Women on the Waterfront: Ava Karr
Ava Karr is a seaplane pilot for Kemore Air, and she loves her job because anywhere with enough water is a runway for exploration.
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Women on the Waterfront: Michele Allen
Michele Allen is ready to retire and move somewhere warm. Until then, she’s getting people where they need to go and passing on her knowledge.
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Women on the Waterfront: Deb Dempsey
Deb Dempsey is the first woman to attend a maritime academy, to guide ships over the Columbia Bar, and has been braving new waters for women for decades.
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Women on the Waterfront: Courtney Hart
Meet Courtney Hart: the crustacean program manager for the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. Her work is—in a word—complicated.
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Women on the Waterfront: Thea Foss
“I desired to be an American like everyone, but how proud I am now of having Norwegian ancestry of the first generation in this country,
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Women on the Waterfront: Anita Luvera Mayer
It’s the 1940s and you’re the cook aboard an eight-person purse seine fishing crew going out for six-day expeditions in Puget Sound. How do you get
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Women on the Waterfront: Clare Petrich
Meet Clare Petrich: dock owner, international envoy, and former Port of Tacoma Commissioner. Clare’s strong connections to her Croatian family history, passion for international dialogue,
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Women on the Waterfront: Beth Adams
Beth Adams is one of the chief engineers of the M/V Puyallup—one of Washington State’s iconic green and white ferries. A “Jumbo Mark II” Class ferry, the Puyallup weighs 6,000 tons, and can carry more than 200 cars and 2000 passengers every trip. Beth is responsible for ensuring the Puyallup can keep on sailing.
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Women on the Waterfront: Katrina Anderson
Meet Captain Katrina Anderson of the tugboat Wedell Foss. A fourth-generation tugboater, she brings huge ships in and out of ports across the Puget Sound, and is one of the only women who captain these important ships.
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Women on the Waterfront: Cathy Wade
Meet fish-tender and self-proclaimed “Boat Mom” Cathy Wade and learn about her 50+ years of maritime experience fishing between Bellingham and Alaska aboard the ferry-turned-fishing boat Chief Kwina.
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