maritime risk symposium
MRS 2025 Organizing Committee
LEADERSHIP
Dr. Joseph DiRenzo
2025 CHAIR
United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center
Joseph.DiRenzo@uscg.mil (860) 271-2738 biography
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
RADM Richard V. Timme, USCG (Ret.)
2025 SENIOR ADVISOR
Timme Maritime Consulting
Christine Duprow
STUDENT POSTER CHAIR
Curriculum Development Specialist, School of Arctic and Climate Security Studies, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
Maj Gen Randy "Church" Kee, USAF (Ret.)
2025 CHAIR
Director, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage Alaska
LTC Kevin Clement, USA (Ret.)
2025 VICE CHAIR
University of Houston
(co-chair, MRS 2021)
Greg Trauthwein
MEDIA PARTNER AND COMMUNICATIONS
President, New Wave Media
Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, MarineLink.com
SENIOR MENTORS
VADM Rob Parker, USCG (Ret.)
RADM Fred Rosa, USCG (Ret.)
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Dr. Fred Roberts
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Scott Blough
Google (co-chair, MRS 2017)
RADM Mike Parks, USCG (Ret.)
RDML Scott Clendenin, USCG (Ret.)
Eric "Coop" Cooper
Senior Policy Researcher, RAND, Santa Monica, California
U.S. Coast Guard, CAPT (Ret.)
SENIOR ADVISORS
Dr. John Hummel
Argonne National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2022)
LTC Craig Moss, USA, (Ret.)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(co-chair, MRS 2018)
Dr. David Nicol
Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(co-chair, MRS 2020)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Zack Schulman
USCG (DCO-X)
Stan Gold
Coast Guard ATLANTIC AREA
Dr. Jack McCready
University of San Diego
CAPT Art Gomez, USCG (Ret.)
SERCO
Rick Paxton
Paxton Holdings, Inc.
CDR Megan Trivett
USCG (DCO-X)
CAPT Tony Russell, USCG (Ret.)
CAPT Al Tubbs, USCGR (Ret.)
USCGR PACAREA
CDR Oscar Carbajal
USCGR - USCGR District 11 Liaison
Colonel Randy Pugh, USMC (Ret.)
Vice Provost
Dr. Kelli Frakes
American Public University System
CAPT Joseph "Grant" Thomas, Jr.
USCG Chair to the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
CAPT Buddy Custard, USCG (Ret.)