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Deborah Keller Ms. Keller is Director of Port Development at the Port of New Orleans where she is responsible for engineering, construction, technical services, facility maintenance, and bridges. She has been involved with more than $400 million of port capital improvement projects in her port career, and is currently involved with the $160 million in damages sustained by the Port from Hurricane Katrina. She was graduated from Tulane University with a B.S. degree in civil engineering and received a M.S. degree in engineering management from the University of New Orleans. She is a Louisiana licensed professional civil engineer with nearly 30 years experience in the planning, design, construction, and management of public works projects. Ms. Keller is a member of several community boards, as well as professional organizations. Her volunteer efforts in the community earned her the 2008 Citizen Engineer Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Ms. Keller has been the recipient of other notable awards including Outstanding Government Engineer for New Orleans, Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of the University of New Orleans College of Engineering, and has been named a Woman of the Year by various organizations. |