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3 7 Study Committee Biographical Information Malcolm MacKinnon III, Chair, is Managing Member of MacKinnon-Searle Consortium, LLC, a firm that specializes in ship design and acquisition, salvage, tech- nology insertion, and shipyard management, among other things. Admiral MacKinnon served in various executive and command positions with the U.S. Navy from 1955 until his retirement in 1990, including Deputy Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Ship Design and Engineering, Chief Engineer of the Navy, and Vice Commander, NAVSEA. He was Project Officer for the design and construction of SeaLab II, an underwater habitat, and directed the conceptual design efforts for the Trident and SSN 688 classes of nuclear submarines. He is active in the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the American Society of Naval Engineers. Admiral MacKinnon received a BS in naval science from the U.S. Naval Academy and an MS in naval architecture and marine engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has served on several National Research Council (NRC) committees, including the Marine Board Committee to Review NOAAâs Fleet Replacement and Modernization Plan and Committee on Marine Transportation of Heavy Oils. Paul S. Fischbeck is Director of the Center for the Study and Improvement of Regulation and Associate Professor of Engineering and Public Policy and Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. Widely published, Dr. Fischbeck has served on a num- ber of national research committees and review panels, including the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on School Transportation Safety, the National Science Foundation Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Proposal Review Committee and Small Business Innovative Research Proposal Review Committee, and the TRB Marine Board Committee for Evaluating Double-Hull Tanker Design Alternatives and Committee on Risk Assessment and Management of Marine Systems. He is involved with a number of professional research organizations including the American Society for Engineering Education, the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, the Military Operations Research Society, and the Society of Risk Analysis. He holds a BS in architec- ture from the University of Virginia, an MS in opera- tions research and management science from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a PhD in industrial engineer- ing and engineering management from Stanford University. Sally Ann Lentz is the Executive Director and General Counsel of Ocean Advocates, Clarksville, Maryland, a national, nonprofit environmental organization dedi- cated to the protection of the marine environment. She represents environmental interests in national and inter- national forums on ocean dumping, vessel source pollu- tion, and other marine public policy issues. She has served as advisor to the U.S. delegations to the International Maritime Organization and develops and coordinates policy positions for coalitions of domestic and international environmental organizations on ship- ping, coastal, and marine issues. Ms. Lentz represents
3 8 M A R I N E S A LVA G E C A P A B I L I T I E S these organizations at international conventions related to oil pollution from tanker accidents. Previously she was Staff Attorney for Friends of the Earth and the Oceanic Society and conducted a private practice. She has a BA from Oberlin College, a postgraduate degree in European integration from the University of Amsterdam, and a JD from the University of Maryland. A member of the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars, Ms. Lentz is also a member of the TRB Marine Board and has served on a number of Marine Board committees. She has pub- lished extensively in professional and legal journals on marine and ocean environmental protection issues. Reginald E. McKamie, Sr., is a practicing maritime attorney in Houston, Texas. He is also a certified pub- lic accountant (CPA). He received a BS from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point in 1975, an MBA from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1976, and a JD from the University of Houston in 1986, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He served as lead counsel for the Port of Houston Authority in a case involving a major mar- itime casualty and oil spill in Galveston Bay, which was considered by the court a case of first impression for the Fifth Circuit and is reported in American Maritime Cases. Following graduation from USC, he accepted a position as an able-bodied seaman aboard an ocean- going vessel. While pursuing a seagoing career, he also worked with the accounting firm of Cook & Robinson, CPA. In 1981, Mr. McKamie earned his license as both Unlimited Master Mariner and CPA. He also worked for Exxon Shipping Company, where he held the posi- tions of Assistant Fleet Manning Supervisor and Senior Financial Specialist. He returned to sea in 1986 and served as Captain of the S/S Exxon North Slope, S/S Exxon Philadelphia, and the S/S Exxon Benicia. He is a member of the American, Texas, and Houston Bar Associations and the Texas and Houston Chapters of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. R. Keith Michel is President of Herbert Engineering Corporation, Alameda, California. In his 30 years with the company, he has worked on design, specification development, and contract negotiations for container- ships, bulk carriers, and tankers. Mr. Michel has served on industry advisory groups developing guidelines for alternative tanker designs, including groups advising the International Maritime Organization and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). His work has included develop- ment of methodology, vessel models, and oil outflow analysis. He was a project engineer for the USCG report on oil outflow analysis for double-hull and hybrid tanker arrangements, which was part of the U.S. Department of Transportationâs technical report to Congress on the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. He has also worked on the development of salvage software used by the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards, the Navy, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Maritime Administration, the American Bureau of Shipping, Lloydâs, and numerous oil and shipping companies. Mr. Michel holds a BS in naval architecture and marine engineering from the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. He was first appointed a member of the Marine Board in 1998 and is currently serving as chair. Robert C. North is currently President of North Star Maritime, Inc., Queenstown, Maryland, specializing in marine industry consulting in merchant marine safety, port safety and security, waterways management, mer- chant marine personnel qualifications and training, and marine environmental protection regulatory issues. He served for 34 years as a USCG commissioned officer. His career culminated with service as the USCG Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, directing national and inter- national programs for commercial vessel safety, mer- chant mariner licensing and documentation, port safety and security, and waterways management. He led the effort involving 14 federal agencies and public- and private-sector stakeholders to develop the concept of the Marine Transportation System, a project aimed at ensuring that U.S. ports, waterways, and intermodal connections are able to support anticipated increased levels of maritime trade in the coming years in a safe, secure, and environmentally sound manner. He directed the creation of Qualship 21, a unique safety and envi- ronmental protection quality incentives program for foreign vessels calling in U.S. ports. He also managed development of the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement project to consolidate USCG com- mercial vessel databases for merchant marine safety and maritime law enforcement programs. RADM North is a graduate of the State University of New York Maritime College with a degree in marine engineering and is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College of the National Defense University.
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