Don Esterbrook

Don Esterbrook is the deputy CEO leading the commercial and operations groups.

He has nearly 30 years of maritime industry experience, with 15 years in senior leadership.

Before joining the NWSA, Esterbrook spent the past three years as the Port of Tacoma’s chief operating officer and deputy CEO, where he oversaw the Port’s operations, maintenance, security, labor relations and asset management. He was hired by the Port of Tacoma in 2010 as the chief commercial officer, a new position created to more closely align the Port’s operations, commercial lines of business, and real estate and asset management.

Esterbrook’s past experience also includes 16 years with Orient Overseas Container Line, most recently as regional sales director for nine western states. His other OOCL roles included president and general manager of operations in the Philippines, director of business development for the company’s Cargo Smart organization and regional sales manager for the Pacific Northwest region.

He is on the board for the Tacoma Waterfront Association.

Esterbrook holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a computer science minor, from Pacific Lutheran University.