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Captain Kevin C. Kiefer
United States Coast Guard
Commander, Sector Baltimore
Captain Kevin C. Kiefer currently serves as the Coast Guard Sector Commander in Baltimore, Maryland. His area of responsibility includes all Coast Guard missions in the northern Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries and the National Capitol Region. His duties include leading as the Captain of the Port, Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, Officer in Charge of Marine Inspections, and the region’s Search and Rescue Coordinator.
Captain Kiefer graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1989 and currently
holds a Master of Science Degree in Engineering (Naval Architecture and
Marine Engineering) and a Master of Engineering Degree (Manufacturing) from
the University of Michigan..
Captain Kiefer comes to Baltimore from his most recent
position as Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance at U.S. Coast
Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC. Was responsible for the safety,
security and environmental protection of domestic ports, specific focus
areas of the office included developing policy for the enforcement of the
Maritime Transportation Security Act; implementation of the Transportation
Worker Identification Credential; port recovery and resiliency; supply chain
security; and strategy for the protection of dangerous cargoes, critical
infrastructure, and high value assets. As a delegate to the International
Maritime Organization, Captain Kiefer worked on a global supply chain
security and maritime trade recovery initiatives at Maritime Safety
Committee and Facilitation Committee meetings. He also served as Staff
Director/Current Plans at the National Incident Command in Washington, DC
for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill response.
After an initial tour aboard the USCGC VALIANT in
Galveston, TX, Captain Kiefer served in the Acquisitions Office at Coast
Guard Headquarters as the configuration manager for three buoy tender
replacement projects. He then transferred to Marine Safety Office Tampa, FL
where worked as a marine inspector and was Chief of Port State Control
Section. He later returned to Coast Guard Headquarters for a tour in the
Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection Office where he worked
in the Lifesaving and Fire Safety Standards Division and served as delegate
on the International Maritime Organization’s Subcommittee on fire
Protection. Captain Kiefer next moved to MSO Corpus Christi, TX where he
first served as the Chief of Port Management Department and later as the
Executive Officer, during which time he lead the planner for the nation’s
largest military out-load operation in support of Operations Enduring
Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
He later transitioned to Chief of the Prevention
Department when the unit joined nearby Group/Air Station and formed Sector
Corpus Christi. He was next assigned as Commanding Officer of Marine Safety
Unit Huntington Tri-State, the largest inland and seventh largest port in
the nation per annual tonnage.
Captain Kiefer’s personal decorations include three
Meritorious Service Medals, Coast Guard Commendation Medal, 9-11 Medal,
Coast Guard Achievement Medal, and an Army Achievement Medal.
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