For the past 13 years, business, labor, community organization and government leaders have attended the annual Maritime Industry Economic Forecast Breakfast at Pacific Marine Expo.

The Breakfast provides a tremendous opportunity to address the opportunities and challenges facing the region’s maritime and fishing industries. It also serves to showcase the important contribution of the King County maritime and fishing industries to the region’s economy and quality of life.

2024 was a record-setting year, with more than 300 industry leaders attending the Breakfast. This year's Breakfast is sold out!

WHEN and WHERE

7:30-10 a.m., on Friday, November 21, during Pacific Marine Expo at the Lumen Field Events Center. Your breakfast includes free admission to the West Coast’s largest commercial marine and fishing trade show. Please register for the Expo to ensure you have a free name badge for the Expo.

7:30 – 8 a.m. Registration. Networking and Coffee

8 – 9:30 a.m. Program

9:30 – 10 a.m. Registration. Networking and Coffee

To sponsor or buy your ticket, click here: 

Gold Sponsorship - $1,000

10 tickets for a table at the breakfast with preferred table location, recognition by the breakfast emcee and company logo on the event PowerPoint presentation. Logo will also be in mailings to promote breakfast attendance. In addition, company logo on a full-page ad in Pacific Marine Expo program; on a banner in the Pacific Marine Expo registration area; on the King County Maritime website; and, on the brochure distributed at the breakfast. (Additional tables are available for $900).

Silver Sponsorship - $500

5 tickets for the breakfast with preferred seating, recognition by the breakfast emcee and company name on the event PowerPoint presentation. Logo will also be in mailings to promote breakfast attendance. In addition, company name on the brochure distributed at the breakfast and your logo on the King County Maritime website.

General Admission Tickets - $95 Total  with Sales Tax: $104.83

As of October 1, 2025, state law requires us to collect sales tax on all live presentations. Sales tax is included in the total price.

2025 Agenda

Panel #1 The Future of North Pacific Fisheries

Moderator: Heather Haugland, Past President, Seattle Propeller Club, and Vice President, McKinley Research Group

Jamie Goen, Executive Director, Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers and North Pacific Management Council

Dr. Craig Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers

Jon Kurland, Regional Administrator, Alaska Regional Office, NOAA

Julie Deicker, Director, Pacific Seafood Processors Association

Panel #2: The Forecast for Trade

Moderator: Port Commissioner Ryan Calkins 

Dr. Spencer Cohen, Founder and Principal, High Peak Strategy

Mike Jacob, President, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association

Lori Otto Punke, President, Washington Council on International Trade

Panel #3: The Outlook for Washington Shipyards

Joshua Berger, President/CEO, Washington Maritime Blue, “US shipyard capabilities for emerging technology” 

Dave Matsuda, Matsuda & Associates and America's Small Shipyard Grants Coalition

Lane Richards or Lacey Greene, Everett Ship Repair/Nichols Bros. Boat Builders

Anna Stebbins, Lake Union Drydock

Caitlin Hardy, Ness-Sea Consulting

Program Participants:

Andy Gregory, Vice President, Seattle Propeller Club and Port of Seattle

Heather Haugland, Past President, Seattle Propeller Club, and Vice President, McKinley Research Group

Lauren Streeter, Pacific Marine Expo Show Director

Eugene Wasserman, President, North Seattle Industrial Association and King County Maritime

Toshiko Grace Hasegawa, President, Port of Seattle Commission 

Table Hosts and Sponsors 

It was a record breaker and an extraordinary celebration of the health and vitality of the region’s maritime and fishing industry

With more than 300 industry leaders in attendance, nearly 30 event, this year’s Maritime Industry Forecast Breakfast the Lumen Field Events Center was the best ever.

For the past 12 years, business, labor, community organization and government leaders have attended the Forecast Breakfast, which provides a tremendous opportunity to address the opportunities and challenges facing the region’s maritime and fishing industries. It also serves to showcase the important contribution of the King County maritime and fishing industries to the region’s economy and quality of life.

