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thoughtleaders KURT J. NAGLE
AWe started the Professional Port Manager, or PPM, program in the mid ’90s. One of our key goals in the
association is to enhance professional development. We
also want to identify up-and-coming port leaders and provide them with the ability to develop their knowledge, skills,
and relationships. These are all part of the PPM program.
About seven or eight years ago, we started a related program that includes issues that are particularly relevant to
Latin American members. The program is offered in
Spanish, or in Portuguese for the Brazilian ports.
This past year, we modified the regular program, which
had been principally structured for individual study. We
changed it to a class-based program; people now apply for a
specific class and then go through the program together, for
the most part, and we added group projects. That has really
taken off. Our first class, the Class of 2014, started this year
with 19 people. They’ve been together for two programs
already, but there has been a lot of additional communication and correspondence among them. We’re extremely
pleased and excited by their enthusiasm and energy.
We have had about 80 people receive the PPM certification so far, and right now we have 150 total in the program.
One of the requirements is a research project, a paper, or
other type of project. … Because our purpose is to educate
and share information, we have made those papers and
projects available so people can access and learn from them.
This has been very beneficial to both individuals and ports.
QTransportation infrastructure is a hot topic in Washington now. Has AAPA been consulted on this
issue? What are you telling Congress and the White House
about how ports can contribute to efforts to revitalize the
U.S. economy?
AWe definitely have been asked to contribute to the dia- logue. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood very
early on had a conference call with many of the transportation stakeholder organizations, and AAPA was asked to be
part of that. … In February of this year, Secretary LaHood
held a port summit, where he invited port directors from
throughout the country to talk to him personally about key
issues related to ports. That was the first time something
like that has been done.
We’ve had very good ongoing dialogue not only with the
secretary himself but also throughout his department, and
more broadly within the administration. … Commerce
Secretary [Gary] Locke, the former governor of the state of
Washington, where he was a supporter of the state’s ports,
is another high-level official in the current administration
who understands the importance and value of international trade and ports. He also recognizes the need to have
infrastructure that allows us to be competitive in international commerce.
The message we’re giving them is that ports are literally
economic lifelines. They are critical links that provide
access to the global economy, to the goods consumers
