Port of Seattle Hires Nora Huey as Procurement Chief

The Port of Seattle has appointed Nora Huey, a local attorney, as head of its new central procurement office. The position is a new one, created in the wake of a highly critical performance audit conducted on the Port’s construction management and contracting practices by the Washington State Auditor’s Office in December 2007.

Huey, who previously worked for King County as a supervisor over the county’s public works and professional services contracts, has also been very involved in broader industry wide issues in the State. She has served as the representative of counties on the Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB), and chaired CPARB’s Industry-Wide Subcommittee. As chair of the subcommittee, she has been influential in helping bring contractors and government agencies together in trying to craft a legislative solution to the Washington State Supreme Court ruling in the Mike M. Johnson cases.

Huey begins her new position at the Port on June 30^th, meeting the Port’s self-imposed deadline of when they intended to have the new central procurement office up and running.

Click here to read the Port's news release on the appointment.