Organizational Structure

Cabinet-level Committee

• Chair

  • Secretary of Transportation (www.dot.gov)

• Members

  • Secretary of Agriculture (www.usda.gov)
  • Secretary of Commerce (www.commerce.gov)
  • Attorney General (www.usdoj.gov)
  • Secretary of Defense (www.defenselink.mil)
  • Secretary of Labor (www.dol.gov)
  • Secretary of Homeland Security (www.dhs.gov)
  • Secretary of Energy (www.energy.gov)
  • Secretary of the Treasury (www.treasury.gov)
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (www.jcs.mil)
  • Secretary of State (www.state.gov)
  • Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)
  • Secretary of the Interior (www.doi.gov)
  • Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission (www.fmc.gov)
  • Chairman of the Marine Mammal Commission (www.mmc.gov)
  • Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (www.ntsb.gov)
  • * Council on Environmental Quality Chair (Acting) (www.whitehouse.gov/ceq)
  • * Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/staff)
  • * Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (US Domestic Policy Council)
  • * Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (US National Economic Council)
  • * Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Policy (www.whitehouse.gov/ostp)
  • * Director of the Office of Management and Budget (www.whitehouse.gov/omb)
  • * Director of the National Ocean Council (National Ocean Policy)
  • * Advisor to the President on National Security (www.whitehouse.gov/nsc)
  • * Director, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (nmio.ise.gov/)
  • * Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 55502(c)(2), the Committee shall include as non-voting.

Coordinating Board

• Chair

  • MG Scott Spellmon, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations, US Army Corps of Engineers

• Members

  • Mr. Mark Buzby, Administrator, Maritime Administration
  • Mr. Michael Khouri, Acting Chair, Federal Maritime Commission
  • RDML Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D. (USN Ret.), Acting Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, US Department of Commerce
  • Mr. Craig Middlebrook, In lieu of Administrator, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, US Department of Transportation
  • Mr. Robert Kolasky, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, US Department of Homeland Security
  • Dr. Neal Stollemon, Senior Economic Advisor, Office of Policy, US Department of Treasury
  • Mr. Scott Angelle, Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, US Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Sam Shellenberger, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Management, Veteran's Employment and Training Services, US Department of Labor
  • RADM James Helis, Superintendent, US Merchant Marine Academy, Maritime Administration, US Department of Transportation
  • RDML John Nadeau (USCG), Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy
  • RDML John Okon, Oceanographer of the Navy
  • Dr. Peter Thomas, Executive Director, Marine Mammal Commission
  • Executive Director, Marine Mammal Commission
  • Ms. Pat Hu, Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US Department of Transportation
  • Mr. Karl Simon, Director, Transportation and Climate Division, US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Mr. Evan Bloom, Director, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, US Department of State
  • Mr. Steven Froehlich, Director, Office of Maritime and Land Security, Transportation Security Administration, US Department of Homeland Security
  • Ms. Maureen Smith, Director, Office of Supply Chain and Business Services Industry and Analysis, International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce
  • Mr. James "Rick" Marsh, Deputy Director, Strategic Plans, Policy, and Logistics, US Transportation Command, US Department of Defense
  • Dr. Diana Bauer, Director, Office Energy Systems Integration Analysis, US Department of Energy
  • Mr. Arthur Neal, Jr., Deputy Administrator, Transportation and Marketing Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, US Department of Agriculture
  • Mr. Alex Etchen, Maritime Advisor, Office of Policy, US Department of Transportation
  • Mr. Brian Curtis, Director of Maritime Safety, National Transportation Safety Board
  • US Department of Justice

• Ex Officio Members

  • Mr. Deerin Babb-Brott, Principal Deputy Director, Office of Oceans and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • CDR Doug Stark, Maritime Security Advisor, National Security Council, White House
  • Mr. David Connolly, Branch Chief for Transportation, Office of Management and Budget, White House
  • CAPT Ed Westfall, Director, National Maritime Intelligence Integration Office, Department of Homeland Security

Executive Secretariat

• Executive Director

  • Helen Brohl, CMTS (view more info)

• Senior Advisors

  • Patricia Mutschler, USACE (view more info)
  • Heather Gilbert, NOAA (view more info)
  • Supriti Jaya Ghosh, Contractor/Bowhead (view more info)

• Advisors

  • Sarah Harrison, 2018 John A. Knauss Sea Grant Fellow (view more info)
  • Nancy Lang, CMTS (view more info)

Working Group

• U.S. Army (Army)

  • Theodore Kerr

• U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

  • Matt Chambers

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

  • Evan Musolino

• U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)

  • Staci King

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  • Virginia Fox-Norse
  • Mike Moltzen

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

  • Crystal Jones

• Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

  • John Moran

• International Trade Administration (ITA)

  • Russell Adise

• U.S. Department of Justice (Justice)

• Maritime Administration (MARAD)

  • Tori Collins
  • Jacob Feit

• Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

  • Staci King

• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

  • Amy Stillings

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  • Jim Rice
  • Neil Weston
  • Heather Gilbert

• US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

  • Brian Tetreault
  • Pat Mutschler
  • Jeff Lillycrop
  • Katherine Touzinsky
  • Forrest Vanderbilt

• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

  • Morgan Turrell
  • Jim Scheffer

• Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST)

  • Jim Jenkins
  • Ryan Endorf
  • Karla Wald
  • Bobby Fraser
  • Matthew Vachon

• Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)

  • Rebecca Yackley

• U.S. Department of State (State)

  • Joel Coito

• U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury)

  • Neal Stolleman

• U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM)

  • Tim Grout
  • Ron Marseilles

• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

  • Tanya Rawson

• U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

  • LCDR Will Albright
  • LCDR Justin Kumura
  • Dave Condino

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)>

  • Brian McGregor

• Office of Management and Budget (OMB - Water)

  • Nadir Dalal

• National Ocean Council

  • Steve Baldovsky

• National Maritime Intelligence Integration Office

  • Jeff Hirsch

• Department of Homeland Security – National Protection Programs

  • Nancy Pomerleau

• Marine Mammals Commission

  • Peter Thomas

CMTS Integrated Action Teams and Task Teams

People/agencies listed in IAT refer to the agencies that co-lead the effort

• Ex Officio Member of All CMTS Subcommittees

  • Helen Brohl, CMTS Executive Director

• US Arctic Marine Transportation

  • Ashley Chappel, NOAA
  • Alyson Azzara, MARAD
  • Shannon Jenkins, USCG

• Maritime Innovative Science and Technology

  • Jeff Lillycrop, USACE
  • Todd Rippley, MARAD

• National Export Initiative

  • Margaret Spring, NOAA

• Maritime Data

  • Doug McDonald, MARAD
  • Clint Padgett, USACE

• Future of Navigation

  • Russ Proctor, NOAA
  • CDR John Stone, USCG
  • Brian Tetreault, USACE

• MTS Preparedness

  • Pat Mutschler, USACE
  • LCDR Chuck Bright, USCG

• CMTS Response to the National Ocean Council's Priority Objectives

  • Lynn Martin, USACE

• Infrastructure Investment

  • Scott Calhoun, DOT
  • Pat Mutschler, USACE
  • Neal Stolleman, Treasury

• CMTS Outreach

  • Jacqueline Williams, CMTS

• Resilience

  • Josh Murphy, NOAA
  • Katherine Touzinsky, USACE