FuturePorts, which was founded in 2005 to help coalesce the port industry around the need to both grow the ports and to address the environmental, air quality, and quality of life issues that come with that growth, has announced its newest board members for the 2021 term, including Rachel Vandenberg, PE.
Vandenberg is a senior vice president and operating unit manager for Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, and sits in its Long Beach, California, office. With more than 30 years of experience, Vandenberg’s background includes strategic planning, engineering, and project management for transportation projects across multiple modes. She has spent her career working with ports, railroads, and transportation agencies across the U.S. including the Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Southern California Regional Rail Authority, Orange County Transportation Authority, Caltrans, and several private operators and railroads.
“Having committed my career to the ports and intermodal industry, I recognize the importance of FuturePorts’ purpose of ensuring a healthy economic and environmental future supporting green growth for southern California ports and their partners,” says Vandenberg. “I am thrilled to be given this opportunity and to serve alongside some of our industry’s most respected leaders.”
Vandenberg earned her master’s degree in real estate and finance from the Anderson School at the University of California (1991) and her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (1986). She has been published multiple times and has presented at events and conferences worldwide. Vandenberg is an active participant in a variety of professional organizations, including the American Association of Port Authorities, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, California Transportation Foundation, Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors, International Association of Ports and Harbors, National Waterways Conference, and WTS International.
