b'MEMBER NEWS:SEAMUS MURPHY AppointedMEMBER NEWSWETA Executive DirectorT heSanFranciscoBayAreaWaterincludingamodernizationprogram.Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA)BoardofDirectorsMurphy will replace Nina Rannells, who earlier announcedthatithasappointedSeamusannounced her retirement as WETA executive Murphy as the agencys new executive director.director effective January 31, 2021. WETA, a Murphy will join the agency effective Januarypublic agency, has 15 direct employees and an 4, 2021. annual operating budget of nearly $50 million.Murphy will arrive at WETA after serving forIm honored to be selected to join the great the last five years as the Chief Communicationsteam at WETA, said Murphy. Nina RannellsSEAMUS MURPHY Officer for the San Mateo County (CA) Transithas accomplished so many amazing milestones District(District),whichoperatestransitinhertimehere,andshehasdeftlysteeredRannellshasbeenWETAsexecutive serviceswherehe.ledallcommunicationsWETAthroughtheincrediblechallengesdirector since 2009 and has a 30-year career functionsfortheagency.Priortothatfacing all public transit systems. Im lookinginBayAreatransportationincluding role,MurphyledgovernmentaffairsforforwardtocontinuingthateffortandImrolesattheMetropolitanTransportation theDistrict,wherehewasinstrumentalinexcitedaboutthegreatpotentialforfutureCommissionandGoldenGateBridge, securingsupportformajorinvestments,expanded ferry service throughout the region. HighwayandTransportationDistrict.HORNBLOWER Names KARI TARNOWSKI Senior VP of Marketing for American Queen Steamboat Company K ariTarnowskijoinedHornblowerWorkingcloselywithHornblowerGroupsrelations, customer insights, guest feedback, Group in November as its senior viceleadership,Tarnowskiwillberesponsibleloyaltyandretention,competitiveanalysis president of marketing for Americanfordevelopingandimplementingtheand partnership marketing. QueenSteamboatCompany.Tarnowskiorganizationsoverallmarketingstrategyjoinsthecompanyafterservingasviceincluding multi-channel customer demand president of marketing for Crystal Cruises.generation,brandpositioning,public 3513-HTC Tour BoatCOI 24 passengers + 2 crewFormerly Armstrong Marine USAKARI TARNOWSKIIm excited to join the Hornblower Group andleadthemarketingstrategybehind AmericanQueenSteamboatCompany andVictoryCruiseLinesasweprepare towelcomebackourcustomers,said Raising the Standards for Passenger Vessels Tarnowski.sales@brixmarine.com | (360) 457-5752 | www.brixmarine.comMEMBER NEWS 46 FOGHORN'