Carleen Lyden Walker

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Maritime Accelerator for Resilience Co-Author, Zero Point Four, Goodwill Maritime Ambassador at IMO

Speaker

Carleen Lyden Walker is a marketing and communications professional in the commercial maritime industry with over 40 years of experience. She is founder and CEO of Morgan Marketing & Communications, the Co-Founder and CEO of NAMEPA (North American Marine Environment Protection Association), Chief Evolution Officer of SHIPPINGInsight- the fleet optimization and innovation platform for shipping and the Founder of the Consortium for International Maritime Heritage. She is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of MAR (Maritime Accelerator for Resilience) and Co-Author of “ZERO POINT FOUR—How US Leadership in maritime will Secure America’s Future”.

In 2015, Ms. Walker was appointed a Goodwill Maritime Ambassador by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). She is a member of the Connecticut Maritime Association, the Marine Society of the City of New York, WISTA (Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association) WIMAC (Women in Maritime Association, Caribbean), and is a Past-President of the Propeller Club Chapter of the Port of NY/NJ. She is also a member of the Pathways Advisory Committee at the Digital Harbor High School in Baltimore, is a trustee of the US Friends of the World Maritime University and is consistently listed among the top 100 women in maritime globally. Most recently, she was honored as a Top Women in Maritime by Marine Log.

In 2010, she was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the United States Coast Guard and in 2014 a Public Service Commendation for her work on World Maritime Day and AMVER, respectively. In March of 2023, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Coast Guard for her work with both NAMEPA and SHIPPINGInsight.

Ms. Walker graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in Political Science and History (minor in Economics) and studied Accounting at Cornell School of Business Administration. She is a trained facilitator and media trainer and held a USCG Captain’s license.