Parker Harrison

Harrison joined Crowley in 2013 as director, claims, in the risk management department, where she managed claims, supported Crowley’s growing ship management business, and led the team’s risk management and mitigation efforts for the historic West Africa Ebola relief project (Operation United Assistance). In 2015, she was promoted to vice president, procurement, where she led the modernization and enhancement of the procurement function to support all lines of business. She joined Crowley’s Senior Leadership Team in 2019.

Before joining Crowley, Harrison served as vice president and FD&D manager with Shipowners Claims Bureau in New York, managers of The American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association, where she handled a variety of both P&I and FD&D claims and managed the Club’s overall portfolio of FD&D claims. She also practiced maritime law for several years at Chaffe McCall, LLP, in New Orleans.

Harrison holds both Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Virginia, as well as a Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Tulane Law School with a certificate in maritime law. She is the president of the U.S. chapter of WISTA, the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association. She is also a proctor member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, as well as the 2018-19 editor-in-chief of SEALI, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute.