MTAK

MTAK

About the Board
MTAK is governed by a twelve-member Board of Directors. MTAK has also appointed several of Directors of Counsel (DOC) to advise the voting board members. The board is diverse and includes private business and maritime industry members, public elected and appointed officials and active community members from around the region.
 
Walt Draper
Walt Draper, President
Following a 32 year career as a Naval Officer, Walt retired to Bremerton where he had a second career for 16 years as the Director of Finance and Operations for the Bremerton School District. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Kitsap Public Facilities District, which, among other projects, built the Kitsap Conference Center at Harborside. Walt served for eight years and was Chairman of the KPFD for three years. He is also a Past President of the Bremerton Rotary Club and is a National Trustee of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.
Grant Griffin, Vice President
Grant Griffin, Vice President
Mr. Griffin is retired as the Executive Director of the Kitsap Peninsula Visitor Bureau. His background includes many years in the marketing and advertising fields, and he presently sits on four boards of directors in the community, including serving as the vice president of the Marine Transportation Association of Kitsap. Grant and his family have been part of Kitsap County for over 65 years and will remain living here in paradise.
 
Joan Dingfield, Sec/Treas
Joan Dingfield, Secretary
A native Puget Sounder and resident of Bremerton since 1991, Joan is committed to cross-sound connections. A six-year commuter to Seattle for work, she served on the Bremerton Planning Commission for eight years, was part of the "Reshaping Bremerton" process that updated the comprehensive plan, and served as co-chair of the county-wide initiative that proposed a public/private plan for passenger ferry service to Seattle. She currently serves as Chair of the Bremerton Parks & Recreation Commission.
Scott Rhodes
Scott Rhodes, Treasurer
Scott lives in Port Orchard and is a co-owner of Frederic T. Kutscher Associates, a Seattle based financial planning firm. Scott has been involved in lobbying efforts for passenger only ferries for almost two decades. He is a former member of the Washington State Tariff Committee and Washington State Ferry’s Advisory Committee for Southworth Washington.
 
Josh Brown
Josh Brown, DOC
Josh is the senior member of the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners and the current chair of the Kitsap Transit Board of Commissioners. Josh is Kitsap County’s primary representative to the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Transportation and Executive Boards and serves on a number of Kitsap County boards including the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority, Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council, the Kitsap County Health District and the Kitsap County Emergency Management Council.
Darrell Bryan
Darrell Bryan
Darrell is executive vice president and general manager of Clipper Navigation a leading tour and ferry operator for the Puget Sound and western Canada located in Seattle Washington. Darrell is a member of the board of directors of the Interferry formerly the International Marine Transit Association and past president of the both Interferry and the Passenger Vessel Association. Presently Darrell serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau.
 
Richard Hayes, (DOC)
Richard Hayes, DOC
Richard has been the executive director of Kitsap Transit since 1982 when the agency was formed to assume local bus service from private operators and the City of Bremerton. Richard has also worked for the City of Tacoma, Tacoma Transit and Pierce Transit.
Holly James
Holly James
Holly James lives in Bremerton and has 25 years of high-level corporate business experience, specializing in venture capital, start-ups, turnarounds, business analysis, and project management. Holly serves on a number of community boards including the American Red Cross, the Soroptimist and the Manette Business Association.
 
Beverly Kincaid, President
Beverly Kincaid
Beverly is a longtime resident and activist in Kitsap County and served as President of the MTAK Board of Directors for 7 years, until December 2009. She is a Certified Grant Professional and owns Sound Grants ~ Proposal Research and Development, working with many nonprofits and other entities on grant research and development, strategic planning, and program development. She has participated on numerous boards and committees in the community including Bremerton Historic Ships Association (former president), Sinclair Landing Association (treasurer), American Red Cross, Westsound Technical Skills Center Advisory Council (past chair), and the Kitsap Community Development Corporation. She currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of United Way of Kitsap County.
Will Maupin, (DOC)
Will Maupin, DOC
Will has been a member of the Bremerton City Council since 2001 and is a retired engineer and facilities manager from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
 
Matt Mullett
Matt Mullett
Matt is CEO and co-owner of Bellingham, Washington based All American Marine. AAM specializes in the construction of state-of-the-art high-speed low wake-wash aluminum catamarans, serving the passenger ferry industry.
Kathryn Quade
Kathryn Quade
A resident of Poulsbo for more than 20 years, Kathryn has been active in promoting her community both as a private citizen and elected official. Mayor of Poulsbo, Poulsbo City Councilperson and a member of Kitsap Transit’s Board of Commissioners for many years she has long been an advocate for sound transportation infrastructure including passenger only ferry service.
 
Len Roueche
Len Roueche
Len is the CEO of Interferry, an association representing the world wide ferry industry. Len was with British Columbia Ferries for 25 years serving as the Director of Strategic & Corporate Planning

Alice Tawresey

Alice Tawresey
A resident of Bainbridge Island for over 30 years, Alice Tawresey has led numerous ferry policy and planning study efforts. Former mayor of Bainbridge and former member of the Washington Transportation Commission, Alice is the chair of Washington State Ferries Tariff Policy Committee and the MTAK POF Program Council. She was the co-chair of the county-wide campaign initiative that proposed a public/private plan for passenger ferry service to Seattle.
 
Sonny Woodward
Sonny Woodward
Sonny Woodward has lived in North Kitsap County for nearly 50 years. After 25 years of building homes in and around North Kitsap he joined John L Scott in 1990 specializing in waterfront and view homes. A long time community activist Sonny is a board member of the Kingston Chamber of Commerce and a past member of the Kingston State Ferry Advisory Committee.
   
     

DOC = Director of Counsel

   

Updated August 25, 2010