Art Powers is the Senior Principal for Emergency Preparedness and Response at ExxonMobil, where he has served since 1999. With a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation (1993) and a Master of Science in Emergency Management (2010) from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, he is also a certified Emergency Manager through the International Association of Emergency Managers.
Since 2008, he has been part of ExxonMobil’s Tier 3 Regional Response Team, responding to incidents and supporting exercises across six continents. He is focused on systems training and exercise design and has spoken at various industry conferences on these topics. Splitting between the U.S. and Mauritius, he and his wife have four children in Texas, Mauritius, and Exeter, UK.