Ginger is Americas Environmental & Sustainability Director at Lloyd’s Register Marine & Offshore.
Ginger is passionate about the planet. She finds it empowering to lead environmental cleanups and creates quite a buzz with her team of Island Huggers in South Florida. Whether the clean ups are by sailboat, kayak, or electric car, no discarded one time use plastic item is safe from her team of sustainability stewards.

She is armed with over 28 years of maritime experience. Ginger is responsible for growth, strategy and delivery of environmental and sustainability services for Americas Marine & Offshore marine clients including ferries, naval, cargo, and cruise ships. Her expertise includes global aspects for waste and waste water management, port facilities infrastructure, environmental regulations, supply chain risk, as well as natural resource conservation and protection strategy.

She obtained her Geological Science degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and was immediately selected to serve as a U.S. Commissioned Officer with the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Upon completion of Officer Training School, Ginger served for five years on board NOAA’s research vessels and land based laboratories. Her geological research led to a number of publications on South Florida ecosystems. She has also served as Superintendent, Environmental Health and Safety Department, at Carnival Cruise Lines and Senior Analyst, Environmental Stewardship Department, serving all cruise lines within Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited.

Ginger takes an active role in the community where she is a board member of UpGyre’s.org, a non-profit that develops technologies that transform ocean plastic pollution into useful products. She also serves as council member and judge for The Fairchild Botanical Garden Challenge and is a member of Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA).