Two Division Directors Appointed at Port of Long Beach

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Jan. 8 approved the appointment of directors for the Port of Long Beach’s program management division and the newly created central procurement services division.

Monique Lebrun, who has served as the port’s assistant director of program management since December 2022, will become director of program management. She joined the port in September 2008 and has worked in several roles within the design and program management divisions. The program management division, part of the port’s engineering services bureau, oversees improvements to harbor, wharfs, terminals, railroads, bridges, roadways and utilities.

Terra Van Andel, the port’s streamlines project manager since 2022 within the finance division, will become the port’s first director of the central procurement services division, which was formed to standardize purchases and contracts across the Long Beach Harbor Department’s 19 divisions. The central procurement services division will centralize how external contracts and purchases are initiated, processed and executed in an effort to heighten consistency, transparency and efficiency.

Lebrun is a registered professional engineer and holds a Master of Science Degree in civil engineering from UC Berkeley and Bachelor of Science degrees in both civil engineering and architectural engineering from the University of Miami. Prior to joining the port, she worked as an engineer in the private sector for five years.

Van Andel joined the port’s finance division as the contract compliance manager in 2020 and has spent the past year assisting with the port’s transition to a centralized procurement system. She previously served two years as the business process improvement officer in the City of Long Beach Department of financial management after working 13 years in the city auditor’s office, where she rose to deputy city auditor. Van Andel earned Bachelor of Science degrees in both accounting and in management with an emphasis in leadership from Arkansas State University.

The appointments are effective Jan. 13.