1999. Previously, he was the Deputy Executive Director of the port for 2 years. Before that, he was a practicing attorney for 25 years, the last 17 years as a shareholder with the firm of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt. He also spent over 31 years in the Air Force, and Oregon Air National Guard, retiring with the rank of Brigadier General.

Terry Finn, Executive Director of Government Affairs for BNSF Railway, has served on FMSIB since 2007 and possesses broad experience in government relations concerning transportation policy and legislation. He participated in the legislative drive to create the state's freight mobility program. His previous government affairs work as a representative of the Port of Seattle has helped to round out a portfolio heavy in knowledge about rail, marine and truck shipping, and its relationship to the economy of the state. Terry serves on freight and rail advisory boards in Washington and Oregon. He learned many of the ins and outs of government as a former reporter for United Press International covering the state legislature and Washington's congressional delegation.

Lynn Peterson was appointed Secretary of Transportation in February 2013 by Governor Jay Inslee. Peterson manages an agency of 6,600 employees, with responsibility for 18,600 lane miles of highway, 3,700 bridges, general aviation airports, passenger- and freight-rail programs, and the Washington State Ferry system, the nation's largest. As the Washington State Department of Transportation nears completion of the agency's largest construction program in its history ($16.3 billion), Peterson brings a renewed focus on sustainable transportation investments. She supports WSDOT's partnerships with cities and counties, businesses, transit, environmental and non-motorized transportation organizations to cost-effectively build safe and healthy communities everywhere in Washington state. Before joining WSDOT, Peterson served as Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's Sustainable Communities and Transportation policy advisor. She is the former chair of the Clackamas County Commission and a nationally recognized transportation and land-use integration expert. In her role with Gov. Kitzhaber's administration, Peterson led policy efforts on building a safe, complete and low-carbon transportation system and linking transportation investments to Oregon's economy, housing needs, health and sustainability. Prior to serving on the Clackamas County Commission, Peterson worked as a transportation consultant and as a strategic planning manager for TriMet, Portland's regional transportation agency. She was also a transportation advocate for 1000 Friends of Oregon and a transportation planner for Metro, the regional government for the Portland metropolitan area. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison, and two Masters degrees from Portland State University, in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Urban and Regional Planning.

Mark Knudsen Mr. Knudsen joined Carrix in 2007 as vice president Project Management and Development. Prior to joining Carrix, he was deputy managing director, Seaport for the Port of Seattle. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Oceanography, and a Masters, Marine Transportation, both from the University of Washington. He has spent his entire career in the marine industry, including several years in commercial fishing operations in successive positions from deckhand to management. He was with the Port of Seattle for the past twenty years where he was lead on a number of major initiatives in new business development and project development. His key area of responsibilities at the Port of Seattle included; customer retention and recruitment in the cruise ship and container businesses, planning and executing overall port development projects that significantly expanded container and cruise ship capacity, expanding and developing general maritime industrial facilities, and negotiating customer contracts that supported the development projects. Since joining Carrix in early 2007 he has worked on various international and local projects to develop new terminal capacity for Carrix

Steve Holtgreets is President of Hogland Transfer Company, Inc. in Everett. He has worked in the trucking industry for over 40 years. Steve is a Past President of the Washington Trucking Associations (1997-1999) and currently serves as Treasurer of that organization. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Trucking Association, and participates as a member of their Safety Policy, Homeland Security, and Small Carrier committees. He graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1979, with a degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Operations Management.