National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (Coast Guard)

Provides advice on the development of regulation and policies affecting personnel in the U.S. Merchant Marine.

Membership List

Captain Michael Allen, Master, Educator, Allen Maritime International LLC

Captain Lindsey Price, Master-Harbor Tug, G&H Towing Company

Captain Kevin Duschenchuk, Mooring Master, Chevron Shipping Company

Chief Rosemary Mackay, President, Ronin Engineer LLC

Chief Colin Carter, Naval Marine Engineer, Caci International Inc. 

Chief Gary Frommelt, Vice President of Port Development, American Queen Steamboat Company

Ms. Berit Eriksson, Workforce Development Director, Sailors Union of the Pacific, Andrew Furuseth School of Seamanship

Captain Christopher Brown, Pilot, Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association

Captain Augusta Roth, Head, Department of Maritime Transportation, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical, University at Galveston

Captain Ernest Fink, Dean, School of Maritime Education and Training, SUNY Maritime College

Captain George Edenfield, Professor of Nautical Sciences, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Captain Gerard Pannell, Director of Training, Simulation, Training, Assessment & Research Center

Captain Theodore Morley, Academic Principal, Maritime Professional Training

Ms. Laura Gill, Maritime Course Development & Project Manager Sea School

Mr. John Fontenot II, Vice President, Odyssea Marine Inc.

Ms. Cody Robles, Manager of Regulatory Compliance, Crowley Maritime

Mr. Philip Carson, Attorney, Simms Showers, LLP

Mr. Sinclair Oubre, Diocesan Director, Diocese of Beaumont, Apostleship of the Sea

Mr. Deyne Umphress, Vice President, Marine Firemen's Union