JOC Editorial Team

Michael Angell, Associate Editor             

Michael Angell is an associate editor for JOC.com, responsible for coverage of Northeast and Gulf Coast ports. He has covered transportation and logistics since 2015, as a US correspondent for TradeWinds and as an editor for FreightWaves. He broke the story about 18 seafarers being stranded on a ship in Baltimore Harbor, which was later picked up by The Washington Post among other media, the subsequent bankruptcy of the ship’s owner, and the seizure of its fleet by the owner’s lenders. His other reporting experience includes Law360, Oil Price Information Service, FactSet and Investor’s Business Daily. He has an undergraduate degree in American literature and studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has completed a graduate-level business studies program at Columbia University.

Ari Ashe, Senior Editor             

Ari Ashe has more than a decade of journalism experience working in the busy newsrooms of Washington DC. He earned two bachelor’s degrees at George Washington University and a master’s in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University. In 2006, he began his career with WTOP-FM in Washington D.C., a 24/7 all-news radio outlet. Beginning as a producer, he was the commuter transportation beat reporter from 2012 through 2015. He won an Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative journalism during the three-year stretch. In 2016, Ashe moved over to covering commercial transportation for Transport Topics, a publication of the American Trucking Associations, covering the business of trucking, railroads, and ocean carriers, including quarterly earnings reports and economic news affecting the industry. He joined the JOC in 2018 and reports on the Southeast US ports, intermodal, and trucking.

Chris Brooks, Executive Director             

Chris Brooks leads JOC Events programs, including TPM and the Breakbulk & Project Cargo and Inland Distribution conferences, and works closely with the online team focusing on JOC.com and The Journal of Commerce. A 30-year company veteran, his career has spanned every aspect of the editorial operation, from copy and front-line editing to design, reporting, and overseeing numerous websites. From 2008 through 2017, he managed the day-to-day editorial operation, including its team of award-winning journalists. He now leads the programming teams for nine annual JOC events, including TPM, TPM Asia, Container Trade Europe, and the JOC Inland Distribution, Gulf Shipping, and Port Performance North America conferences. Brooks also oversees the JOC's editorially driven series of webinars. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.

William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking             

Bill Cassidy is Senior Editor, Trucking at the JOC, and his news and analysis of this area are included in the JOC.com, The Journal of Commerce and JOC Events. He joined the publication in 2009, after 13 years at Traffic World magazine where he served as Executive Editor, Managing Editor and Associate Editor. Based in Washington, D.C., Cassidy has been reporting on trucking since 1984, when he joined Fleet Owner magazine in New York. He has also covered logistics management and supply-chain technology, the rail and maritime industries, Congress and federal agencies. Cassidy regularly speaks to industry groups on his area of expertise.

Teri Errico Griffis, Associate Editor         

Teri Errico Griffis has worked in the print media industry for almost two decades, most recently as editor of SCBIZ Magazine and Charleston Regional Business Journal in South Carolina. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut with a focus on English/Journalism. She has worked with the writing team of ABC’s TV show All My Children in New York City and spent most of her career in magazine and newspaper writing. In 2007, while working for the global corporation WWE, she launched WWE Kids Magazine, which was syndicated in 10 countries. Upon moving to Charleston in 2012, she helmed several regional publications, including the relaunch of South Carolina’s business magazine. Throughout her career, Teri has won a New England Press Association Award and three South Carolina Press Association Awards for her excellence in journalism, particularly in business and news reporting.

Eric Johnson, Senior Editor, Technology             

Eric Johnson is the JOC's Senior Editor, Technology, where he leads coverage and analysis of technology’s impact on global logistics and trade. Johnson regularly reports on how shippers, carriers across all modes, and logistics companies use software, as well as new concepts impacting core freight transportation processes like procurement, execution, visibility, and payment. Johnson is a regular presenter and moderator at industry events and webinars. Prior to joining the JOC in May 2018, Johnson spent 13 years with American Shipper in a variety of roles, most recently covering logistics technology and leading the production of a series of benchmark studies on the logistics industry. Johnson has a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s in international business from the University of Leeds, UK. He has lived and worked in Southern California, the UK, and India, and now resides in the Washington, D.C., area.

