CAPT Peter J. Bergeron

U. S. Coast Guard (Ret)
Senior Director, Public Safety & Security
Canaveral Port Authority

Jerold Brito

Program Associate
The Electrification Coalition

Rich Byrnes

Chief Infrastructure Officer
Port Houston

Kevin M. Clement

Executive Director
Port of the Future Conference
BTI Institute, University of Houston

Kirstin Collins

Operations Support Team Lead
Greensea IQ

David Cummins

Executive Director, President and CEO Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

Olga Davletalieva

Head of Ports Advisory Services
Wärtsilä

Jeffrey DeCoux

Chairman
Autonomy Institute

Dr. Joe Direnzo III

Director of Research Partnerships
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center

Captain Keith M. Donohue

Commander
Sector Houston-Galveston
U.S. Coast Guard

Mark Dubina

Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay

Robert R. Dubois

Director
Lamar University

Jen Easterly

Director
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Admiral Linda Fagan

Commandant
U.S. Coast Guard

Jaret Fattori

Director, Climate and Environment
BMT

Geoffrey Gauthier

Commercial and New Business Development Manager, Shipping and Maritime Shell

Julio R. Gonzalez

Supervisory Protective Security Advisor- Gulf of Mexico U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Natascha A. Gutermuth

Lead Program Manager
Biometrics Program Office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Jeremy Hansen

Protective Security Advisor
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
Department of Homeland Security

Robert Hawn

Vice President, Maritime Affairs
WGMA

Brian P. Hill

Director, Western Gulf Gateway U.S. Maritime Administration Dept. of Transportation

Charlie Jenkins

Executive Director
Port Houston

Suhaib Kaissi

University of Houston

Geir-Eilif Kalhagen

Director of Maritime Texas Dept. of Transportation

Stephen Kelly

President of Sales and Business Development
Carver Companies

Margaret A. Kidd

Program Director/Instructional Associate Professor, Supply Chain & Logistics University of Houston

Vesa Koivumaa

Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage

Vincent Lee

Principal
Arup

Brooks Lobingier

Director, Information Technology
Port of Corpus Christi

Starr Long

Executive Producer
The Acceleration Agency

Janine M. Mansour

Head of Key Accounts
Port of New Orleans

Ed McNamara

CEO
Armada Risk Partners

Mitch Merriam

Vice President, Borders and Maritime Security
K2 Consulting

Stephen Metruck

Executive Director
Port of Seattle

Darious Moore

Delivery Program Executive
IBM Cybersecurity Services

John Moseley

Chief Commercial Officer
Port Houston

Megan O’Leary

Director of Operations
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

Bola Oyebamiji

Managing Director/CEO,
National Inland Waterways Authority
Federal Republic of Kenya

Sean Plankey

Cybersecurity Leader

Suzanne Plezia

Chief Harbor Engineer
Port of Long Beach

Marco Poisler

Chief Operating Officer – Global Energy & Capital Projects UTC Overseas, Inc.

Jean-Paul Rodrigue, PhD

Author and Professor
Department of Maritime Business Administration
Texas A&M – Galveston

Juan Ignacio Rodriguez

Head of Institutional Communications Division
Port Authority of Puerto Quequen

Brian Sabina

CEO
Clean Energy Terminals

Hady Salloum, PhD

Professor
University of Houston

Rohit Saxena

Director, Facility Planning
Planning

Dr. Marcel Schaefer

Senior Program Coordinator
Fraunhofer USA Alliance

Michael P. Scherer

Chief Technology Officer
Chance Maritime Technologies

Linda Sternheimer

Vice President, Senior Vice President Urban Planning and Engagement
Port of Cleveland

Joel Thigpen

General Manager,
Marine New Build Sales
Wärtsilä

Shelby Thomas

CEO
Tidal Sails US

Dr. Phil Thompson

Head of Simulations and Training Services
BMT

Arnie Tyler

President
MerLion Advisory Group

Michael Vanderbeek

Maritime and Coastal Planning Lead (MV)
GHD

Elliott Vera

Americas Technology Project Manager
Shell Shipping and Maritime

David Walker

Vice President
ABS

Kirk Waltz

Director, Business Development – Clean Energy
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Chris Wolski

Founder and CEO
Applied Security Convergence
(ASC)

Kathleen Yurchesyn

Vice President
Operations and Corporate Development
Novaporte

Tony Zhong

Chief Information Security Officer
Port of Los Angeles