Margaret A. Kidd

President Houston Maritime Center & Museum

Margaret Kidd is President of the Houston Maritime Center & Museum (HMCM). Prior to joining HMCM, she served as Program Director and Instructional Associate Professor for the Supply Chain & Logistics Technology program in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering. A globally recognized thought leader, she is deeply engaged in areas such as supply chain, maritime ports, global capital projects, process digitization and trade. Global media outlets frequently cite her. In 2024 alone, her media reach exceeded 2.3 billion people, with coverage by 455 media outlets.

 Currently Margaret serves on a number of prestigious committees and boards, including TxDOT Maritime Division’s Project Scoring Committee for the Texas Port Mission Plan during the 89th Legislative Session, the Houston Maritime Center & Museum Board of Trustees, the Energy Industries Council’s North & Central America Regional Advisory Board where she has served the last three years as a judge for the “World Energy Supply Chain Awards,” and the Editorial Review Board of Breakbulk Magazine and served as a judge this spring at the inaugural “Green World Awards” at Breakbulk Europe.

 Margaret holds a BBA and an MA in Cross-Cultural Studies. She has completed 60 doctoral credits in Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, with a focus on port-city interface, sustainability, and economic development.