This year’s program feature:

Port of Seattle Update

Steve Metruck

Port of Seattle

Executive Director

U.S Coast Guard Update

Vice Admiral Thomas G. Allan Jr.

Deputy Commandant for Mission Support

Maritime Innovation

Joshua Berger

Washington Maritime Blue

Founder & President/CEO

Selena Elmer

Aspen Institute Energy and Environment

Assistant Director & Chief of Staff, Ocean & Climate

Washington Ferries Update

Steve Nevey

Washington State Ferries

Director

The Next Generation: Workforce Development

Jamila Gordon

Maritime High School

Principal

Program Participants

Heather Haugland, President, Seattle Propeller Club, and Vice President, McKinley Research Group

Lauren Streeter, Show Director, Pacific Marine Expo

Eugene Wasserman, President, North Seattle Industrial Association and King County Maritime

Special thanks to all our amazing sponsors – see below.

It was a record breaker and an extraordinary celebration of the health and vitality of the region’s maritime and fishing industry.

With more than 300 industry leaders in attendance, nearly 30 event sponsors and a presentation on the new Washington Maritime Federation Economic Impact Study, this year’s Maritime Industry Forecast Breakfast the Lumen Field Events Center was the best ever.

For the past 11 years, business, labor, community organization and government leaders have attended the Forecast Breakfast, which provides a tremendous opportunity to address the opportunities and challenges facing the region’s maritime and fishing industries. It also serves to showcase the important contribution of the King County maritime and fishing industries to the region’s economy and quality of life.

This year’s program featured:

Why Washington Maritime Works:

Economic Impact of Washington’s Maritime Industry

Chad See, Washington Maritime Federation

Heather Haugland, McKinley Research Group

Maritime Innovation

Port of Seattle Commissioner Hamdi Mohamed

Joshua Berger, Founder & President/CEO, Washington Maritime Blue

Maritime Transportation

Jon Burdick, President/CEO, Lynden

Washington State Maritime Update

Rep. Julia Reed

Workforce Development Panel

Facilitator: Tiffany Sevilla, Port of Seattle

Jamila Gordon, Maritime High School Principal

Davena Grayson, Evergreen Goodwill

Tuuli Snow, Snow & Company

Program Participants

Tosca Pinder, USI Insurance and Past President, Seattle Propeller Club

Eugene Wasserman, President, North Seattle Industrial Association

Bob Callahan, Pacific Marine Expo Show Director

Special thanks to all our amazing sponsors – see below.

Here is a link to the Economic Impact of Washington's Maritime Inudstry study.

Here is a link to the PowerPoint presentations.

With over 270 industry leaders in attendance, the 10th Annual Maritime Economic Forecast Breakfast at Pacific Marine Expo was a tremendous success.

For the past 10 years, business, labor, community organization and government leaders have attended the annual Maritime Industry Economic Forecast Breakfast. The breakfast provides a tremendous opportunity to address the opportunities and challenges facing the region’s maritime and fishing industries. It also serves to showcase the important contribution of the King County maritime and fishing industries to the region’s economy and quality of life. 

Special thanks to our speakers for an incredible program:

U.S. Coast Guard Update - Vice Admiral Paul Thomas, Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, Washington, 

D.C.

Fishing - Andy Wink · Executive Director, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association

Shipping - John Wolfe, NW Seaport Alliance, Dustin Stoker, President, Husky Terminal and Stevedoring and Dana Brand, General Manager, SSA Marine in a discussion.

Port of Seattle Update - Commission President Ryan Calkins

Workforce Development - Washington State Maritime Workforce Development Plan: Ann Avary, Director, Center of Excellence for Marine Manufacturing & Technology

Program Participants

Tosca Pinder, President, Seattle Propeller Club

Eugene Wasserman, President, North Seattle Industrial Association

Eleanor Kirtley, Senior Program Manager, Green Marine

Heather Haugland, Senior Consultant, McKinley Research Group

Bob Callahan, Pacific Marine Expo Show Director