Nicholas “Nick” Tabori joined the WSC in April of 2022 as the Director of U.S. Regulatory Affairs.

Prior to this, Nick served as a commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard for 20 years.  During that time, he served at sea conducting counter narcotics patrols, search and rescue, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was a Judge Advocate General attorney. This role included the drafting and implementation of safety and security legislation, regulations, and policy; to include cybersecurity, autonomous technology, legal counsel to the Coast Guard’s International Maritime Organization delegation, support to Ukraine, and sexual assault prevention and response.

Nick was also an attorney with the National Pollution Funds Center, where he assisted the U.S. Department of Justice with oil pollution litigation. Additionally, he served in the Coast Guard’s office of information and intelligence law where he supported the counterintelligence division with operational planning, investigations, insider threat detection and prevention, and policy development.