Port Everglades Director resigns, Chip LaMarca floated to replace him
After close to four years on the job, Port Everglades Director Jonathan Daniels is leaving one of the world’s busiest cruise homeports and cargo harbors in February.
One potential replacement for him is already being floated: Lighthouse Point state Rep. Chip LaMarca.
Daniels, who came on as Director in mid-2020, announced his pending departure last week in an email to Port Everglades employees (viewable below). He confirmed he accepted a new position, effective Feb. 5, with the Maryland Department of Transportation as executive director of Port Administration and the Port of Baltimore.
Margaret Stapleton, director of the Broward County Office of Public Communications, said the recruitment pr...