Greg Knowler, Senior Editor, Europe             

Greg Knowler is Senior Europe Editor at the JOC, based in the London. His coverage spans transportation and logistics issues in Europe and the Asia-Pacific for JOC.com and The Journal of Commerce magazine, chairs the annual Container Trade Europe Conference in Hamburg, and co-chairs TPM Asia in Shenzhen, China, both organized by JOC Events. After 11 years as a reporter and editor for several daily newspapers in Durban, South Africa, he moved to Hong Kong in 2000 to join the South China Morning Post sports department before becoming editor of Cargonews Asia, a regional logistics magazine. He joined the JOC in 2014. A South African native, he moderates at industry conferences and shipper round tables while bringing context to the news coverage and analysis crucial for shippers in Europe and the Asia-Pacific.

Marcin Lejk, Data Analyst         

Marcin Lejk, JOC.com’s Data Analyst, maintains a large and diverse data set that allows him to draw on his extensive data visualization skills. He is a former Derivatives Data Analyst at Refinitiv, a joint venture of Blackstone Group and the Thomson Reuters company. Marcin’s role is to collect, create, and analyze multiple charts for inclusion in JOC stories. Marcin’s data can either drive the story, or provide extra critical context to readers. He is responsible for day-to-day data sourcing, analysis, and special reports for the JOC editorial staff, and he works constantly to expand the JOC’s collection of data to enhance JOC dashboards and find new opportunities for original, data-driven content.

Benjamin S. Meyer, Managing Editor             

Ben Meyer is managing editor at the JOC, responsible for the editing and production of all news, analysis, commentaries, and related content appearing in The Journal of Commerce magazine, on JOC.com, and in the publication’s daily newsletter. Prior to joining the JOC, Meyer spent nine years with American Shipper, most recently serving as head editor. An expert in the container shipping industry, Meyer has written and edited pieces ranging from short news items to long-form magazine stories, custom research reports, and white papers, and has participated in several industry conferences, webinars, and podcasts, both as a moderator and a subject matter expert. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, with a focus on language and modern ethics, from The American University in Washington, DC.

Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor, Trans-Pacific             

Bill Mongelluzzo is Senior Editor, Trans-Pacific at the JOC, based in Long Beach, California. He is responsible for coverage of the trans-Pacific trades, West Coast labor issues, harbor trucking, West Coast ports, and marine terminal productivity for JOC.com, The Journal of Commerce magazine, and JOC Events, and chairs the annual Port Performance North America Conference. Mongelluzzo joined The Journal of Commerce in 1980 as New Orleans correspondent. He moved to Long Beach in 1985 and opened the Los Angeles-Long Beach bureau. He served as maritime editor of The Journal of Commerce in New York in 1992-93 and returned to Southern California in August 1993. Mongelluzzo began his journalism career in 1972 as a reporter with The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He is a native of Chicago and holds a bachelor's in journalism from the University of Missouri and a master's in history from the University of New Orleans.

Janet Nodar, Senior Editor, Breakbulk and Heavy Lift             

Janet Nodar is Senior Editor for Project and Heavy-Lift at the JOC, covering breakbulk, project and heavy-lift transport. She is based on the U.S. Gulf Coast. She was a reporter and editor for The Journal of Commerce's Gulf Shipper and Breakbulk publications from 2006-2013. From 2013-2018 she was Content Director with Breakbulk Events & Media. She holds degrees in finance and English.

Ariane Pepsin, Senior Associate Editor of Special Projects         

Ariane Pepsin is the Senior Associate Editor of Special Projects for the JOC. She is responsible for supporting sales efforts for editorial product and providing editorial and project management support for sales marketing collateral and JOC custom content products. Prior to this role, Ariane served as a content management specialist for JOC.com. Before joining the JOC, she held an editorial and product development role at a management consulting company. Ariane holds a bachelor’s in journalism from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., and currently resides in Houston, Tex.

