Rear Admiral Karl L. Schultz
Director of Governmental & Public Affairs
United States Coast Guard
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Rear Admiral Karl L. Schultz currently serves as the Director for Governmental and Public Affairs where he is responsible for Coast Guard external engagement with the Congress, the media and other intergovernmental entities. As Chief of Congressional Affairs from 2008-2010, he was the Service's lead representative to the United States Congress, overseeing all aspects of agency engagement and interaction with the legislative branch while also serving as the principal advisor to the Commandant and other senior Coast Guard leaders for all appropriations, authorization and Member specific issues.
Rear Admiral Schultz's most recent field assignment was as Sector Commander in Miami from 2006-2008, where he oversaw multi-mission operations along 165 miles of Florida coastline stretching from Malabar to the Miami-Dade/Monroe county line, serving as the regional Federal Maritime Security Coordinator; Federal On-Scene Coordinator; Officer-in-Charge Marine Inspection; Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator; and Captain of the Port for Miami, Port Everglades, Palm Beach, Fort Pierce and the Miami River.
Command tours of duty afloat include USCGC VENTUROUS, a 210-ft medium endurance cutter in St. Petersburg, Florida; USCGC ACACIA, a 180-ft sea-going buoy tender in Charlevoix, Michigan; and USCGC FARALLON, a 110-ft Island Class Patrol Boat in Miami Beach, Florida. Rounding out his eleven years of sea duty are tours as Executive Officer in USCGC PETREL, a 110-ft Surface Effect Ship in Key West, Florida; and as Operations Officer in USCGC GENTIAN, a 180-ft sea-going buoy tender in Ft. Macon, North Carolina.
Other shore assignments include Congressional Liaison Officer to the United States House of Representatives, Liaison Officer to the United States Department of State Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Assignment Officer at the Coast Guard Personnel Command, and Command Duty Officer in the Seventh Coast Guard District Operations Center in Miami.
Rear Admiral Schultz is a 1983 Coast Guard Academy graduate, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. In 1992, he was awarded a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Connecticut, and in 2006 completed a one year National Security Fellowship at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Rear Admiral Schultz's personal awards include the Legion of Merit; the Meritorious Service, Coast Guard Commendation and Achievement Medals; the Commandant's Letter of Commendation; and in 1998 he was the recipient of the Service's John G. Witherspoon Inspirational Leadership Award.
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