maritime risk symposium
MRS 2025 Organizing Committee
LEADERSHIP
Dr. Joseph DiRenzo
2025 CHAIR
United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center
Joseph.DiRenzo@uscg.mil (860) 271-2738 biography
RADM M.T.Bell Jr., USCG (Ret.)
2025 CO-CHAIR
Dean, School of Arctic and Climate Security Studies
Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
RADM Richard V. Timme, USCG (Ret.)
2025 SENIOR ADVISOR
Timme Maritime Consulting
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Christine Duprow
STUDENT POSTER CHAIR
Curriculum Development Specialist, School of Arctic and Climate Security Studies, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
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Maj Gen Randy "Church" Kee, USAF (Ret.)
2025 CHAIR
Director, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage Alaska
LTC Kevin Clement, USA (Ret.)
2025 VICE CHAIR
University of Houston
(co-chair, MRS 2021)
Greg Trauthwein
MEDIA PARTNER AND COMMUNICATIONS
President, New Wave Media
Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, MarineLink.com
SENIOR MENTORS
VADM Rob Parker, USCG (Ret.)
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RADM Fred Rosa, USCG (Ret.) ​
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Dr. Fred Roberts
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Scott Blough
Google (co-chair, MRS 2017)
RADM Mike Parks, USCG (Ret.)
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RDML Scott Clendenin, USCG (Ret.)
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Eric "Coop" Cooper
Senior Policy Researcher, RAND, Santa Monica, California
U.S. Coast Guard, CAPT (Ret.)
SENIOR ADVISORS
Dr. John Hummel
Argonne National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2022)
LTC Craig Moss, USA, (Ret.)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2018)
Dr. David Nicol
Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(co-chair, MRS 2020)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Zack Schulman
USCG (DCO-X)
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Stan Gold
Coast Guard ATLANTIC AREA
Dr. Jack McCready
University of San Diego
CAPT Art Gomez, USCG (Ret.)
SERCO
Rick Paxton
Paxton Holdings, Inc.
CDR Megan Trivett
USCG (DCO-X)
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CAPT Tony Russell, USCG (Ret.)
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CAPT Al Tubbs, USCGR (Ret.)
USCGR PACAREA
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CDR Oscar Carbajal
USCGR - USCGR District 11 Liaison
Colonel Randy Pugh, USMC (Ret.)
Vice Provost
Dr. Kelli Frakes
American Public University System
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CAPT Joseph "Grant" Thomas, Jr.
USCG Chair to the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
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CAPT Buddy Custard, USCG (Ret.)
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