Gail Kulisch

An expert in disaster response, retired United States Coast Guard Captain Gail Kulisch has had a directly positive impact on the recovery of numerous major incidents in the last 30 years. Captain Kulisch has led teams and coordinated hundreds of personnel members in such incidents as the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the anthrax attacks on Capitol Hill, the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. During her nearly three decades of military service, she has demonstrated commendable leadership skills, which have garnered her more than 35 military awards, including two Legion of Merits and three Meritorious Service Medals.

Highly educated, Gail Kulisch received her BA in Chemistry from the College of the Holy Cross, and her MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a National Security Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Captain Kulisch conducted research on emerging international threats to national security, terrorism prevention and mitigation of terrorist attacks. Gail Kulisch also acted as a Senior Fellow for the United States Navy Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, where she was a contributing author of the report "The Convergence of Sea Power and Cyber Power."

Among Captain Kulisch's notable positions within the US Coast Guard are time spent as Commanding Officer with the National Strike Force Atlantic Strike Team; Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Commander with the US Coast Guard's Sector Boston; and Deputy Commander and Commander of the US Coast Guard's Deployable Operations Group. Presently, Gail Kulisch is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), and a National Incident Management System Type 1 Incident Commander. Captain Kulisch also owns and operates BTG Ventures LLC, through which she offers her extensive technical expertise in disaster response operations and mitigation.