Richard Berkowitz has been Vice President of the Transportation Institute for 26 years. The Institute, founded in Washington in 1967, is a non-profit organization dedicated to maritime research education and promotion. Rich is also on the Board of Directors of the State of Alaska Chamber of Commerce, and previously served as Chairman and Member of the Board of the Seattle-King County Workforce Development Council. He holds an MBA degree from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, and a B.S degree from Cornell University in Industrial and Labor Relations.