Mayor Cavalier Johnson has chosen Jackie Q. Carter to function Milwaukee’s Municipal Port Director, in response to a press launch.
In this place, Carter will direct business and leisure operations at Port Milwaukee, oversee a employees of twenty folks, and administer Foreign Trade Zone No. 41. The appointment is topic to Common Council approval.
A lifelong resident of Milwaukee, Carter has labored within the native non-profit and public sector for greater than 20 years. She most not too long ago served because the Finance & Administration Officer for Port Milwaukee, the place she supplied oversight of all Port enterprise operations, together with its monetary, human useful resource, and administrative capabilities. She has been integral in serving to to form the division’s strategic planning and grant funding efforts.
Upon affirmation, Carter will turn into the primary girl, and the primary Black particular person to function Director of Port Milwaukee. She will even be the one Black particular person to function director of a port authority within the State of Wisconsin.
“I am honored to select Jackie Q. Carter for this historic appointment to lead Milwaukee’s port,” Mayor Cavalier Johnson mentioned. “After listening to applicants with expertise from around the world, Jackie is simply the best choice to carry out the Port’s mission of promoting commerce and supporting the local economy. I am confident Jackie will accelerate the excellent work underway at Port Milwaukee.”
Carter earned a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Public Administration from Concordia University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Alverno College, with a double main in Business & Management and Professional Communication. She is a spouse, mom, and minister who performs an integral function in reshaping the non secular and socio-economic legacy of her household and group.
Carter succeeds former port director Adam Tindall-Schlicht, who was appointed the Administrator of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.