Mr. McBride has 30 years of port and cargo management experience.  He graduated in Business Administration from Camosun College in 1976. He later obtained his Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation, his Fellow – Society of Chartered Administrators (FCIS) designation and completed the Anatomy of Shipping program at Cambridge University, England.

After serving in a number of public port and private sector administrative positions at a variety of ports and companies, Mr. McBride was appointed, in 1996, as Executive Director of the Port of Wilmington by the Governor of Delaware.  Mr. McBride quickly became known as an outstanding Port Director and established the Port of Wilmington as the nation’s largest refrigerated and frozen import facility in the United States.  Under McBride’s leadership, the Port of Wilmington planned and implemented over $100 million in new port facilities. 

In 2003, Mr. McBride joined the Port of Lake Charles as its Port Director.  Since that time the Port has adopted its first Strategic Plan and seen its customer base diversified and grow as well as significantly improved financial and operating results.

Since joining the Port of Lake Charles, Mr. McBride has been asked to serve on NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel and Governor Kathleen Blanco’s Maritime Advisory Task Force.

Mr. McBride was also recently named as Secretary of the Ports Association of Louisiana.