MacMillan, who has been with the Saint John Port Authority for 26 years, receiving the honour at the American Association of Port Authorities seminar in Miami.
She tells CHSJ News her boss Andrew Dixon put a presentation together that she describes as her life in the cruise industry.
MacMillan tells us the most significant change in the industry over her career is the size of the ships.
She adds one day last year we had 10,000 passengers in port and in the beginning that constituted an entire cruise ship season.
