Michael Crye, President
International Council of Cruise Lines

Michael Crye is a former Captain in the U.S. Coast Guard and an expert in maritime, environmental and administrative laws and regulations. His Coast Guard career included shipboard, legal and congressional assignments, as well as federal court experience as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami. Mr. Crye spent five years as the Coast Guard’s legislative counsel, where he represented the agency on Capitol Hill and shaped the development and implementation of several maritime laws, including the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and a series of Coast Guard and Defense Authorization Acts and annual Appropriations Bills. He also worked with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on ratification of six International Maritime Organization treaties on the environment, merchant vessel safety, marine conservation, and international maritime rights and responsibilities.