The Ventus Award Selection Committee represents the breadth of offshore wind and other ocean renewable industries. The jury will judge all applicants solely on their submitted materials. Aaron Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Principle Power Alessandra Tebaldi, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, McAllister Towing Diana Smith, Publisher, Offshore Magazine Andrew Lee, Editor-in-Chief, Recharge News Beate Hildenbrand, Head of Americas, G+ Ben Brown, Client Advisor, Marsh Cindy Muller, Partner, Jones Walker James Manwell, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst James Baeder, Professor, University of Maryland Jay Borkland, Director of Ports & Supply Chain, Avangrid Vice President of New Energy Solutions, Western Hemisphere, TGS Larry Viterna, President, Nautica Wind Power Lorry Wagner, USA Director, Ventolines Lauren Burm, Senior Director of State and Local Government Relations, Vestas North America Matt Smith, Director of Offshore Wind and Business Development, Hampton Roads Alliance Theodore Paradise, Partner, CTC Global Walter Musial, Principal Engineer and Offshore Wind Research Lead, National Renewable Energy Laboratory