BIOGRAPHY 

John Vermilye started his first career in airline operations, then as Senior VP at the International Air Transport Association, IATA in Geneva. After 9/11 he was an advisor to the US government helping set up the Transportation Security Administration, TSA.

Vermilye’s second career was entrepreneur. He created the Travel Sentry system for luggage locks used by security agencies globally.

His third career is venture philanthropist and Co-founder of the Gallifrey Foundation focused on social enterprise education and marine conservation. The core objectives are to ask what can be done in a central neutral position to create win-win-win solutions, foster collaboration, and not reinvent the wheel.

Vermilye earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard University, was a Harvard Fellow in 2017, and is an alumnus of the London Business School. He is Co-Chair of Dr. Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue.