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Over the following decades, she held positions across engineering, dredging, accounting, maritime operations, project development and resource administration. She later served as Executive Vice President for Engineering and Program Management, playing a major role in the Panama Canal Expansion Program that resulted in the opening of the Neopanamax locks in 2016.\n\n\n\nAfter completion of the expansion, she served as Vice President for Operations before being appointed Deputy Administrator in 2019, taking office on January 1, 2020. 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