The Tulsa Port of Catoosa is managed by a professional on-site staff, readily available to assist industrial prospects and waterway users with issues such as facility planning, financing and transportation packaging. If you have a question concerning Port business, contact the individual via e-mail, or call (918) 266-2291.

	Robert W. Portiss Port Director bob@tulsaport.com Bob Portiss has served as port director for the Tulsa Port of Catoosa for more than 20 years, having been promoted to the position on July 1, 1984. He reports directly to the City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority board. In addition to managing the day-to-day activities of the Port and the Port's 2,000-acre industrial park, he is also the general manager of the Tulsa's Port of Catoosa Facilities Authority-the Port's financing agency. Portiss graduated from North Dakota State University with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in economics. While in graduate school, he worked as a research assistant for the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute where he completed and published two transportation studies. After graduation, Portiss went to work as director of projects for the Kiamichi Economic Development District in Wilburton, Oklahoma. Shortly thereafter, he was hired by the Tulsa Port of Catoosa as manager of traffic and sales. Portiss left the Port in 1974 to become vice president of Landmark Land Company’s Arizona properties in Clarkdale, Arizona. He then moved to Louisiana, where he was named Landmark’s general manager of commercial and industrial properties in and around LaPlace, Louisiana. In 1977, Portiss returned to the Tulsa Port of Catoosa to resume his former position as manager of traffic and sales. He was soon promoted to director of marketing and transportation and then to deputy port director. In 1984, he was appointed port director – a position he has held ever since. Portiss’s waterway affiliations include the National Waterways Conference, for which he served five terms as chairman, and the Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operator's Association, for which he served three terms as president. He is currently first vice president of the Arkansas Basin Development Association, a five-state water resource organization and also serves on the National Marine Board representing the Inland Waterway System. He previously served five terms as chairman of the Inland Waterway Committee of the National Transportation Research Board. Portiss is a graduate of the American Economic/Industrial Development Institute, University of Oklahoma, where he earned his designation as a Certified Economic Developer (C.E.D.).
	David L. Yarbrough Deputy Director and Operations Manager david@tulsaport.com David L. Yarbrough, P.E., joined the staff of the Tulsa Port of Catoosa as manager of operations in 2006. He was promoted to Deputy Director and Operations Manager in November, 2008. Yarbrough graduated from Oklahoma State University with a B.S. degree in civil engineering. He is a licensed and registered professional engineer with 13 years of experience. He is responsible for all major construction on the Port.
	Rhonda Watkins Manager of Accounting rhonda@tulsaport.com Rhonda Watkins is responsible for developing, implementing and administering operations of the general accounting, budget and cost systems, providing timely and accurate reports and data analyses, and insuring the successful operation of the electronic data processing systems. She also supervises the activities of the accounting clerk. Watkins has worked more than 10 years in the Port's accounting department with responsibilities for accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial reports and payroll. She holds an Associate of Arts Degree from Rogers University and a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Langston University.