LOS ANGELES—The Port of Long Beach is continuing to shake up it leadership. The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners this week named Suzanne Plezia chief harbor engineer and Tom Baldwin to director of program management. The Port of Long Beach has been strategically growing and perusing modernization efforts to retain its competitive edge globally.
“The appointments of Plezia and Baldwin come as the Port sees senior leadership retire. It's been expected that baby boomers will age and retire, and new appointments need to be made,” Lee Peterson of the Port of Long Beach, tells GlobeSt.com. “The previous occupants of those two offices retired in the last six months. Succession planning is important to the Port, throughout the ranks, as people naturally age and move toward retirement.”
Plezia and Baldwin are veterans at the Port of Long Beach and experienced engineers. Prior to the promotion, Plezia served as director of construction management, and is the first woman to hold her new title. She will help to execute all of the port's capital projects. Baldwin, who was formerly assistant director of program management, will oversee the port's capital improvement program. “Both Plezia and Baldwin have worked their way up the ranks here at the port, and have a great deal of expertise and experience in managing port projects,” adds Peterson. “There is no learning curve for these two engineers; they know the whole spectrum of Port projects, and they have demonstrated their abilities.”
As veterans at the port and leaders of the capital improvement projects, which have frequently made headlines in recent years, the two are tasked with helping carry the port into the new era. “They are both well aware of the Port's need to stay on schedule and on budget for projects big and small. Like their predecessors, the Port's Green Port Policy is second nature to them, they understand the need to protect the environment and reduce environmental impacts wherever possible,” says Peterson. “The Port is fortunate to have these two talented engineers on staff, and in leadership positions.”
LOS ANGELES—The Port of Long Beach is continuing to shake up it leadership. The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners this week named Suzanne Plezia chief harbor engineer and Tom Baldwin to director of program management. The Port of Long Beach has been strategically growing and perusing modernization efforts to retain its competitive edge globally.
“The appointments of Plezia and Baldwin come as the Port sees senior leadership retire. It's been expected that baby boomers will age and retire, and new appointments need to be made,” Lee Peterson of the Port of Long Beach, tells GlobeSt.com. “The previous occupants of those two offices retired in the last six months. Succession planning is important to the Port, throughout the ranks, as people naturally age and move toward retirement.”
Plezia and Baldwin are veterans at the Port of Long Beach and experienced engineers. Prior to the promotion, Plezia served as director of construction management, and is the first woman to hold her new title. She will help to execute all of the port's capital projects. Baldwin, who was formerly assistant director of program management, will oversee the port's capital improvement program. “Both Plezia and Baldwin have worked their way up the ranks here at the port, and have a great deal of expertise and experience in managing port projects,” adds Peterson. “There is no learning curve for these two engineers; they know the whole spectrum of Port projects, and they have demonstrated their abilities.”
As veterans at the port and leaders of the capital improvement projects, which have frequently made headlines in recent years, the two are tasked with helping carry the port into the new era. “They are both well aware of the Port's need to stay on schedule and on budget for projects big and small. Like their predecessors, the Port's Green Port Policy is second nature to them, they understand the need to protect the environment and reduce environmental impacts wherever possible,” says Peterson. “The Port is fortunate to have these two talented engineers on staff, and in leadership positions.”
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