Board of Directors
William Brennan
Chairman of the Board of Governors
William “Bill” Brennan serves as the Chairman of the Board for Ocean Exchange, and is recognized as one of the leading water investors globally with experience in equities, project finance, venture capital & private equity.
Vikram Agrawal
Managing Director, Personal Family Office of Trammell S. Crow
Vikram Agrawal is a Managing Director in Trammell S. Crow’s personal family office, the CEO and Co-Founder of American Resilience Partners, and the Director of EarthxCapital.
Phil Beierl
Senior Vice President, Aerospace and Defense Technologies
Phil Beierl is the Senior Vice President of the Aerospace and Defense Technologies segment (ADTech) within Oceaneering International, Inc.
Ann Carpenter
Co-founder & CEO, Braid Theory
Ann Lee Carpenter brings more than 30 years of experience in strategic planning, marketing, business development, and community outreach in private industry, nonprofit organizations, and as an entrepreneur.
Jud Hill
Operating Director at I Squared Capital, LLC
Jud Hill recently co founded and is a managing partner at an investment fund entitled Ecological Service Partners. The fund invests in sustainable land and water assets with a specific focus on wetland and stream mitigation banking assets.
Charles Hinnant
Chairman & Owner, Optima Chemical LLC
Charles (Charlie) A. Hinnant is the Chairman & owner of Optima Chemical LLC, a custom manufacturing concern in Douglas, GA.
Vittorio Lacagnina
Partner, Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Vittorio Lacagnina is a Partner in the Institutional Client & Product Solutions group at Apollo where he leads capital formation for Infrastructure.
Angus Littlejohn, Jr.
Chairman of Littlejohn & Co., LLC
Angus C. Littlejohn, Jr. is Chairman of Littlejohn & Co., LLC, a merchant bank based in Greenwich, CT.
Bill Malarkey
Partner, Water Practice Group at Roland Berger
Bill Malarkey is a Partner in the global Water practice group of Roland Berger, the only strategy consultancy of European origin with a strong international presence.
Phil Purcell
CEO/President, Marine Industries Association of South Florida
Phill is the CEO/President of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida (MIASF). Phil brings a unique perspective to the marine industry, having traveled extensively around the globe.
Cathy J. Sakas
Co-Founder, Ocean Exchange
As Co-Founder of Ocean Exchange, Cathy stays happily engaged in the global community by promoting solutions to all global issues connected by our planet’s greatest resource, Our Ocean.
Irene Reynolds Schier
Geographer
Irene became engaged with the The Ocean Exchange™ through her longtime trusteeship with the Sapelo Foundation. This Georgia based foundation has a long history and affinity for water-related issues.
Dave Sobeck
Executive Vice President with Carollo Engineers, Inc
Dave Sobeck is an Executive Vice President with Carollo Engineers, Inc. and has more than 20 years of experience specializing in the planning, design and construction management of water, wastewater and reuse infrastructure projects.
Roger Strevens
VP, Global Sustainability Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Roger is VP, Global Sustainability at Wallenius Wilhelmsen, where he is responsible for developing and overseeing the global shipping company’s sustainability strategy and initiatives.
Board Emeritus
Cort Atkinson, Ocean Exchange Co-Founder
Conrad Lautenbaucher
Joe Lombardo
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