Board of Advisors and Staff
Marco Ayala
Director ICS Security
1898 & Co., Burns & McDonnell
Meredith Austin, RADM (USGC, RETIRED)
President
Mer Crisis Advisors, LLC.
Rich Byrnes
Chief Infrastructure Officer
Port Houston
Jeffrey DeCoux
Chairman
Autonomy Institute
Col. Michael Fossum USAFR (RET.)
Chief Operating Officer
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Robert Hawn
Vice President, Maritime Affairs
West Gulf Maritime Association (WGMA)
Brian P. Hill
Director, Western Gulf Gateway
U.S. Maritime Administration Dept. of Transportation
Geir-Eilif Kalhagen
Director of Maritime Texas Dept. of Transportation
Vesa Koivumaa
Head of Growth, Americas
Wärtsilä Voyage
Megan O’Leary
Director of Operations
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
Kevin Pollari
Principal
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Elliott Vera
Americas Technology Project Manager
Shell Shipping and Maritime
Program Staff
Kevin M. Clement
Executive Director, 2023
Port of the Future Conference
Division of Technology
University of Houston