Executive Archives - Ocean Exchange

Susan Zellers

Alys — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:42:34 +0000

For two decades, she led the Marine Trades Association of Maryland as their Executive Director. In that role she worked as a state lobbyist for recreational boating interests, representing the boater and the trades. She initiated the Marine Trades Industry Partnership for Workforce Development through a grant from the State of Maryland which was recognized nationally for pre-apprentice training. She planned and coordinated conferences, trade shows and social events for the organization.

Prior to MTAM, Susan held the appointed position of Director of Economic Development for the City of Annapolis. Here she served as a liaison with the business community while working to recruit new businesses to Annapolis and Maryland.

In December of 2021, she was awarded the ‘Chesapeake Bay Ambassador’ award by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. One of the highest and most prestigious awards that the state confers upon citizens who are active leaders in supporting a better Chesapeake Bay. Through the pandemic, she served on the City of Annapolis’ and the State of Maryland’s business recovery task forces. She has served on national task forces for recreational boating career marketing and been active in the National Marine Trades Council. In Maryland, she chaired the Visit Annapolis board of directors and served on the Executive Directors Council to Maryland Tourism Development.

Zellers is a graduate of The Ohio State University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Go Buckeyes!

With an empty nest and the new-found ability to work remotely, Susan relocated to Sarasota, FL in September of 2021.

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Alys Spillman

Alys — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:16:18 +0000

An experienced technical writer, she holds an MA in Archaeology from The University of Reading, UK. Her work is characterized by a penchant for organization in whatever she does, and this has served her well in her multifaceted career, spanning fields such as archaeological technical illustration, grant writing for non-profits, and working with digital media, among others.

No stranger to the science world thanks to her physicist dad, Alys welcomes this opportunity to facilitate the practical application of scientific innovation for the betterment of the world.

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Millicent Wallace Pitts

Alys — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:05:48 +0000

Milly is the executive director of our international non-profit, OceanExchange.org, that gives
non-dilutive funding to innovative start-ups that support healthy oceans and a sustainable Blue Economy. She previously was an executive in the chemical/materials industry for 30 years,
living in Houston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Valencia (Spain).

In addition to her role at Ocean Exchange, she is a mentor with Creative Destruction Labs
(Oceans) in Halifax, is on the Leadership Team of OceansVisions.org, and has previously
mentored or judged in collaboration with other partners such as Clean Tech Open and NREL.
She leads the Ocean Exchange efforts to grow and communicate with the community of ocean
and blue tech innovators.

She holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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