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Marketing and Customer Relations Bureau

The Marketing and Customer Relations Bureau, overseen by Deputy Executive Director Mike DiBernardo, includes Cargo Marketing, Cargo and Industrial Real Estate, Environmental Management, Goods Movement, Planning and Strategy, Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate, and Wharfingers.

Michael DiBernardo

Deputy Executive Director, Marketing and Customer Relations

Eric Caris

Director of Cargo Marketing

Kerry Cartwright

Director of Goods Movement

Michael Galvin

Director of Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate

Marisa Katnich

Director of Cargo and Industrial Real Estate

Michael DiBernardo

Deputy Executive Director, Marketing and Customer Relations

The Deputy Executive Director of Marketing and Customer Relations oversees Cargo Marketing, Cargo and Industrial Real Estate, Environmental Management, Goods Movement, Planning and Strategy, Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate, and Wharfingers.
 
Administrative Support: LaCarol Black, Executive Assistant
 
 

DiBernardo's Bio

X

Eric Caris

Director of Cargo Marketing

Cargo Marketing is responsible for developing new business, retaining current business and serving as the direct link to customers, providing superior customer service.
 
 

Caris' Bio

X

Kerry Cartwright

Director of Goods Movement

Goods Movement is responsible for all Port transportation engineering/planning; including the planning, conceptual design, and programming (grants) of all multimodal infrastructure.
 

Cartwright's Bio

X

Michael Galvin

Director of Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate

Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate includes the Port's retail, dining and entertainment space, cruise terminals, marinas, and the LA Waterfront.
 
 

Galvin's Bio

X

Marisa Katnich

Director of Cargo and Industrial Real Estate

Cargo and Industrial Real Estate oversees all Port cargo-handling facilities (automobile, breakbulk, container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, maritime support, and warehouse), including leasing, property and asset management, and land acquisitions and dispositions.
 

Kantich's Bio

X

Michael Keenan

Director of Planning and Strategy

Damien Young

Director of Wharfinger Operations

Lisa Wunder

Acting Director of Environmental Managment

Michael Keenan

Director of Planning and Strategy

Planning and Strategy prepares and maintains the Port Master Plan, guiding the future development of the Port consistent with the California Coastal Act, and manages the application process for permits involving the development or use of Port property.
 
 

Keenan's Bio

X

Damien Young

Director of Wharfinger Operations

Wharfinger (pronounced war-fin-jer) is an industry term for the keeper or owner of a wharf, similar to a harbormaster. Wharfingers are responsible for the day-to-day activities at cargo terminals and serve as agents for Port customers.
 
 

Young's Bio

X

Lisa Wunder

Acting Director of Environmental Managment

Environmental Management ensures the Port remains on the forefront of sustainability and environmental change throughout the maritime industry and across the global supply chain, playing an active, leading role in collaborating with ports and other stakeholders worldwide on strategies to reduce the environmental impacts from shipping.
 

Wunder's Bio

X

Michael DiBernardo

Deputy Executive Director, Marketing and Customer Relations

Eric Caris

Director of Cargo Marketing

Michael DiBernardo

Deputy Executive Director, Marketing and Customer Relations

The Deputy Executive Director of Marketing and Customer Relations oversees Cargo Marketing, Cargo and Industrial Real Estate, Environmental Management, Goods Movement, Planning and Strategy, Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate, and Wharfingers.
 
Administrative Support: LaCarol Black, Executive Assistant
 
 

DiBernardo's Bio

X

Eric Caris

Director of Cargo Marketing

Cargo Marketing is responsible for developing new business, retaining current business and serving as the direct link to customers, providing superior customer service.
 
 

Caris' Bio

X

Kerry Cartwright

Director of Goods Movement

Michael Galvin

Director of Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate

Kerry Cartwright

Director of Goods Movement

Goods Movement is responsible for all Port transportation engineering/planning; including the planning, conceptual design, and programming (grants) of all multimodal infrastructure.
 

Cartwright's Bio

X

Michael Galvin

Director of Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate

Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate includes the Port's retail, dining and entertainment space, cruise terminals, marinas, and the LA Waterfront.
 
