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Contributors 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Jennifer A. Carpenter Harvest Navigation, served as the Federal Chairman of is president and CEO of towboat, tug and barge trade the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program under the group The American Waterways Operators. She current- DOT’s MARAD from 2003 until 2008. He is a past VP ly serves as president of the American Maritime Partner- of the Connecticut Maritime Association and a contrib- ship, the voice of the U.S. domestic maritime industry. uting writer for Marine News and MarineLink.com.

2 Joey D’Isernia 5 Barry Parker is chairman and CEO of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, of bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tac- a leading U.S. builder of government and commercial tical support, including analytics and communica- vessels. He has spent his entire career with the company. tions, to businesses across the maritime spectrum.

He is a freelance writer covering the maritime and 3 Tom Ewing offshore industries.

is a freelance writer specializing in marine, energy and environmental issues. He contributes regularly 6 Jeff Vogel to this magazine. is a shareholder in Cozen O’Connor’s Transportation &

Trade Group. He focuses his practice on strategic and op- 4 Robert Kunkel, erational matters affecting the United States maritime in- president of Alternative Marine Technologies and First dustry and on government contracts across all industries.

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