Port Authority Board Selects Michael J. Stolarczyk as New President and CEO
A news conference with Michael J. Stolarczyk and members of the Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. at the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority offices, located at One Maritime Plaza.
Mr. Stolarczyk will begin his employment on April 1, 2009. “Mike has an impeccable background and brings a new perspective and the cohesive management skills and expertise that our board sought after in a new leader”, says William J. Carroll, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Chairman. “The opportunity that lies within the Port Authority is remarkable and the board expects Mike to not only embrace this but to create an environment of synergy among our staff, our partners and our community to allow us to capitalize on our past success and achieve a new level accomplishments.”
Michael Stolarczyk was most recently employed by Exel Inc., (www.exel.com) a contract logistics provider in the Americas with over 500 sites throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America. He resigned from his position as Senior Director, Business Development – Americas to take the position with the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.
In his role with Exel, Mr. Stolarczyk helped create client alligned solutions, from warehousing through to distribution. The bulk of his career was spent with the A.P. Moller Group (Maersk Line) where he served in various positions in the U.S. and spent five years managing their operations in Prague, Czech Republic. While in the Czech Republic he focused on public/private partnership projects in Eastern Europe and created an inland multimodal terminal that handles 150,000 loads per year.
He has experience in building strong organizations and driving growth and business development. He has a background in transportation, shipping and ocean transport and port operations and has experience with international and multimodal operations. Mr. Stolarczyk and his family will be relocating from Upper Arlington, Ohio