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Port of San Francisco honors outgoing Executive Director Elaine Forbes with tributes from staff and partners

Port of San Francisco Commission · December 9, 2025
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Elaine Forbes, who led the Port of San Francisco for nine years, delivered a farewell address recalling pandemic-era challenges and the Seawall/Waterfront Resilience effort; commissioners, tenants and staff gave extended tributes and the commission paused business to celebrate her service.

Elaine Forbes, executive director of the Port of San Francisco, delivered an extended farewell on the waterfront, reflecting on nine years in the role and the agency’s efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for sea level rise. “Leading the Port Of San Francisco, one of the most remarkable waterfronts in the world, has been the honor of my career and one of the greatest privileges of my life,” Forbes said.

Forbes highlighted the port’s fiscal and programmatic work, including a progression from a 2017 general obligation bond to what she described as a proposed $13,500,000,000 partnership program with the U.S. Army…

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