Lori Brownell

Background

About Lori Brownell

As Port Houston’s Director of Channel Improvement, Ms. Brownell leads the team to focus on the next generation of widening and deepening improvements to the Port Houston’s 52-mile channel and acts a key interface with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and strategic advisor to Port Houston’s Executive Management. Prior to joining Port Houston in 2019, Ms. Brownell served as the director of Taylor Engineering’s waterfront engineering group and provided 20-years of planning, design, and construction administration service for waterfront, marine, and dredging-focused projects in the southeastern United States. Ms. Brownell currently serves as President of the ASCE Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port, & Navigation Engineers (ACOPNE) as President, Secretary on the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Executive Board of Directors, and on the WEDA Technical Paper, Membership, and Compensation Committees. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida and Texas, an ACOPNE Board Certified Navigation Engineer, and American Society of Civil Engineers Fellow. Specialties: Dredging, Dredged Material Management Planning, Navigation Design, Construction Administration, Environmental Permitting