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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS LesherHaynesFoxxWhite Coast Guard Yard under New CommandCaptain George Lesher recently as- sumed command of the U.S. Coast Guard Yard. He is the 41st Com- manding Of? cer in the 114-year his- tory of the shipyard, the only ship- building and major ship repair facility of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Yards Industrial Manager from 2011 to 2013, Lesher came from the Coast Guard Cutter (CGC) DEPEND- ABLE (WMEC-626), where he served as Commanding Of? cer from 2009 to 2011.Dometic Marine Appoints Haynes Dometic Marine has signaled its in- tent to focus on the commercial mar- ket with the appointment of 25-year company employee Ben Haynes to the Commercial and Military Marine portion of Dometic Americas. Haynes has worked with the Asia Paci? c group for the past ? ve years, will have key re- sponsibility for generating sales in the Paci? c North West, along with North West and North East Canada. Foxx Sworn in as 17th DOT Secretary Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has been sworn in as the nations 17th Sec- retary of Transportation. Con? rmed by the full U.S. Senate in a unanimous vote of 100-0 on June 27, Foxx leads an agency with more than 55,000 em- ployees and a $70 billion budget that oversees air, maritime, and surface transportation. Foxx received a law degree from New York Universitys School of Law and a bachelors degree in History from Davidson College. New Operations Director at American Cruise LinesAmerican Cruise Lines has appoint- ed Captain Andrew White as Director of Marine Operations. White joins American Cruise Lines after his recent retirement from twenty-seven years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard. Cap- tain White is a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy. EBDG Seattle Continues Staff Growth with Two New Additions Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has added two employees to its Seattle team. Kurt Jankowski, who has naval architecture, marine engineering and ship construction experience, gradu- ated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a BSE in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and earned his MSE in Naval Archi- tecture and Marine Engineering. Jus- tin Jones is a CAD Designer and In- dustrial Designer. He graduated with honors from the Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Burger Boat Company Appoints Conboy as Commercial Director Burger Boat Company has an- nounced the appointment of Thom Conboy as its Commercial Director. Conboy will be working to secure new construction, re? t and repair projects as well as heading its yacht brokerage and charter division at Burger Yacht Sales. Thoms yachting career spans over 30 years with positions as captain, project manager, yacht builder, ship- yard owner and superyacht broker. TITAN Promotes Shelby Harris Salvage Master Shelby Harris has been named TITAN Salvages new director of marine operations in Asia. He brings 15+ years of experience re- sponding to large-scale domestic and international salvage and wreck re- moval projects. Based out of the com- panys Singapore of? ce, he will report to TITANs Director of Operations Patrick Keenan. Harris joined TITAN in 1998 as a commercial diver shortly after graduating from the Divers Insti- tute of Technology in Seattle. Watson to Join ABS ABS has announced that James A. Watson, Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforce- ment (BSEE), will join ABS as Presi- dent and Chief Operating Of? cer of the Americas Division on September 2, 2013. Watson will have operational responsibility for activity in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. Before becoming BSEE Director, Watson was the US Coast Guards Director of Prevention Policy for Marine Safety, Security and Stew- ardship. He was designated as the August 201350 MNMN August2013 Layout 50-58.indd 507/23/2013 7:33:22 PM