Mike Jacob
President
Mike Jacob currently serves as President of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), assuming the role in April 2024. PMSA is the premiere, not-for-profit maritime trade association representing vessel and marine terminal interests in legislative, policy, and regulatory matters on the US West Coast, with offices in Oakland, Long Beach, and Seattle.
Mike joined PMSA in 2005. Before being selected as President, he served as Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of PMSA. In this role he would regularly testify and appear on behalf of the maritime industry at administrative, legal, and legislative hearings and served as the association’s liaison with outside counsel and advocates. In his role with PMSA, Mike is a frequent lecturer and presenter at industry conferences and events, including for the Pacific Admiralty Seminar, California Maritime Leadership Symposium, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, International Bar Association, and for the US State Department. He is a member of the California Freight Advisory Committee and the CSU California Maritime Academy, School of Letters & Sciences Advisory Council.
Prior to joining PMSA, Mike provided strategic consulting to local transportation agencies in the Bay Area, including the Port of Oakland and the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, and served as staff in the California State Legislature, including as Chief Consultant in the state Assembly. He was an appointee to the Alameda County Planning Commission from 2003-2015, serving three terms as chair, and has been on the board of directors of the non-profit affordable housing development company Satellite Affordable Housing Associates since 2007.
Mike holds a JD from the University of California, San Francisco College of Law (Hastings) and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley. He is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, California Lawyers Association, State Bar of California, and the United States Supreme Court Bar.
Contact Mike:
510-987-5000 Ext. 103