Chett Chiasson

Chett Chiasson is the Executive Director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC), which runs Port Fourchon and the South Lafourche Leonard Miller, Jr. Airport.

His experience includes the marketing and leasing of port and airport properties as well as grant writing, management, and disaster recovery. His battle-tested leadership saw Port Fourchon through the aftermath of a direct hit from 2021’s Hurricane Ida, highlighting the port’s resilience and strength by opening for business within nine days of landfall. Chett has played a leadership role in working to protect Port Fourchon and Louisiana’s surrounding coast while also stressing the importance of servicing the ever-expanding energy industry for local, state, and national economies and U.S. energy security. 

As Vice-Chair for the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), President of the Gulf Ports Association, member of the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Task Force, and member of the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission, he advocates for ports and port-forward policy on state and national levels. Chett has testified before U.S. Congress regarding the economic importance of Port Fourchon and the energy industry, and he has illustrated how, in Port Fourchon, industry and environment can and do coexist successfully. He continues to champion that message, working diligently to make Port Fourchon a leading example of responsible development, making the best of its abundant natural resources and planning for the greater good of both business and environment.