The Port of Long Beach has elected Harbor Commissioner, Bonnie Lowenthal, as the President of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, with Frank Colonna as Vice President and Steven Neal as the secretary.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners is a five-person board that oversees the Port of Long Beach. Both Lowenthal and Colonna are set to serve one-year terms.
Each July, Commissioners select a President and two Board Officers to serve one-year terms. The Commission’s new officers will begin their terms on 5 August, when outgoing Commission President Bobby Olvera Jr. will hand the gavel to Lowenthal at the Board’s meeting that day.
Lowenthal was previously President from 2019-20 and is currently serving as Vice President.
She has served Long Beach in a public role for decades, first as a Long Beach Unified School District Board member, then as a City Councilwoman and Vice Mayor and as a state Assembly member. Prior to her elected service, she worked as a licensed family Counselor and mental health Consultant.
“It is an honour to be elected and serve as President of the Long Beach Harbor Commission,” Lowenthal said.
“I look forward to working with my fellow commissioners as we build a port to better serve the residents of Southern California in the decades to come and continue to pursue our trailblazing environmental programmes, innovative capital improvements and our ongoing investment in workforce development.”
READ: Port of Long Beach records strongest June TEU volumes
Under the City Charter, the Board sets policy for the port and directs the port’s Chief Executive Officer, who leads about 550 employees in developing and promoting the Port of Long Beach. Members are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.
Additionally, last week, the Port of Long Beach reported that the “America’s Green Gateway” – the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility – will enhance on-dock rail capacity at the port’s shipping terminals.
