Katie Hagan, FHG Marine Engineering

Katie Hagan is the Owner and Chief Operating Officer of FHG Marine Engineering Inc. She co-founded FHG at age 28 in 2018. Katie is on the Board of Directors for the Marine Industries Association of South Florida (MIASF) and Board of Young Professionals in Yachting (YPY) USA as the Mentorship Director. She also serves as an Ambassador for She of the Sea advocating for diversity and inclusion in the yachting industry and is a member of Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA). Katie graduated from the University of San Diego summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelors in International Relations and Minor in Asian Studies (Chinese). While studying at USD, she sailed around the world at age 19 with Semester at Sea aboard the M/V Explorer. She later lived and worked abroad in Chongqing, China. Before joining the maritime industry, Katie was involved in humanitarian diplomacy working for several years with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as Head of Chancellery at the ICRC Delegation to the United Nations and at the ICRC Regional Delegation in Washington, D.C. She is from Scottdale, Arizona.