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TTI Council Member, H. Thomas Kornegay

TTI Council Member: H. Thomas Kornegay

H. Thomas Kornegay was appointed Executive Director of the Port of Houston Authority in April, 1992. Before his appointment by the Port Commission, Kornegay served as the Port Authority's managing director for five years.

Kornegay has held numerous PHA positions since he first joined the Port Authority staff in April, 1972. He worked his way through the Port Authority ranks, serving in the engineering department for 15 years before being appointed as managing director.

Kornegay is a registered engineer in the state of Texas. He holds a master's degree in Architectural Engineering from Oklahoma State University and a bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Texas. He has completed several graduate-level finance and economics courses at the University of Houston. He was certified in 1998 by American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) as a Professional Port Manager.

In May 2003, Kornegay was elected first vice president of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH). His involvement in the organization over the years has also included election as the second vice president and membership on the executive committee. He represents IAPH as well as AAPA on the International Maritime Organization task force.

He has served as chairman of the board of the American Association of Port Authorities and chairman of the U.S. Delegation of AAPA. This association represents more than 140 public port authorities in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. Kornegay also served as president of the Gulf Ports Association.

Kornegay was appointed to serve on the executive committee of the Transportation Research Board, which is responsible for recommending transportation policy and programs to the National Research Council. He has served on the board of directors of the World Trade Division of the Greater Houston Partnership, as chairman of the Committee on Maritime Advanced Information Systems for the Marine Board of the National Research Council, and as chairman of the Visiting Committee for the College of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas.

He was appointed by the governor of Texas to serve as the state's representative on the Western Gulf of Mexico Regional Dredge Team and was also appointed to serve on the Rail Advisory Committee. Additionally, Kornegay has been elected as chairman of the advisory board for Ex-Im Bank in Washington, D C.

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