Port Chief Leaves for Convention Center
The executive director of the Port of Long Beach has announced that he is resigning to supervise the $80-million expansion of the Long Beach Convention Center.
Joseph F. Prevratil, who earned his reputation early in the decade by revamping the money-losing Queen Mary and Spruce Goose attractions before taking the port job a year ago, said Monday that the new position will take best advantage of his management skills.
“I’m a problem solver. I came to the Queen Mary and solved a big problem. I came to the port and solved some key issues here,” he said, citing reorganization of the port’s management.
Prevratil also served two years as president of the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.
The salary for Prevratil’s new job has not been finalized.
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