the maritime risk symposium
MRS 2023 Organizing Committee
LEADERSHIP
Joseph DiRenzo
CO-CHAIR
Ph.D., United States Coast Guard (USCG) Research & Development Center
(860) 271-2738
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Dr. Leigh Winfrey
CO-CHAIR
Dean of Engineering
Maritime College, State University of New York
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Scott Brotemarkle
NATIONAL ACADEMIES LIAISON
Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
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Eric Johansson
CO-CHAIR
Distinguished Professor Maritime Transportation
Maritime College, State University of New York
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Greg Trauthwein
MEDIA PARTNER
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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RADM Tom Atkin
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
Maj. Gen Randy Kee
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
RADM Mike Parks
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
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RADM John Crowley
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
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RADM Kevin Cook
U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
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Fred Roberts
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Scott Blough
Mandiant (co-chair, MRS 2017)
SENIOR ADVISORS
John Hummel
Argonne National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2022)
David Nicol
Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(co-chair, MRS 2020)
Kevin Clement
University of Houston
(co-chair, MRS 2021)
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Craig Moss
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2018)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Zack Schulman
USCG HQ DCO-X
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CAPT Al Tubbs (Ret.)
USCG Pacarea
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CDR Ryan Kelly
USCG HQ DCO-X
Dr. Jack McCready
University of San Diego
RADM Stash Pelkowski, USCGR, (Ret)
Maritime College, State University of New York
Richard Hine
Thayer-Mahan
Kelli Frakes
American Public University
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Dr. Tiffany Smythe
USCGA
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Dr. Kristin Lewis
Department of Transportation
VOLPE Center
CAPT Scott Calhoun
USCG NAVCEN
Dr. Henry Willis
RAND
Col Jim Allen, USAR (Ret)
U.S. Corp of Engineers
Capt. Mike Plumley
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
CAPT Shawn Malone
U.S. Navy (Ret.), Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky