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INLAND WAT INLAND WATERWAYS

ZEAZEA

AT THE HELM

Checking in with Waterways Council,

Inc.’s new president and CEO

Tracy R. Zea

By Greg Trauthwein

To start, give us some insight on your background What are your top priorities as you begin your new and how you came to lead WCI. role at WCI?

I was born and raised in Chandler, Ariz., and attended To continue achieving legislative victories that will ad-

South Dakota State University, receiving a degree in Po- vance the modernization of the inland waterways system. litical Science. After college, I found my way to Wash- There has been signi