Rob Fix, chief financial officer for the Port of Bellingham, will serve as interim executive director for the port when current executive Charlie Sheldon steps down from the position on April 30.

Fix will serve until a new permanent executive director is hired, according to an April 4 port press release. He was appointed by the port’s board of commissioners during an April 3 meeting, the same day Sheldon resigned the position.

[More on Sheldon’s resignation here.]

Commissioners also appointed port Controller Tamara Sobjack as interim auditor.