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Crowley

Promotions

Crowley Maritime Corporation's board of directors approved the appointment of

Dan Warner to Senior Vice President and

Treasurer effective January 1. In his new position, Warner is responsible for the direction and management of the treasury activities of the total organization. He ensures that financial transactions, poli- cies and procedures meet corporate objec- tives and regulatory body requirements.

He also manages the corporate banking and investment functions and is responsi- ble for negotiating all company-wide short and long-term debt financing.

Warner will remain domiciled in Jack- sonville, and will report to Bill Pennel- la, Crowley's Vice

Chairman and Exec- utive Vice President.

Reporting to Warner are Senior Treasury

Analysts Momodou

Sallah and Jennifer

Pope. Warner began his career with

Crowley in Novem- ber 2001 as a Senior

Analyst for the cor- porate planning group where he worked until his promotion to Direc- tor of Finance for the Logistics unit followed by a move to the Puerto

Rico/Caribbean liner shipping unit. The board of directors approved his appoint- ment to his prior position of Vice Presi- dent and Treasurer in May of 2005.

In addition, Crowley announced that its board of directors has approved the pro- motion of Art Mead to Senior Vice Presi- dent and General Counsel effective Janu- ary 1. He will report to Bill Pennella,

Crowley's Vice Chairman and Executive

Vice President.

Mead will have corporate wide respon- sibility for all legal matters. As general counsel, Mead ensures that the business practices, policies and dealings of the cor- poration and its affiliates meet regulatory requirements protecting Crowley from adverse legal action. Additionally, Mead will direct legal actions for, and manage the defense of claims against Crowley and also interpret and prepare legal docu- ments. Mead will join Crowley's Man- agement Team and provide counsel to management on legal matters. Reporting to Mead are Vice President and General

Counsel Alan Twaits, Corporate Secretary

Bruce Love and Senior Corporate Coun- selors Fred Moss and Peter Popov.

Hyde Marine Adds

New Tech Director

Hyde Marine, Inc. announced the appointment of Matt Granitto as technical director. Granitto will be responsible for engineering and production as well as product management of Hyde's fast grow- ing marine environmental business unit."With fifteen years of multi-disci- plined engineering experience and strong problem solving capabilities based on a solid technical foundation, Matt is a nat- ural leader with highly effective team building and motivational skills." Hyde

CEO, Tom Mackey, said. "He possesses a talent for developing corporate objectives and transitioning them into action and achievement that will provide Hyde with effective technical leadership and ensure the highest levels of quality and service for our customers."

Matt earned his

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical

Engineering at

Cleveland State Uni- versity and an MBA from the Case West- ern Reserve Univer- sity, Weatherhead School of Management.

He was most recently Director of Engi- neering at Aquionics, Inc., a major manu- facturer of UV disinfection equipment and a supplier to Hyde Marine.

Granitto also serves as Technical Direc- tor of Hyde Marine's joint venture compa- ny, Lamor LLC, a member of the world- wide Lamor Group. Lamor is a leading supplier of oil spill response and environ- mental equipment.

DiRenzo Appointed

To Coast Guard

Academy

Joseph DiRenzo IV, son of Joseph

DiRenzo, III and Commander Karen

DiRenzo, NC, USN of Suffolk, Va., was presented with his appointment papers to the United States Coast Guard Academy by Coast Guard Vice Admiral Vivean

Crea, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Com- mander in a ceremony held Dec. 29 at the

Coast Guard Atlantic Area Headquarters in Portsmouth, Va. DiRenzo and his fel- low cadets in the class of 2010 will report to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New

London CT on July 3, 2006 to begin Swab

Summer, an indoctrination into academy, cadet and Coast Guard life. Following

Swab Summer, DiRenzo will study mechanical engineering and work toward a Bachelors of Science degree. DiRenzo plans to compete for the Varsity Swim team while attending the Academy. Locat- ed on the banks of the Thames River the

Coast Guard Academy commissions approximately 175 ensigns during gradu- ation exercises in May. Following gradua- tion, newly commissioned ensigns report for duty aboard cutters home ported nationwide. Graduates of the academy are obligated to serve five years. Thousands of applicants interested in becoming

Coast Guard officers seek appointments to the academy each year. Many of those applications come from the service's enlisted ranks. Acceptance to the academy is based on a national merit based search, there are no Congressional appointments.

The Coast Guard Academy remains one of the most selective colleges in the coun- try. DiRenzo, is following in the footsteps of both his parents. His father, a 1982 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, retired in 2003 after 21 years of military service in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.

His mother, is a Commander in the Unit- ed States Navy Nurse Corps and currently serves as the Officer in Charge of three

Navy Medical clinics. DiRenzo, who is an

Eagle Scout and National Honor Society member at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy

High School in Suffolk, Va, where he is

Chairman of the Honor Council and Cap- tain for three Varsity Sports, will graduate in June 2006.

Coast Guard

Delivers Cutter

California's Alameda County Sheriff's

Office has added an 85 ft. cutter with twin .50-caliber machine guns to its growing fleet, which now numbers four vessels, according to an AP report. The U.S. Coast

Guard turned over the boat to the Sheriff's

Office under a program that diverts sur- plus military equipment to local law enforcement.

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