Brian D. Pendleton, MRED
Business Operations Manager
Ventura Port District
Ventura Harbor, CA

The Ventura Port District welcomes Brian Pendleton as the new Business Operations Manager. Brian is charged with providing asset management responsibilities for a diversified portfolio of real estate holdings including Ventura Harbor Village and Marina as well as multiple leases with hoteliers, marina operators and developer of a 300-unit mixed-use project slated to break ground later this year. Brian's other duties include public finance, risk management and oversight of the Port's facilities and daily business operations.

Brian has over two decades of municipal government experience in commercial revitalization, economic development and real estate. Brian has worked extensively with the business community serving as a key liaison between the public and private sectors and the communities he's served. As part of these activities Brian has planned, designed and implemented numerous business assistance strategies to serve as catalysts for increased economic vitality. Prior to joining the Port, Brian worked in Ventura as Project Manager for the City's Community Development Department where he managed the City's real estate assets, negotiated complex real estate transactions and oversaw special economic development projects.

Brian holds a master's degree in real estate development and a bachelor's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California. Brian possesses a California real estate salesperson license and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute and California Association for Local Economic Development where he served as a committee member for the 2014 annual conference in Sacramento.

Brian, his wife Arlene and three children have called Ventura County home for nearly 15 years.