Marine Log’s Top Women in Maritime 2025: The full interviews

Marine Log’s Top Women in Maritime winners (back row, from left to right): Jenna Gaudet, Charlotte Bollinger (Lifetime Achievement Award winner), Capt. Rachel Rowe, Christi Marvel, Gail Loughlin, Laura Lewis, Melissa Hertel, and Irem Gokmen. Front row, left to right: Gerona Goethe, Angela Dyer McVeay, Mara Duvernois, Karen Dempsey, Angelique Davis, Erica Custis, Capt. Tamara Colette, Capt. Kamila Calko, and Elena Calhoun. Not pictured: Rear Adm. Zeita Merchant, Dorothea Ioannou Ashley O’Brien.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. As the maritime industry continues to expand, innovate, and welcome a more diverse workforce, we’re proud to present our 2025 list of Top Women in Maritime—now in its sixth year of celebrating the leaders shaping the future of our industry.

This year’s honorees represent a remarkable group of 20 women from around the world, each nominated by Marine Log readers. Their backgrounds span vessel operations, shoreside management, engineering, policy, technology, and more. What unites them is their impact: each has made meaningful, measurable contributions to the maritime sector.

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