July 11, 2024

Port of Everett

Liard

The Port of Everett has hired Monique Liard as its new chief administrative & financial officer. This role manages the port's $83 million operating and capital budget, while also overseeing all financial, risk management, purchasing, and information technology functions of the port. Liard will also advance port priorities across all business lines and direct staff implementation of services, policies, procedures and programs. She will also serve as the Port Commission-appointed auditor and treasurer. Liard brings 18 years of experience as a chief financial officer. Prior to joining the port, she served as the CFO for the Spokane Transit Authority. She also held the CFO role for NxEdge, Shape Technologies Group, Caterpillar's Energy Solutions Group, as well as a consulting CFO for CFO Selections. Throughout her tenure, Liard has overseen local and global teams. Liard earned her bachelor's degree in business administration with concentrations in finance and accounting from the University of Wisconsin. She is a certified public accountant in Washington state. Liard replaces the port's former CFO Eric Russell, who retired in March. Other recent Port leadership hires tied to retirements and transitions include Cassidy Follins, the port's new grants compliance manager and Barb Hackmann, the port's new human resources manager. Follins ensures the port's compliance with grant and loan requirements and reviews construction-in-progress for various projects. Before joining the port, Follins worked for the Seattle-based National Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian ad Litem Association for Children, and the Pacific Science Center. Hackmann develops and administers the port's human resources and employee benefits programs to recruit, hire and retain employees. She previously worked at the Seattle Mariners and the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett.