As its Annual Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting in Cincinnati on November 15, 2016, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) named Tim Parker, President of Parker Towing, as its Chairman of the Board. Parker succeeds Merritt Lane, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canal Barge Company.
Parker serves on the Board of Directors of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.; as Past Chairman of the Board of the Alabama State Port Authority; Past Member of the Inland Waterways Users Board; Past President and Certified Member of the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Transportation and Logistics; Past President of the Tennessee/Tombigbee Waterway Development Council; and a past Board Member of Regions Bank of Tuscaloosa.