Senior Leaders and Officers

Thomas B. Crowley Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Jacksonville, Fla.

Thomas B. Crowley Jr. has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1994, succeeding his father and grandfather in such roles dating to the company’s founding in 1892. Today, Crowley is a U.S.-based, marine solutions, energy and logistics services company with operations around the world and revenue of $3.5 billion a year.

Under Tom’s leadership, the company is expanding into areas of opportunity such as logistics, government services, energy transportation and distribution, ship management, naval architecture and engineering, project management and alternative energy such as LNG and wind industries. He has focused on building the company off its fundamental expertise on water, while leveraging other asset-light areas of proficiency to develop a portfolio of businesses that serve customers and offers both strong integration and diversification of risk.

Recognizing the importance of having knowledgeable, skilled and safe employees, he has dedicated a significant amount of his attention to employee education, management training and other initiatives to build a collaborative, high-performance and inclusive culture. He has placed safety at the center of everything the company does and is challenging employees to achieve the goal of doing zero harm to people, property and the environment. He has been recognized by United Seaman’s Service with the prestigious Admiral of the Ocean Sea award. Crowley holds a business finance degree from the University of Washington.

Away from work, he lends his time and expertise to several organizations. He is on the board of directors of the World Shipping Council, an advisory board member at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, and a longstanding member of the Young Presidents Organization

Ray Fitzgerald

Chief Operating Officer

Jacksonville, Fla.

Ray is responsible for leading the company’s five business units – Crowley Logistics, Crowley Shipping, Crowley Solutions, Crowley Fuels and Crowley Wind Services – in close collaboration with the senior vice presidents and general managers who run each business line.

Ray began his career with Crowley in 1987 and spent 13 years with the company. He later joined the Wallenius Wilhelmsen organization, and over the next 20 years, served in a variety of senior leadership roles, including CEO, president and COO, as well as executive vice president for various Wallenius brands, including Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, ARC Shipping, American Shipping & Logistics Group and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions. Before rejoining Crowley in 2020, he served as chairman of the ARC Group (American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier, LLC), a U.S.-based Wallenius Wilhelmsen company.

He graduated from Saint Francis University with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and business management, and later completed continuing executive education courses at the University of Chicago and The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Ray has been recognized by the United Seaman’s Service with the Admiral of the Ocean Sea award.

Megan Davidson

Chief People Officer

Jacksonville, Florida

Megan leads the people, labor and culture strategy across the company to elevate Crowley’s standing as an employer of choice and a provider of elite employee experience and development.

Prior to joining Crowley in 2021, Megan had an extensive and productive career with British Petroleum (BP), holding various HR leadership roles beginning in 2010. Davidson served as the vice president of people and culture, a role in which she oversaw the business partnering for more than 5,000 employees over a span of 50 countries. In addition, she guided the organization through a global economic transformation, led the development and implementation of multiple people, management and business strategies, actively and successfully negotiated with labor unions as well as created and progressed global diversity and inclusion strategies.

Megan holds an MBA in human resource management from DePaul University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration and economics from Illinois Wesleyan University.

Deepak Arora

Chief Strategy Officer

Jacksonville, Fla.

Deepak spearheads the enterprise strategy, particularly focusing on growth through core business advancement and transformational opportunities.

In his role, Deepak bears the responsibility of planning and execution to drive value creation leveraging improved management, processes and leveraging digital solutions, including data-driven insights that help derive success from strategic and tactical business opportunities.

Deepak is a proven executive and business transformation thought leader in the field of global maritime and logistics transportation sectors with more than 25 years of international work experience. In his roles, he focuses on solving complex business problems through his multifaceted expertise in data analytics solutions as well as his maritime logistics background, to achieve environmentally sustainable and commercially critical outcomes.

Erika Graziuso

Chief Information Officer

Jacksonville, Fla.

Erika leads Crowley’s information technology and digital transformation strategy. She provides vision and thought leadership for our IT approach and leverages her international experience in developing transformative information technology across Crowley’s global enterprise.

Prior to joining Crowley, Erika served as Global Chief Information Officer for LHH, a human resources solutions firm, and Group Senior Vice President, Digital and Technology, both under Adecco Group. She led the development and implementation of its digital transformation efforts, resulting in global, next-generation technology and innovative digital solutions to support new market trends.

Prior to that role, she served as CIO for Adecco’s enterprise in Italy after serving as Chief Operating Officer for Western and Southern Europe for Deutsche Bank Group. At Deutsche Bank, she led global operations and technology for investment banking, responsible for optimizing and scaling the adoption of new technologies.

Erika holds a master’s degree in financial institutions from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, and completed the Global Leadership Program at ISEI Business School in Shanghai, China.

Brett Bennett

Senior Vice President and General Manager

Logistics

Jacksonville, Fla.

Brett leads Crowley’s growing supply chain business unit that provides full-cycle solutions including ocean and land transportation, warehousing and distribution, customs clearance and other value-added services for a broad array of customers and their unique needs worldwide.

Brett joined Crowley in 2020 from Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions, where he served as senior vice president and head of global terminals and stevedoring. He has more than 25 years of experience focused on transportation and end-to-end logistics, including a 22-year stint with the Maersk companies.

His last role for Maersk was at Damco Distribution Services, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. He has served in a variety of leading roles in supply chain and terminal management for international logistics on the U.S East and West Coasts.

Bennett earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, in Charleston.

Bob Karl

Senior Vice President and General Manager

Wind Services

Jacksonville, Fla.

Bob leads Crowley’s wind services team in the strategic development and expansion of services to support the emerging sector.

From 2011 to 2018, Bob was North American wind projects director for GE Renewable Energy and most recently served as chief operating officer of GE Renewable Energy Global Services since 2018. In that role, Bob spearheaded the operations, inventory, learning and productivity teams for the Global Services organization across the Renewable Energy businesses, including optimizing GE Renewable Energy’s value chain.

Bob has a master’s degree in engineering and global operations management from Clarkson University, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

James Fowler

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Crowley Shipping

Shipping

Jacksonville, FL

James leads Crowley’ Shipping business unit, one of the largest employers of U.S. mariner in the domestics. and international maritime, energy and logistics sectors.

James manages a diverse portfolio of U.S. and foreign flag vessel operations, including petroleum and chemical tankers and articulated tug-barges (ATBs), container ships, general cargo vessels, liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessels, ship assist and escort tugboats, U.S. government ships, and offshore wind, oil and gas support vessels. The business unit also includes a diverse advanced energy services, including LNG storage and distribution, port electrification, and industrial and small utility microgrid power solutions. Crowley Shipping provides a comprehensive range of marine engineering services, including vessel and waterfront infrastructure design, shipyard management, and onsite consulting and project management for maritime projects worldwide.

Prior to joining Crowley, James served as managing director of marine and stevedoring operations for Cooper Marine and executive vice president for Blakeley Boatworks.

He holds a master’s degree in business administration with a specialization in finance from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.

Kollin Fencil

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Crowley Fuels

Fuels

Anchorage, AK

Kollin leads Crowley’s Crowley Fuels business unit, which serves energy logistics needs throughout Alaska to provide safe, dependable transportation, distribution and sales of petroleum products across the state through in-land and marine operations.

Before joining Crowley in 2023, Kollin served as senior vice president of operations of global energy company Santos Ltd. in Alaska, leading their operations function, including driving the implementation of its strategic plan for the business unit. He also previously served in management roles at BP and other energy companies after beginning his career as an engineer.

Kollin earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and also has served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, assisting health care education and teaching high school science in Tanzania.

Phil Shook

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Crowley Land Transportation

Land Transportation

Chicago, IL

Phil Shook leads Crowley’s Land Transportation Services business unit, which consists of land-based transportation, such as brokerage solutions, intermodal services, trucking and managed transportation in North America. 

Prior to joining Crowley, Phil served as executive vice president at Milestone Equipment Holdings, where he oversaw the domestic intermodal growth strategy for its chassis and container business. Before to that role, Shook worked as vice president of surface transportation and served in various other leadership roles at C.H. Robinson. 

He has completed the executive education program at The Wharton School. He has served as a board member for the Intermodal Association of North America and for the University of Denver Transportation Institute.

Reece Alford

Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary

Legal

Jacksonville, Fla.

Reece leads a team of lawyers, outside counsel and support personnel who provide enterprise-wide legal support across Crowley’s diverse business units and corporate functions. Reece’s extensive experience includes corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, strategic transactions, intellectual property, contract negotiations and law department management. 

Prior to joining Crowley, Reece served as a senior corporate attorney and strategic advisor in both public and private equity-owned companies in Jacksonville, Fla. Notably, he helped a public company management team successfully navigate a contest for corporate control and was responsible for closing numerous mergers and acquisitions transactions, including the multi-billion-dollar sale of an international corporation. Prior to going in-house, Alford served as a transactional and corporate lawyer at a large law firm in Birmingham, Alabama. 

Reece earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting, summa cum laude, from Auburn University and a Juris Doctor degree from Vanderbilt Law School. He is a member of Leadership Jacksonville.

Steve Himes Jr.

Vice President and Treasurer

Treasury

Jacksonville, Fla.

Steve is responsible for managing capital raising, corporate liquidity, capital markets relationships and financial risk management. His expertise is in corporate finance, helping increase stakeholders’ understanding of the company as well as raise capital. He also has experience directing treasury, investor relations and finance functions.

Before joining Crowley in 2015, Himes served as director of investor relations and capital markets at Chiquita and director of investor relations at Mirant. 

He earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University.

Tony R. Otero

Vice President and Controller

Accounting

Jacksonville, Fla.

Tony is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating accounting operational functions, overseeing internal control systems and managing the accumulation of financial data necessary for accurate financial reporting to all stakeholders. He has more than two decades of experience in financial and general management across various organizations within Crowley.

Prior to joining Crowley in 1998, Tony worked at Deloitte for several years.

Tony holds a master’s and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Florida.

Richard D. “R.J.” Lamb, Jr.

Vice President, Tax, and Assistant Treasurer

Treasury

Jacksonville, Fla.

Richard oversees Crowley’s tax department and is responsible for structuring new business entities as well as mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. He also interprets and implements new tax law for the company and its shareholders.

Before joining Crowley in 2011 as a tax manager, Richard served as tax director at Landstar and tax manager at Deloitte. He also worked at CSX Transportation.

Richard holds a master’s degree in accounting from the University of North Florida and a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business management from Saint Anselm College.