Paul L. Kelly, Senior Vice President
Rowan Companies, Inc.

Paul L. Kelly is a Senior Vice President of Rowan Companies, Inc., a major provider of international and domestic offshore contract drilling and helicopter services. He also serves on the Board of the National Ocean Industries Association. Mr. Kelly represented the oil service/supply industry on the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Outer Continental Shelf Policy Committee during the past four administrations, serving as chairman of the Committee from 1994-1996. In 1998, he served on the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment Steering Group, which wrote the report, “Our Ocean Future, Themes and Issues Concerning the Nation’s Stake in the Oceans Developed for Discussion During 1998 Year of the Ocean.”