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Deputy Administrator Maritime Administration/MARAD U.S. Department of Transportation
On July 3, 2023, Tamekia Flack was sworn in as Deputy Administrator of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) after having served nearly 20 months as MARAD’s Chief Counsel.
In her role as...
As the Director of the Office of International Activities, Mr. Kishiyama is responsible for the Maritime Administration’s participation in international activities concerned with marine transportation. His office routinely works with foreign economic and political entities in...
Mr. Moore is currently serving as the Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Federal Sealift at the Maritime Administration (MARAD). He serves as one of three principal deputies to the Associate Administrator for Strategic Sealift and is...
Melinda Simmons-Healy
Melinda Simmons-Healy, a member of the Senior Executive Service, became the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD) Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial Sealift in November of...
Shashi N. Kumar, Ph.D., Master Mariner, joined Federal Senior Executive Service in January 2007 and was appointed the Maritime Administration’s first Deputy Associate Administrator and National Coordinator of Maritime Education and Training in November 2015. He is the Founding Dean of...
Lydia Moschkin is a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES). She is currently the Associate Administrator for Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She is responsible for the oversight of all financial management and budget activities relating to the programs and...
Rear Admiral James A. Helis, United States Maritime Service, was appointed the twelfth Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy on 23 July 2012.
Rear Admiral Helis began a thirty year career as an Army infantry officer upon graduation from the...