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Our Team

Saltchuk Employees

Left to Right: Tim Engle, Linda Becker, Rhonda Bell, Steve Giese, Blessie Goco, Cally Lervick, Eva Nachmanson, Mark Tabbutt, Ellen Cooper, Dave Bergsvik, Liz Grim, Lynette Gallon-Harrell, Jim Lawrence, Jim Gianelli

Board of Directors

Stanley H. Barer

Stanley H. Barer

Chairman Emeritus, has an extensive career in public service, including Administrative Assistant to U.S. Senator W. G. Magnuson and a variety of positions with the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce. A graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, he negotiated the establishment of reciprocal flag shipping services between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Admiral of the Ocean Sea, the maritime industry's most prestigious recognition. Member, Executive Committee.

John W. (Jack) Creighton, Jr.

John W. (Jack) Creighton, Jr.

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines Corporation, former President & Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Company, holds degrees in business and law from Ohio State University, as well as a master's degree in business administration from the University of Miami. He is active in a number of non-profit and charitable organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America. Member, Compensation Committee.

Michael D. Garvey

Michael D. Garvey

Holds degrees in mathematics and law from the University of Washington. He is a founding partner of Garvey, Schubert & Barer, a multi-service law firm with offices in Seattle, WA, Washington, D. C., Portland, Oregon and New York. He has served on numerous boards, including Ste. Michelle Vintners, K-2 Ski Company, the Commerce Bank of Washington and the UK P&I Club. In addition, his public service includes the Foundation Board of the University of Washington, Zion Preparatory Academy Foundation and PeaceHealth.

Frederick M. Goldberg

Frederick M. Goldberg

Graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in business administration. He has extensive experience in the banking industry and as an owner/operator of small businesses. He contributes to numerous public and charitable organizations, including board membership on the Civil Service Commission, Key Bank, St. Peters Health Foundation and Panorama City. Member, Executive Committee; Chairman, Audit Committee.

Robert P. Hauptfuhrer

Robert P. Hauptfuhrer

Served as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the board of directors of Oryx Energy Company 1988 to 1994 -- Sun Exploration and Production Company separated from Sun Company, Inc. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sun Company since January 1987. Valedictorian of his class at the William Penn Charter School, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in public affairs from Princeton University where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He holds a master's degree in business administration from Harvard as a Baker Scholar. Past and present memberships on boards of directors: American Petroleum Institute, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Natural Gas Supply Association, Quaker Chemical Corporation, American Productivity Center, National Association of Manufacturers and the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. He also served as a member of the board of trustees of Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Center.

James Jiambalvo

James Jiambalvo

Dean of the University of Washington Business School and Kirby L. Cramer Chair in Business Administration, joined the accounting faculty at the University of Washington after receiving a Ph.D. in accounting from the Ohio State University. A CPA, he has audit experience with the firm of Haskins and Sells (now Deloitte & Touche), and has served on the national academic advisory board of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Dean Jiambalvo’s research has been published in the top accounting journals including The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Journal of Accounting Research. He is a past associate editor of The Accounting Review and has served on the editorial boards of The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Journal of Management Accounting Research. He is also the author of the textbook Managerial Accounting (Second Edition), published by John Wiley and Sons. Member, Audit Committee.

Everett W. Trout

John V. Rindlaub

CEO for the Pacific Northwest Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Group. He is the former Northwest President of Bank of America and Chairman of Bank of America Asia. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Bucknell University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as a director of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, as director and treasurer of the National Bureau of Asian Research, on the advisory board of the University of Washington Business School, and is a member of the Washington State University (WSU) Foundation Board of Trustees and the WSU Business School advisory board, and director and past president of Washington Roundtable. Rindlaub also previously served as a director for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, as director and chairman of the Pacific Science Center, and director and chairman of the Children's Hospital Foundation.

Mark N. Tabbutt, Chairman

Mark N. Tabbutt, Chairman

Mark N. Tabbutt, Chairman of Saltchuk, holds a degree in Political Science from Whitman College; a degree in law from the University of Puget Sound School of Law and completed the Owner-President Managed Program, unit #32, of the Harvard Business School's Executive Education program. He is a member of the Northwest Chapter of the Young President's Organization and is a member of Board of Directors of the Greater Seattle YMCA.

Everett W. Trout

Everett W. Trout

A Principal of the Company, began his association with the Company's subsidiary, Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) in 1976 while working as a consultant to Sun Shipbuilding. In 1979 he became Vice President/Operations of TOTE. He is a graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in transportation and has more than 17 years experience in the trucking transportation industry. He serves on the board of Odyssey, the Maritime Museum.