b'MEMBER NEWSKryska Begins Tenure as New Steamship Authority General Manager B eginningJanuary12,AlexKryskasucceedsRobertB.Davis, KryskahassteppedintothewhoannouncedinSeptember2024 role of general manager for thehe would step down from the general Woods Hole, Marthas Vineyard andmanagers position and transition into Nantucket Steamship Authority. anadvisorycapacity.Daviswasap-pointed general manager in 2016 and Thecompanysboardunanimouslybegan in the role in 2017. He joined namedKryskathegeneralmanagerthe Authority in 1986 and held several bytheBoardatameetingheldinpositions of increasing responsibility, November 2025. Contract terms wereincludingtreasurerandcomptroller, approved at a meeting in December,beforebeingelevatedtothegeneral and the three-year contract has sincemanager position.been executed. Alex has a strong background in the marineindustryandrelatedbusi-nessesandhasthenecessaryskills toaddressthemanychallengesand opportunitiesfacingtheSteamship Authority and similar organizations, saidboardChairJamesM.Malkin, who represents Marthas Vineyard.Kryska brings nearly three decades of experienceinfleetoperationsacross maritime,aviation,andtransporta-tion sectors. He is currently the chief operating officer at PROP, a San Fran-cisco-basedcompanythatoperates apublic-privatecommuterferryser-vice. He has also worked for ACME Technologies, WestEd, and Covenant Aviation Security.Kryska has an undergraduate degree in transportation business administration from the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad-emy and a Master of Business Admin-istration in global business operations from San Francisco State University.51 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026'