Knatz becomes AAPA Chairman

In addition to serving as AAPA’s board chairman, Knatz will chair the organization’s U.S. Legislative Policy Council and U.S. Delegation of Ports. The AAPA represents more than 160 public port authorities in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America. Knatz is very active in the international port community. She chairs the Environmental Committee of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), is on the IAPH Executive Committee, and represents IAPH on international maritime treaties at the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization. In 2007, she was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Ocean Protection Council, which oversees and coordinates statewide policy for the protection and management of California’s ocean and coastal resources. Knatz’s agenda at the Port of Los Angeles has focused on responsible growth and environmental leadership. Among her top priorities are reducing port emissions, eliminating health risks and expanding capital development programs to accommodate the Port’s future growth. Knatz began her career as an environmental scientist at the Port of LA before moving to the neighbouring Port of Long Beach, where she spent two decades and rose to the Number 2 executive position. She returned to the Port of LA as executive director in January 2006.