For Immediate Release:
October 13, 2005
Senator Leftwich Elected to International Post
State Senator Debbie Leftwich has been named the new Secretary
of North America’s SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc., a non-profit
organization dedicated to developing the world’s first international,
integrated and secure, multi-modal transportation system along the International
Mid-Continent Trade Corridor.
The corridor, which extends from Mexico to Canada, runs through Oklahoma
along Interstate 35 to improve both the trade competitiveness and quality
of life in North America.
Senator Leftwich’s late husband, Senator Keith Leftwich, was instrumental
in the creation of NASCO.
“Developing this corridor will create future economic growth in
South Oklahoma City and throughout Oklahoma. My husband was among the
first to recognize the enormous economic impact the trade corridor could
have on our state and I’m proud to continue the work that he began,”
said Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City.
The NASCO Corridor directly impacts the continental trade flow in North
America. Membership includes public and private sector entities along
the Corridor in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Kansas City attorney George Blackwood will lead NASCO as the new President.
Manitoba’s Deputy Minister of Transportation and Governmental
Services Andrew Horosko will continue serving as the NASCO Regional
Vice President of Canada. Webb County, Texas, Commissioner Jerry Garza
will be the Regional Vice President of the United States for NASCO.
Captain Hector Mora Gomez, Port Director of the Port of Manzanillo,
Mexico, will serve as NASCO’s Regional Vice President of Mexico.
Dale Vander Schaaf, of the Iowa Department of Transportation, will remain
the organization’s Treasurer.
The North American Inland Port Network (NAIPN), a sub-committee of NASCO,
has been tasked with developing an active inland port network along
our corridor to specifically alleviate congestion at maritime ports
and our nation’s borders. The NAIPN envisions an integrated, efficient
and secure network of inland ports specializing in the transportation
of containerized cargo in North America. The main guiding principal
of the NAIPN is to develop logistics systems that enhance global security,
but at the same time do not impede the cost-effective and efficient
flow of goods.