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Board Officers

  • Nicholas Marrone
    VP West Coast Seafarers International Union (510)444-2360
    President
  • Shawn Bennett
    General Manager Baydelta Maritime LLC (415)693-5800
    1st VP
  • Robert Wilkins Sr
    Executive Director / Chief Program officer The International Maritime Center (510)978-4711
    2nd VP
  • Sheila Cheung
    CPA / Board Director Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region (510)910-8333
    Treasurer

President Emiratus

  • John Giffin
    Senior Maritime Partner Keesal Young & Logan (415)398-6000
    President Emiratus, Current
  • Milton Merritt
    President / CEO AMNAV Maritime Corporation (510)834-8847
    President Emiratus, Past

Executive Director

  • Scott Humphrey
    Scott Humphrey
    Executive Director Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region (415)441-5045
    Executive Director

Board Directors

  • Alex Butler
    West Coast Representative American Maritime Officers (954)295-9905
    Director
  • Bobby Winston
    Proprietor Bay Crossings (510)205-1447
    Director
  • Carl Nolte
    San Francisco Chronicle (415)298-2271
    Director
  • Christie Coats
    Director of Operations Port of Redwood City (650)306-4159
    Director
  • Dinesh Pinisetty
    Executive Dean of Academic Affairs California Polytechnic State University Maritime Academy (707)654-1000
    Director
  • Dominic Moreno
    Assistant Maritime Director Port of San Francisco (415)274-0597
    Director
  • Eric Napralla
    Chief Wharfinger Port of Oakland (510)627-1403
    Director
  • Joyce Guy
    Executive Director West Oakland Job Resource Center (510)419-0509
    Director
  • John Carlier
    President San Francisco Bar Pilots (415)370-6159
    Director
  • Joe Carrillo
    President SSA Marine
    Director
  • Kevin Tweed
    President Bay Marine Services
    Director
  • Laura Germany
    VP - HR & Administration Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (415)513-3634
    Director
  • Lucas O. Juon
    Port Captain Marathon Petroleum Corporation (925)372-3106
    Director
  • Ryan Pereyda
    CEO Patriot Contract Services LLC (415)320-4534
    Director