Martha R. Grabowski is an American expert on organizational risk, particularly in maritime operations. She is a professor of information systems in the Madden College of Business and Economics at Le Moyne College in DeWitt, New York, where she holds the McDevitt distinguished chair in information systems, and directs the information systems program. She is also affiliated with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as a distinguished research scientist.
Grabowski graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1979. She went to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for graduate study in management information systems, earning an M.B.A. in 1982, an M.S. in 1983, and a Ph.D. in 1987.
She became an assistant professor at Le Moyne college in 1987. She was promoted to associate professor in 1992 and full professor in 1998. She held the Joseph C. Georg Endowed Professorship from 1994 to 1997, served as acting chair of accounting in 2003 and 2003, chaired the Business Administration Department from 2009 to 2012, and chaired the Accounting Department again beginning in 2020. She has held the McDevitt Chair since 2012.
Grabowski was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024, "for her work on engineering information systems that promote transportation safety and for national leadership in marine transportation policy".