LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Erica Calhoun, who has been serving as the Port of Los Angeles’ interim deputy executive director of Harbor Administration since May, will take on the roll in an official capacity, the port announced Thursday.
Calhoun will be responsible for the planning, direction and management of several key divisions at the port, and will oversee human resources for nearly 900 employees. She will also be responsible for risk management, contracts and purchasing.
In the absence of the port’s executive director, Gene Seroka, she will serve as acting executive director of the city’s Harbor Department.
“Erica is an incredibly talented professional and valuable member of our Harbor Department team,” Seroka said in a statement. “Her dedication, leadership and hard work over the past two decades with the city of Los Angeles have paved the way for this new role, a well-earned and deserving promotion. I couldn’t be more excited for her.”
Calhoun first joined the port in 2012 as a senior management analyst in the grants unit, where she identified and managed grant funding opportunities. She joined the port’s executive office in December of that same year, and in 2015, was appointed chief of staff to the executive director, the first African American woman to hold that position at the department.
With more than 23 years of service with the city, Calhoun previously served as assistant officer in charge in the Los Angeles Police Department’s budget section where she aided in the preparation, dissemination and management of the LAPD’s $1.3 billion adopted budget.
Her tenure also included serving in a civilian oversight capacity in the Los Angeles Police Commission’s Office of the Inspector General and as a grants manager with the L.A. Housing Department.
Calhoun obtained an undergraduate degree in Spanish language and literature from UC Berkeley, and a master of science degree in public administration from UCLA.
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