Cathy Morrow Roberson, JOC Analyst, Air Cargo and Parcel             

Cathy Roberson joined the JOC in July 2020 and covers parcel, air cargo, and last-mile and reverse logistics. Based in Atlanta, she is also founder and head analyst for Logistics Trends & Insights, which provides customized logistics research and consulting services utilizing a global network of trusted and experienced analysts. Services include white papers, reports, surveys, case studies, and more. Roberson has more than 15 years of experience in the logistics market, including 10 years with UPS supply chain and several years with specialized consulting firms. In addition to being quoted in numerous publications, Roberson has published numerous articles in various business and logistics publications and speaks regularly at industry events.

Kevin Saville, Managing Editor             

Kevin Saville is Managing Editor at the JOC, responsible for editing and production of news, analysis, commentaries, and related content appearing on JOC.com and in the publication’s daily newsletter. Prior to joining the JOC, Saville spent almost 22 years with S&P Global Platts, most recently serving as Director of Global Content Editing and Quality. He spent 13 of those years covering OPEC, reporting from the cartel’s meetings in Europe, South America, Africa, and the Middle East. Saville’s analysis on OPEC and oil markets has been quoted in mainstream media such as New York’s Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Associated Press, while he’s appeared on CNBC, PBS’s Nightly Business Report, and Reuters TV. A New York native, Saville holds a bachelor of arts degree in Communication and Political Science from Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y.

Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor             

Mark Szakonyi leads JOC.com and The Journal of Commerce’s editorial team of more than a dozen editors and correspondents in providing business-critical and data-heavy business intelligence and analysis. Szakonyi oversees the magazine’s 100-plus special reports a year, including the Annual Review and Outlook and Top 100 Importers and Exporters issues. He supports all JOC events, including TPM and the Inland Distribution Conference. His analysis and work have been quoted in general business news media including the BBC, Bloomberg, The Economist, NPR, and USA Today.

Peter Tirschwell, Vice President             

Peter Tirschwell is Vice President, Maritime, Trade & Supply Chain, which provides a range of data and analytics and intelligence capabilities. He is responsible for all content appearing in JOC publications, websites, events, and other products. A career shipping and transportation journalist, Peter has been a reporter, West Coast bureau chief, editor-in-chief and publisher of The Journal of Commerce in his 25+ year career with the company beginning in 1992. He is the founder and chair of the annual TPM conference in Long Beach, Calif., the world’s largest container shipping conference. He writes a regular column in The Journal of Commerce print magazine and website covering a range of international logistics topics. He speaks regularly at industry events and has been quoted in mainstream business media including the BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and The New York Times. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

Bency Mathew (India)     

Peter Shaw (Middle East)     

Keith Wallis (Asia)     

Larry Gross         

Larry Gross, a 42-year veteran of the freight transportation sector, is president and founder of Gross Transportation Consulting of Durango, Col., an independent consulting practice specializing in freight transportation matters. As an acknowledged expert on the intermodal sector, Larry is quoted often in the press and makes frequent appearances before the transportation community, including the “Intermodal Analyzed” webinar series for the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). He produces Intermodal in Depth, a monthly analytical report on the intermodal sector, and authors a monthly column for The Journal of Commerce. He has played a key role in the creation of educational content for students studying supply chain management as the author of numerous business case studies, many of which have been used over the years in the “IANA Academic Challenge” competition.

Lars Jensen     

Lars Jensen is CEO of Vespucci Maritime and is an analyst and thought leader providing expert assistance in strategic decision-making and analysis in the wider container shipping industry. Lars has 21 years of experience from inside the container shipping industry, spending the last 11 years as an independent analyst and consultant for carriers, shippers, ports, maritime technology firms, and financial institutions. Lars is the author of the 2017 book Liner Shipping 2025, which to a significant degree predicted many of the changes currently gathering pace in the industry and how carriers, terminals, ports, shippers and forwards should navigate these changes to emerge successfully. He is also cofounder of LinerGame, providing innovative training and team-building in the liner shipping industry, with more than 100 sessions held in the past seven years across 20 countries on three continents.

Jason Miller     

Jason Miller is an associate professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business. He specializes in synthesizing economic data to inform freight industry practitioners about future market conditions. He teaches graduate-level courses on distribution fulfillment and integrated logistics systems. In addition to his industry-focused writing, he has published over 40 peer-reviewed academic articles on various topics including transportation, retailing, research methodology, and statistics.