Dewberry has announced that Rachel Vandenberg, national director of ports and intermodal, is one of five new appointees to the Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors' (CAGTC) executive board.

Vandenberg came to Dewberry in 2014 with more than 25 years of experience providing strategic planning, engineering, and project management for multimodal transportation projects. Her portfolio includes the management of technical and financial studies, environmental studies, design, and construction supervision of rail, freight, highway, and public transportation projects.

Vandenberg is affiliated with the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association; serves as an executive board member for the California Transportation Foundation; is the Americas Vice Chair for the International Association of Ports and Harbors - Women's Council; and is a member of Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) International. She has lectured and presented articles at several conferences around the world.

Vandenberg earned her bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in business administration, with a concentration in real estate and finance from the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management. She is a licensed professional engineer in California and Florida.

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About the Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors

The Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC) was established to bring national attention to the need to significantly expand U.S. freight transportation capabilities and work toward solutions for this growing national challenge. The coalition's sole purpose is to raise public recognition and Congressional awareness of this need and promote sufficient funding in federal legislation for trade corridors, gateways, intermodal connectors and freight facilities. To learn more, visit www.tradecorridors.org.