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Spiro Laursen Scholley Strachan missions. Upon leaving miliary service,

Laursen Spiro she engaged in non-pro? t work with

Wendy Laursen has 20+ years of Jose? ne Spiro is an award-winning veteran and diving organizations as well experience as a journalist. In that time, she journalist with nearly 20 years of as providing expertise as a public speaker has written news and features for a range experience, specializing in feature and frequent media subject matter of maritime, engineering and science journalism, business, technology, and expert. She is a member of the Women publications. She has completed a Master innovation. She is based in the heart of

Divers Hall of Fame and has written of Science research degree in marine the Norwegian maritime cluster.

for the Journal of Diving History and a ecology as well as diplomas in journalism, variety of veteran publications. She holds communication and subediting.

Strachan a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State

David R. Strachan is a defense analyst

University, a master’s degree from the

Scholley and founder of Strikepod Systems, a

Industrial College of the Armed Forces,

Bobbie Scholley, Captain, US Navy(ret) research and strategic advisory focusing and an honorary doctorate from Illinois was a deep ocean diving and salvage on autonomous undersea systems.

State University.

of? cer for 24 years, serving in key leadership position in several complex

MTR Editorial Advisors

Gallaudet Hardy

The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President

PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design,

Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and

Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career

Economy Podcast. He serves at Scripps Institution of on several boards, is a fellow Oceanography/UCSD. He at The Explorer’s Club, and holds patents in the ? eld is a strategic advisor for a of ocean landers. He is few dozen startups, research on the academic advisory institutions, and nonpro? ts board of Instituto Milenio in the ocean, weather, de Oceanografía at the climate, and space sectors. Universidad de Concep-

Gallaudet is a former acting ción, Chile. Hardy received

Undersecretary and Assistant an honorary Doctor of Sci-

Secretary of Commerce, acting and Deputy Administrator of the ence degree from Shang-

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and hai Ocean University in 2018. He proposed making thick wall

Oceanographer of the Navy. He has a bachelor’s degree from glass spheres to Nautilus Marine Service/Vitrovex (Germany) the U.S. Naval Academy, and master and doctoral degrees from that opened the hadal depths to routine exploration. He writes

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. for the Journal of Diving History and the MTR.

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