Episode 5: Carleen Lyden Walker CEO Morgan Marketing

In this episode, Teddy P welcomes Carleen Lyden Walker, CEO of Morgan Marketing. They discuss her extensive career, passion for shipping, and commitment to environmental stewardship. Carleen shares her early fascination with the maritime world, her educational journey at Wellesley College and her early career where she challenged gender stereotypes. They discussed her various experiences in corporate and nonprofit sectors that shaped her global perspective and contributed to her lasting impact on the industry. The discussion highlights the need to increase the maritime industry's visibility, the growth of women in maritime roles, and the importance of attracting a new generation of mariners. Finally, they discuss the book she Co-Authored ZERO POINT FOUR, which is based on the sobering fact that our U.S. Flag fleet is only 0.4 % of the worlds fleet. And not only identifying the precarious position we are in, but offering an action plan on how to get our country out of it via the introduction of the SHIPS Act to Congress.