Dr Christina Brophy is the President and CEO of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, having previously served as Senior Vice President of the Mystic Seaport Museum and as the Douglas and Cynthia Crocker Endowed Chair for the Chief Curator at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. She is the founder and former Editor in Chief of Mystic Seaport Museum’s peer reviewed journal, Mainsheet: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies. Brophy launched the Connecticut Blue Economy Coalition and sits on the San Diego Working Waterfront Board. She leads the ICMM Maritime Refugee Project and is on the ICMM Ocean Sustainability Committee. She has lectured extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. She holds degrees from Northwestern University (BA), the University of Auckland (MA), and the University of Valencia (PhD).