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Brooklyn Tucker, Director of Governmental and Legislative Affairs

Brooklyn Tucker serves as the Director of Governmental and Legislative Affairs at the Maritime Administration (MARAD). As a member of the senior leadership team, she leads the agency’s congressional engagement and legislative strategy efforts.

Before joining MARAD, she served as a...

Sydney Plante, Policy Advisor

Sydney Plante is the Policy Advisor of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) at the U.S. Department of Transportation. As a member of the senior leadership team, she plays a pivotal role in advancing MARAD's strategic policy agenda.

Her role builds on a strong foundation in...

William "Bill" Paape, Associate Administrator for Ports and Waterways

William "Bill" Paape, a member of the Senior Executive Service, became the Associate Administrator for Ports & Waterways on June 7, 2020. In this capacity, Mr. Paape directs a national port infrastructure modernization program in excess of $2 billion. Discretionary grant port...

Elizabeth O'Connor, Chief Counsel

Elizabeth Bayly O’Connor serves as Chief Counsel to the Maritime Administration (MARAD). As a member of the senior leadership team, she leads the agency’s legal team in support of MARAD’s mission to foster, promote, and develop the maritime industry of the United States to advance the...

Cameron "Cam" V. Gore, Deputy Chief Counsel

Mr. Cameron “Cam” V. Gore serves as the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Deputy Chief Counsel.  With over three decades of public and private sector legal experience, Cam leads a team of attorneys committed to support MARAD’s programs, and initiatives to advance, promote, and...

Executive Director

Gregory “Jack” Kammerer

Mr. Kammerer is a current Senior Executive Service member who began his federal government service in 2005 as an Army Senior Fellow serving in the role of the Director of Stakeholder Engagement in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for...