The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Jan. 13
voted to officially promote former Director of Environmental Planning Rick
Cameron to the position of Managing Director of Environmental Affairs and
Planning, effective Jan. 25.
Cameron had been serving as Acting Managing Director of
Environmental Affairs and Planning since July 2013, when then-Managing Director
Bob Kanter retired. Cameron had been the port’s Director of Environmental
Planning since 2007; he originally joined the port in 1996 as an environmental
specialist.
“Rick Cameron has been very instrumental in designing and building
the signature programs that have made the Port of Long Beach a leader in
environmental stewardship,” Harbor Commission President Doug Drummond said.
“He’s the right choice.”
In his new role, Cameron will oversee a bureau that includes
41 jobs in the Environmental Planning, Transportation Planning and Master
Planning divisions. Long Beach’s Environmental Affairs and Planning Bureau is
tasked with improving the environment in and around the port and is responsible
for analyzing proposed construction, obtaining funding for transportation
improvements, studying job creation and economic impacts and advancing clean
technologies.
The bureau also coordinates programs to improve air, water
and soil quality, preserve wildlife habitat and integrate sustainability into
port practices.
