maritime risk symposium
MRS 2024 Organizing Committee
LEADERSHIP
Dr. Joseph DiRenzo
2024 CHAIR
United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center
Joseph.DiRenzo@uscg.mil (860) 271-2738 biography
Maj Gen Randy "Church" Kee USAF (Ret.)
2025 CO-CHAIR
Director, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage Alaska
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RADM Richard V. Timme USCG (Ret.)
2024 MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Timme Maritime Consulting
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Captain Eric Johansson
2023 CHAIR
Distinguished Professor Maritime Transportation
Maritime College, State University of New York
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Rick Paxton
STUDENT POSTER CHAIR
Paxton Holdings, Inc.
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Dr. Don Brutzman
2024 CO-CHAIR
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)​
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
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Scott Brotemarkle
NATIONAL ACADEMIES LIAISON
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
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Greg Trauthwein
MEDIA PARTNER AND COMMUNICATIONS
President, New Wave Media
Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, MarineLink.com
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SENIOR MENTORS
VADM Rob Parker
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
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RADM Fred Rosa
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
RADM Matt Bell
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
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Dr. Fred Roberts
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Scott Blough
Google (co-chair, MRS 2017)
RADM Mike Parks
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
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RDML Scott Clendenin
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
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RADM Tom Atkin
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
Eric "Coop" Cooper
Senior Policy Researcher, RAND, Santa Monica, California
U.S. Coast Guard, CAPT (Ret.)
SENIOR ADVISORS
John Hummel
Argonne National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2022)
Dr. David Nicol
Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(co-chair, MRS 2020)
LTC Kevin Clement, USA (Ret.)
University of Houston
(co-chair, MRS 2021)
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LTC Craig Moss, USA, (Ret.)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2018)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Zack Schulman
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CAPT Al Tubbs USCGR (Ret.)
USCGR PACAREA
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Stan Gold
Coast Guard ATLANTIC AREA
Dr. Jack McCready
University of San Diego
Colonel Randy Pugh
USMC, (Ret.) NPS
Alan Van Nevel
NPS
Dr. Kelli Frakes
American Public University System
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Captain Greg Hall, USCG
Research Provost USCGA
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Dr. Dan Flynn
Department of Transportation
VOLPE Center
CDR (Sel) Oscar Carbajal
USCGR - USCGR District 11 Liaison
Dr. Henry Willis
RAND
Captain Art Gomez, USCG (Ret.)
SERCO
Rex Dillion
NPS
CAPT Shawn Malone USN (Ret.)
Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky