Bill Kron was elected president of the Port Authority's Board of Commissioners for the 2007 fiscal year. He was originally appointed to the Port Authority's Board of Commissioners by the St. Louis County Commission in January 1992. His present term expires in December 2011. Kron has served as a St. Louis County Board since 1977. He has functioned as the chairman of various committees within that board over the years, gaining invaluable experience in sailing the often turbulent waters of local politics. Kron's background includes experience in the U.S. Navy, steel plant worker, schoolteacher and small business operator. He has a bachelor of science degree from the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Kron can be contacted at:

St. Louis County Commission
100 N. 5^th Ave. W.
Duluth, MN 55802
phone 218-726-2450, fax 218-726-2469

Steve Raukar was elected vice president of the Port Authority's Board of Commissioners for the fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. He was appointed to the Port Authority's Board of Commissioners in January 1998 by the St. Louis County Board. His term expires in December 2009. Raukar is a St. Louis County Commissioner, originally elected to the County Board's Seventh District in 1989. He has served as chair in 1994, 2000, and 2004, and serves on numerous additional committees, boards and commissions. He is currently chair of the St. Louis County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, the St. Louis and Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority, and the Northeast Waste Advisory Committee. A native of Hibbing, Raukar is a 1974 graduate of St. Cloud State University. His professional background includes eight years in advertising at the Hibbing Daily Tribune, an art and photography teacher in Nashwauk, Minn., and as a maintenance mechanic apprentice at National Steel in the taconite mining industry. He also worked in the information office of then-Lieutenant Governor Rudy Perpich and as liaison to the Minnesota State Arts Board and Bicentennial Commission. He began his elected public service in 1983, serving six years on the Hibbing School Board.

Raukar can be contacted at:

214 Courthouse
1810 12th Ave. E.
Hibbing, MN 55746
phone 218-262-0201
fax 218-262-0203

email: raukars@co.st-louis.mn.us

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Janet E. Nelson was elected secretary of the Port Authority's Board of Commissioners for the 2007 fiscal year. Originally appointed to the board by the Duluth City Council in May 1994, her present term expires in October 2008. Nelson is president of Local 2980, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and a national executive board member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. She was a founding member of the Arrowhead Chapter of the Coalition and served as its first president. She is a native of Duluth and is employed by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture in St. Paul.

Nelson can be contacted at:

805 Hamilton Drive
Duluth, MN 55811

Thomas A. Clure, the son of the namesake of Duluth's Clure Public Marine Terminal, was appointed a Duluth Seaway Port Authority Commissioner by the Duluth City Council in June 2001. He was elected treasurer of the Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners for the 2007 fiscal year. Clure is an attorney practicing law with the Johnson Killen & Seiler, P.A., law firm. He practices in admiralty law as well as in corporate and business law and real estate development and financing. He has been licensed in Minnesota since 1963 and in Wisconsin since 1987. He is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. He served as the past president and board member of the Lake Superior Marine Museum and currently serves on the board of directors of Duluth's Pioneer National Bank and the board of directors of GPM Inc.

Clure can be contacted at:

Johnson, Killen & Seiler Law Firm
230 West Superior Street, Ste. 800
Duluth, MN 55802
Phone (218) 722-6331

e-mail: tclure@duluthlaw.com

Cal Larson was appointed to a six-year term as a Duluth Seaway Port Authority commissioner by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty in November, 2003. Larson, who began his legislative service in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1966, was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1986, where he served until 2006. A native of Fergus Falls, Minn., Larson received a B.A. degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He is former president of the Fergus Falls Rotary Club and former chair of the Concordia College Board of Regents. Larson and his wife, Loretta, reside in Fergus Falls.

Larson can be contacted at:

e-mail: larson55@prtel.com

3509 Maxwell Ave.
Duluth, MN 55803
Phone: (218) 724-5252

e-mail: rtklos@chartermi.net

PDI Personnel Decisions International, Minneapolis, Minn., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Lowell Hellervik, Ph.D., was in April 2007 appointed a Duluth Seaway Port Authority Commissioner by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.

Hellervik began his career at PDI in 1967, was named President in 1975, and became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in 1989. A professional Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, Hellervik devotes his energy to succession consulting, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness consulting. His work involves helping executives clarify objectives for organizational change, then designing and executing a process to achieve their objectives.

Hellervik completed his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, where he is currently on the adjunct staff as a Clinical Associate Professor. He and PDI have also endowed several academic chairs at the U of M.

In addition to his multiple professional contributions, Hellervik is an entrepreneur and business leader. Under his direction, PDI has grown from a small, local consulting firm to a premier, international consulting firm with 30 operating offices around the world.