Margaret A. Kidd

Department Chair, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, San Jacinto College and Special Advisor, Houston Maritime Center & Museum

Margaret A. Kidd serves as Department Chair of Logistics & Supply Chain Management at San Jacinto College and Special Advisor to the President and Board of Trustees for the Houston Maritime Center and Museum. With over 15 years in higher education, she leads workforce-aligned programs supporting Houston’s globally connected economy and is spearheading the launch of the Bachelor of Applied Technology in Logistics & Supply Chain Management—the first four-year degree offered by a Texas community college.

Previously, she served as Program Director and Instructional Associate Professor at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, where she built and chaired a globally recognized industry advisory board spanning importers, exporters, EPC firms, 3PLs, manufacturers, and port authorities. Her work focuses on closing the skills gap through employer engagement, applied learning, and stackable credentials.

Margaret has led multiple workforce development grants as PI/Co-PI, including a U.S. Department of Labor TAACCCT sub-award ($469K) within a $25M consortium, delivering ~30% of nearly 11,000 credentials awarded. Her portfolio also includes projects with Port Houston, KBR, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Shell, and an international case study on Larsen & Toubro’s supply chain digitization.

A globally recognized thought leader in supply chain resilience, maritime logistics, and digitization, her insights reached 3.1B people across 455 media outlets in 2024. She serves on key advisory boards including scoring committee for TxDOT Maritime Division Texas Port Mission Plan during the 89th Legislative Session, the Editorial Review Board for Breakbulk Magazine, and the Energy Industries Council. She is also an inaugural member of Future Thinkers.

Margaret holds a BBA and an MA in Cross-Cultural Studies and has completed doctoral coursework in Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, focusing on port-city interface, sustainability, and economic development.