Director of the Long Beach Airport
City of Long Beach, Long Beach Airport
Long Beach City Manager Patrick H. West recently named Cynthia Guidry as the City’s director of the Long Beach Airport (LGB). Guidry brings 26 years of local government experience in various leadership positions including 14 years in airport management.  For the past five years, Guidry has served as the deputy executive director for the City of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the governing body for LAX and Van Nuys Airports. There, she oversaw more than 400 employees in the LAWA Planning and Development Group. She also has managed employees in the LAWA Planning, Environmental, Engineering and Facility Management Divisions.
Guidry has a background in civil engineering and project management. At LAWA, she led efforts developing new policy and procedures for LAWA’s Capital Improvement Program and managed multi-billion-dollar capital improvement projects. She also has been responsible for construction safety, logistics, inspections and quality assurance programs.
