The Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots (OBMP) consists of three public members, three pilot members, and three shipping industry members. The Governor appoints each member of the Board, subject to approval by the State Senate and they may be reappointed.
Board Members
Leslie Goss, Chair - Public Member
Position Number: 7
Current Term: 5/3/2021-5/2/2025
Leslie worked at the federal level at US EPA and on boards and committees addressing land use, coastal zone and harbor management issues at the local level. She adopted Oregon as her home 20+ years ago and has served her children's school district raising significant funds, running bond measure and local option levy campaigns, and serving on several other committees as invited. She is an elected Commissioner for the Palatine Hill Water District, and on the Board at the Union Gospel Mission in Portland.
Carrie Banks, Vice Chair - Public Member
Position Number: 9
Current Term: 2/14/2024-2/13/2028
Carrie has a PhD from George Mason University, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and is currently a private investigator licensed in Oregon. She has served on several boards and is currently writing a book for young adults about domestic violence entitled “Talk About It".
John Bogaty - Public Member
Position Number: 1
Current Term: 6/5/2024-5/25/2026
Capt. George Wales - Pilot Member (Coos Bay)
Position Number: 4
Current Term: 6/1/2023-5/31/2027
As a Coos Bay pilot, George has been working in the maritime industry for over 30 years. He has served in the US Navy, and worked on commercial fishing boats, tugboats and tankers.
Capt. Chris Farrell - Pilot Member (Columbia River Bar)
Position Number: 2
Current Term: 12/19/2020-12/18/2024
Chris is a Columbia River Bar pilot. After graduating from California Maritime Academy, he worked on tankers, and then spent 22 years working on the largest fisheries ship in the US, working his way up to Master. He is a member of the Nautical Institute and the Council of American Master Mariners.
Capt. Mitch Allgower - Pilot Member (Columbia River)
Position Number: 3
Current Term: 4/26/2023-4/25/2027
Mitch graduated with a B.S. from California Maritime Academy and has over 36 years in the maritime industry. He has been a Columbia River Pilot since 2000. He has a reputation for safety, resolving problems, and improving customer satisfaction while balancing the needs of the State of Oregon.
Yuki Danese - Industry Member
Position Number: 6
Current Term: 3/1/2020-2/28/2025
Yuki was appointed to the Board in early 2021 as an industry member managing the logistics of grain cargoes to destinations around the world for the last ten years. She joined the shipping industry not long after graduating from the University of Oregon.
Ken Anderson - Industry Member
Position Number: 8
Current Term: 6/10/2022-6/9/2026
Ken has been involved in the Columbia River maritime industry for over 30 years. In his role as Dispatch Manager at Shaver Transportation, he manages a skilled team to provide excellent service to the maritime industry, pilots, crews, vendors, and internal contacts. He holds a B.A. in Economics with a Computer Science Minor from California State University, Sacramento.
Fred Myer - Industry Member
Position Number: 5
Current Term: 6/10/2022-6/9/2026
Fred has worked at the Port of Portland since 2014 as the Waterways Planner, Senior Manager, Marine Security, and is now the Terminal 6 Manager. In this capacity, he manages multimodal operations across three deep draft cargo and two auto carrier berths and a rail yard. He previously had 25 years in the Coast Guard in the Pacific Northwest, Washington D.C., New England and Texas.
All meetings are held at the Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon Street in Portland, unless otherwise noted.