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Board of Visitors (BOV)

USMMA Board of Visitors to Meet Virtually

KINGS POINT, N.Y., November 5, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces a meeting of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Board of Visitors (Board). During the meeting, MARAD and USMMA leadership will provide an update on the State of the Regiment of Midshipmen, Educational Programs, Middle States Accreditation, Sea Year, Infrastructure Projects, Draft Facility Master Plan, Athletics, Admissions, Class of 2029, Midshipmen Reimbursements, Midshipmen Well-Being including Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response.

The USMMA BOV meeting will take place on November 25, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST. Request to attend the virtual meeting must be received by November 11, 2024.

Written statements to be considered during the meeting must be received via email to ExternalAffairs@usmma.edu no later than November 18, 2024.

Requests for accommodations for a disability must be received via email to ExternalAffairs@usmma.edu no later than November 18, 2024. 

Virtual meeting access information can be found; below, on the USMMA Board of Visitors web page, and USMMA social media. General information about the Board is available on the USMMA web page at https://www.usmma.edu/​about/​leadership/​board-visitors.

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Board of Visitors (BOV)

  1. Senator Mark Kelly (AZ, Appointed by Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation)
  2. Senator Roger Wicker (MS, Appointed by Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation)
  3. Senator Jerry Moran (KS, Vice Presidential appointee)
  4. Senator Maria Cantwell (WA, Ex officio appointee)
  5. Representative Mikie Sherill (NJ-11, House Armed Services Committee appointee)
  6. Representative Jack Bergman (MI-01, House Armed Services Committee appointee)
  7. Representative Andrew Garbarino (NY-02, House Armed Services Committee appointee)
  8. Representative David Valadao (CA-22, Appointed by Speaker of the House)
  9. Representative Thomas Suozzi (NY-3, Appointed by Speaker of the House)
  10. Representative Mike Rogers (AL-03, Ex officio appointee)
  11. Claudia Cimini, (USMMA ‘90, Presidential appointee, Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association)
  12. Eric E. Ebeling (Presidential appointee, President and CEO of ARC)
  13. Nicholas M. Logothetis (Presidential appointee, Vice Chair for Libra Group)
  14. Michael Rodriguez (USMMA ‘79, Presidential appointee, Interim Director for Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies)
  15. Vice Adm. Peter Gautier USCG (Ex officio appointee, Deputy Commandant for Operations of the U.S. Coast Guard)
  16. Rear Adm. Phil Sobeck, USN (Ex officio appointee, CDR, Military Sealift Command)

Click: BOV Minutes to be redirected to the minutes library. 

Click: 2022 USMMA BOV Report to be redirected PDF copy of the report.

Click: May 13 BOV Meeting to find instructions to attend virtually

 

 

 

 

 

Last updated: Friday, November 15, 2024

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