Leah Oberlin, is the Environmental Affairs Director for the Port of Houston Authority. The Port of Houston Authority owns, operates and leases the public facilities at the Port of Houston including the general cargo terminals at the Turning Basin and the Barbour’s Cut and Bayport container terminals. Ms. Oberlin is responsible for the leadership of the Port Authority’s Environmental Affairs Department and execution of the Port Authority’s Environmental Leadership Plan.
Ms. Oberlin is an Environmental Engineer with over 15 years of experience working for both private and public entities. She specializes in federal permitting and the National Environmental Policy Act. Her experience also includes ten years with the Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers including three years as Section Chief (Supervisory Environmental Engineer) of the Palm Beach Gardens Regulatory office where she supervised and/or prepared projects associated with ports, mining, dredging, coastal development, beach nourishment, water quality improvements, among others.