Paul Gaffney

Paul is president emeritus of Monmouth University and Director of Diamond Offshore Drilling. He is a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral who served as President of the National Defense University, Chief of Naval Research, Commander of the Navy’s Operational Meteorology and Oceanography Program, and Commanding Officer of the Naval Research Laboratory. Paul was Commissioner on the U.S. Ocean Policy Commission and chaired the national Ocean Research Advisory Panel. He was the first chair of the National Ocean Exploration Advisory Board. Paul holds a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy, a master’s in ocean engineering from the Catholic University of America, and an M.B.A. from Jacksonville University.