Board of Advisors and Staff
Marco Ayala
President
Houston InfraGard Members Alliance
Meredith Austin, RADM (USCG, RET.)
President
Mer Crisis Advisors, LLC.
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
Berto Ponce
Co-Founder and CEO
AI Strategic Solutions
Hady Salloum, PhD
Professor
University of Houston
Rohit Saxena
Director, Facility Planning
Port Houston
Sharmila Tilwalli
Client Partner
IBM Consulting
Elliott Vera
Americas Technology Project Manager
Shell Shipping and Maritime
Program Staff
Kevin M. Clement
Director
Port of the Future Conference