Student and Emerging Leaders Panelist, Samantha Bricker

Presenter: Samantha Bricker

Bio: Samantha Bricker was named Chief Environmental and Sustainability Officer for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) in August 2019. She oversees all environmental and sustainability programs for LAWA including air quality and conservation initiatives, noise programs, environmental planning, regulatory compliance as well as transportation and mobility strategy. Ms. Bricker also oversees the third party coordination with external agencies and stakeholders in support of LAWA’s Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP). Ms. Bricker joined LAWA in July 2016 as Deputy Executive Director for Project Management and Coordination and in November 2016 was also named Deputy Executive Director for the Environmental Programs Group. Prior to joining LAWA, she was the Chief Operating Officer of the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority. She coordinated the design and construction of Metro’s Expo rail line, where she managed a budget of $2.5 billion and directed the Authority’s environmental planning, third party coordination, procurement, contract compliance, as well as community and government relations.

Prior to her work at Expo, Bricker was a senior legislative deputy to former Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky from 1994 to 2006. She developed transportation policy and worked on environmental and transportation projects including the Orange Line busway and the Red Line subway.