the maritime risk symposium
MRS 2022 Organizing Committee
LEADERSHIP
Joseph DiRenzo
CO-CHAIR
Ph.D., United States Coast Guard (USCG) Research & Development Center
(860) 271-2738
Capt. Eric Johansson
CO-VICE-CHAIR
State University of New York Maritime College
(MRS 2023 co-chair)
David Boyd
PROGRAM CHAIR
USCG (Pacific Area)
Scott Brotemarkle
NATIONAL ACADEMIES LIAISON
Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Allison Bennett Irion
CO-VICE-CHAIR
Argonne National Laboratory
Professor Joan Mileski
STUDENT COMPETITION CHAIR
Texas A&M at Galveston
Greg Trauthwein
MEDIA PARTNER
Maritime Reporter & Engineering News/MarineLink.com
SENIOR MENTORS
VADM Rob Parker
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
RADM John Crowley
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
RADM Kevin Cook
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
Fred Roberts
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Scott Blough
Mandiant (co-chair, MRS 2017)
RADM Mike Parks
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
RADM Fred Rosa
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
RADM Tom Atkin
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
Maj. Gen Randy Lee
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
SENIOR ADVISORS
Kevin Clement
University of Houston
(co-chair, MRS 2021)
Craig Moss
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2018)
David Nicol
Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(co-chair, MRS 2020)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mr. Chris Doane
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area
CDR Kimberly Young-McLear
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency
Dr. Jack McCready
University of San Diego
Dr. Meltem Urgun Demirtas
Argonne National Laboratory
Capt. Drew Tucci
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.), Seabold & Associates
Dr. Don Brutzman
Naval Postgraduate School
(co-chair MRS 2024)
Dr. Kristin Lewis
Department of Transportation
VOLPE Center
Prof. Rick Paxton
Campbell University
Dr. Henry Willis
RAND
Dr. Jackie Earle
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area
Capt. Mike Plumley
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Capt. Shawn Malone
U.S. Navy (Ret.), Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky