Tim Hill was elected in May of 2023 to the Port of Astoria 委员会. He was born in 1947 and raised in Pendleton, OR. Tim worked grade school through college at a family wheat farm until moving to Astoria in 1971 and enrolling at Clatsop Community College in a commercial fishing class. 课程结束后, Tim went to work on a 拖网船 and two years later became a half-owner of a 65ft. 拖网船. After six years of fishing off the coast of Oregon and Washington, Tim formed J&H Boatworks公司. in 1976 to begin a 40-year career in boatbuilding.
Tim served on the City of Astoria planning commission for a 4-year term in the late 1980s.
Tim met Debi in 1981 at the Pendleton Round-Up. They married in 1982 and have two grown children, 现在35岁和37岁, with their first grandchild due in October 2023. They have lived in their current home in Astoria for 40 years.
The Port of Astoria was, at times, a significant help to Tim’s business over the years. J&H acquired a sub-lease at Tongue Point from the Port in 2009 until Tim and Debi sold J&H Boatworks in 2016 and retired. 蒂姆说过, “The reason I ran for a position on the Port 委员会 is to be of some help to the Port. I foresee opportunities and good things forthcoming”.