Stuart Gilfillen, Executive Director Tiverton, RI
Stuart Gilfillen
Erin Short, Director of Events and Communications –
Washington, DC
Erin Short
Erin Short joined Tall Ships America in 2006 and is the Director of Events and Communications. Over the course of seventeen years, she has helped coordinate over 85 TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® maritime events on the Pacific Coast, Atlantic Coast, Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico. Her main role is as liaison between Tall Ships America’s Host Port Partners, tall ships fleet, US Coast Guard, city partners and community stakeholders to ensure every event is safe, secure, and successful. Erin is passionate about promoting tall ships, maritime history and our waterfront communities through the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® events and on social media. Erin grew up sailing Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay and has sailed in several of Tall Ships America’s member vessels, culminating in a transatlantic voyage. After graduating with a BS in Anthropology from University of Colorado, Boulder, she missed the ocean and moved back to Rhode Island. She now lives in Washington, DC, and has taken up sailing on the Anacostia River. When not travelling with the tall ships (and sometimes when she is) Erin is on a quest for the perfect bowl of ramen.
