IMX Speaker – Paul Rohde

Paul Rohde is vice president of Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI), the Washington, D.C.-based national public policy organization advocating a well-maintained system of inland waterways infrastructure and ports. Rohde is based in St. Louis, Missouri, galvanizing the broad coalition of WCI members of carriers, shippers, manufacturers, agriculture  and organized labor, among others. He advances WCI’s goals through the formation of legislative strategy and policy issues, developing and executing a comprehensive public education campaign, initiating grassroots activism, media outreach and collaboration with state and local government and conservation groups.