The Port of Bremerton has hired a former newspaper editor and school district communications director to be its new manager of Marketing and Communications.

Chris Case will begin her new position March 1, after most recently serving as the communications director for the North Kitsap School District for the past eight years.

“I’m truly excited by the challenges offered by the Port of Bremerton,” said Case, a Kingston resident. “It should be a great fit for me and for them.”

Case also served as editor of the North Kitsap Herald in Poulsbo, a Sound Publishing newspaper, for five years. She also co-owned a marketing public relations agency in Kitsap County for 10 years, and was director of communications for the Seattle School District.

“I am thrilled to be able to hire (Case) for our position. She is extremely qualified and is well respected in our community,” said Chief Executive Office Cary Bozeman. “She will be an outstanding member of the team at the Port of Bremerton. Her past work as the assistant creative director with the world famous advertising firm of J. Walter Thompson in Chicago will be of great support in marketing our marinas, our industrial park and our airport” said Cary Bozeman, CEO, Port of Bremerton.”