Today as the Director of Sustainability at the greenest marine shipping terminal in the world, she is responsible for leading the Net Zero 2030 Strategy, Grants Management, ESG reporting, Stakeholder and Community Outreach and LBCT’s day to day environmental operations at the Port of Long Beach in California. LBCT is a fully electrified terminal which successfully demonstrates that the environment and economy can thrive together.

Bonnie Nixon has held many high-profile positions at the global forefront of a new low carbon, resource protected and just economy. Her career trajectory included Director of Global Sustainability at Hewlett-Packard for 13 years, Executive Director for the Walmart-led Sustainability Consortium, Director of Corporate Responsibility for Mattel Toys and Senior Partner at one of the largest global environmental consultancies, ERM. Prior to her work in the private sector, she spent two decades leading complex community environmental programs for large scale infrastructure (transportation, energy, water, wastewater, land use, solid and hazardous waste) with many regional, state and federal governments. Bonnie is a Professor of Sustainable Supply Chain at UCLA. Ms. Nixon obtained a Bachelors from Penn State, a Masters’ Degree in Learning Technologies and has recently completed a PhD in Global Leadership and Change at Pepperdine University.