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

Megan Davidson

Chief Operating Officer

Jacksonville, Florida

Megan leads the operating divisions and business lines across the Crowley enterprise as well as government relations, marketing and the company’s safety and environmental assurance groups.  Previously chief people and regulatory officer after joining Crowley in 2021, she led the evolution of the company’s culture, strengthening its talent, governance and performance management systems across the enterprise. She has aligned talent strategies to business outcomes and built systems that help teams move faster and deliver results for customers.

Prior to Crowley, she was vice president of people and culture at BP, 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.

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. She is a 2026 recipient of the Women of Influence Award from the Jacksonville Business Journal.

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, as well as business services and procurement.

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.

Jen Leonard

Chief People Officer

Jacksonville, Fla.

Jen leads Crowley’s people and culture strategy, guiding talent acquisition, human resources, compensation and benefits, and initiatives that foster an elite, high-performing workplace. Jen also champions community engagement through workforce development programs for marine and professional careers, while driving enterprise-wide strategies that strengthen culture and accelerate organizational success.

Since joining Crowley as the vice president of talent and organizational development in 2023, Jen has been instrumental in advancing the company’s human capital strategy and programs. These include talent strategies for employee performance, experience and engagement, such as corporate citizenship and learning and development functions, that align people’s work with business outcomes.

Prior to her time at Crowley, Leonard held leadership roles at Newfold Digital, Adecco Group and Acosta. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.

Kollin Fencil

Executive Vice President & Division President, Energy

Fuels

Anchorage, AK

Kollin leads the consolidated energy division at Crowley, which includes Crowley Fuels in Alaska, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and advanced energy solutions, along with tank farm operations, engineering services, and ship assist and offshore tugs and barges. This division brings together Crowley’s operations supporting energy sector transportation and logistics with related solutions for customers.

He joined Crowley in 2023 as senior vice president of the Fuels business unit, driving key efficiencies and development projects in the Alaska-focused unit as well as in the company’s energy storage and distribution services for the military. Before joining the company, 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.

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

James Fowler

Executive Vice President & Division President, Shipping & Logistics

Shipping

Jacksonville, FL

James leads the shipping and logistics division, which unifies Crowley’s ocean-based logistics, land transportation, and global ship management businesses. The division serves commercial and government customers across ocean shipping, inland trucking and multimodal transportation, warehousing and other supply chain solutions. He joined Crowley in 2023 as senior vice president of the Crowley Shipping business unit. Under his leadership, the business lines improved financial and operational performance and achieved growth through the diversified expansion of its vessel fleet and business portfolio. That portfolio was comprised of U.S. and foreign flag vessel operations, including petroleum and chemical tankers and articulated tug-barges (ATBs), container ships, general cargo vessels, LNG bunkering vessels, and U.S. government ships, and offshore oil and gas support vessels.

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 an MBA 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.

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.

Brett 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, including its joint venture Crowley Wind Services Holdings as its president and CEO.

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.

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 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.

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.