 

Galvin's Bio

X

Marisa Katnich

Director of Cargo and Industrial Real Estate

Michael Keenan

Director of Planning and Strategy

Marisa Katnich

Director of Cargo and Industrial Real Estate

Cargo and Industrial Real Estate oversees all Port cargo-handling facilities (automobile, breakbulk, container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, maritime support, and warehouse), including leasing, property and asset management, and land acquisitions and dispositions.
 

Kantich's Bio

X

Michael Keenan

Director of Planning and Strategy

Planning and Strategy prepares and maintains the Port Master Plan, guiding the future development of the Port consistent with the California Coastal Act, and manages the application process for permits involving the development or use of Port property.
 
 

Keenan's Bio

X

Damien Young

Director of Wharfinger Operations

Lisa Wunder

Acting Director of Environmental Managment

Damien Young

Director of Wharfinger Operations

Wharfinger (pronounced war-fin-jer) is an industry term for the keeper or owner of a wharf, similar to a harbormaster. Wharfingers are responsible for the day-to-day activities at cargo terminals and serve as agents for Port customers.
 
 

Young's Bio

X

Lisa Wunder

Acting Director of Environmental Managment

Environmental Management ensures the Port remains on the forefront of sustainability and environmental change throughout the maritime industry and across the global supply chain, playing an active, leading role in collaborating with ports and other stakeholders worldwide on strategies to reduce the environmental impacts from shipping.
 

Wunder's Bio

X

Michael DiBernardo

Deputy Executive Director, Marketing and Customer Relations

Michael DiBernardo

Deputy Executive Director, Marketing and Customer Relations

The Deputy Executive Director of Marketing and Customer Relations oversees Cargo Marketing, Cargo and Industrial Real Estate, Environmental Management, Goods Movement, Planning and Strategy, Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate, and Wharfingers.
 
Administrative Support: LaCarol Black, Executive Assistant
 
 

DiBernardo's Bio

X

Eric Caris

Director of Cargo Marketing

Eric Caris

Director of Cargo Marketing

Cargo Marketing is responsible for developing new business, retaining current business and serving as the direct link to customers, providing superior customer service.
 
 

Caris' Bio

X

Kerry Cartwright

Director of Goods Movement

Kerry Cartwright

Director of Goods Movement

Goods Movement is responsible for all Port transportation engineering/planning; including the planning, conceptual design, and programming (grants) of all multimodal infrastructure.
 

Cartwright's Bio

X

Michael Galvin

Director of Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate

Michael Galvin

Director of Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate

Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate includes the Port's retail, dining and entertainment space, cruise terminals, marinas, and the LA Waterfront.
 
 

Galvin's Bio

X

Marisa Katnich

Director of Cargo and Industrial Real Estate

Marisa Katnich

Director of Cargo and Industrial Real Estate

Cargo and Industrial Real Estate oversees all Port cargo-handling facilities (automobile, breakbulk, container, dry bulk, liquid bulk, maritime support, and warehouse), including leasing, property and asset management, and land acquisitions and dispositions.
 

Kantich's Bio

X

Michael Keenan

Director of Planning and Strategy

Michael Keenan

Director of Planning and Strategy

Planning and Strategy prepares and maintains the Port Master Plan, guiding the future development of the Port consistent with the California Coastal Act, and manages the application process for permits involving the development or use of Port property.
 
 

Keenan's Bio

X

Damien Young

Director of Wharfinger Operations

Damien Young

Director of Wharfinger Operations

Wharfinger (pronounced war-fin-jer) is an industry term for the keeper or owner of a wharf, similar to a harbormaster. Wharfingers are responsible for the day-to-day activities at cargo terminals and serve as agents for Port customers.
 
 

Young's Bio

X

Lisa Wunder

Acting Director of Environmental Managment

Lisa Wunder

Acting Director of Environmental Managment

Environmental Management ensures the Port remains on the forefront of sustainability and environmental change throughout the maritime industry and across the global supply chain, playing an active, leading role in collaborating with ports and other stakeholders worldwide on strategies to reduce the environmental impacts from shipping.
 

Wunder's Bio

X