We would like to thank all of our federal, state, and local partners as well as the regional maritime industry and I volunteer organizations that contribute to the success of protecting the region's maritime interests, preventing dangerous people or goods from reaching our shores, and protecting the American people.

A special thanks to the following groups who assisted with the ~: u.s. COAST GUARD SECTOR SAN FRANCISCO Change of Command Ceremony: CHANGE OF COMMAND Sector San Francisco Culinary Team U S. Air Force Band a/the Golden West I Base Alameda Color Guard April 10th, 2013

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San Francisco, CA Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Order of Events ~o@o@o@ Sector San Francisco's area of responsibility spans from the Ore- gon border to the San Luis Obispo County line and includes over Arrival of Official Party 2,500 miles of shoreline within the San Francisco Bay and its tributaries. Presentation of Colors Base Alameda Color Guard The unit's high level of performance is sustained through the hard work of the dedicated 510 active duty members, 232 reservists, National Anthem 41 civilian employees, and 1,568 auxiliarists (9 divisions cover- Ms. Desiree Parker ing 3 states). Invocation Lieutenant Commander Mark Giralmo Us. Navy Chaplain Corps A typical week at Sector San Francisco: Inspection of Honor Platoon Maritime Safety Respond to 32 search and rescue cases, save 6 lives and Remarks and Award Presentation $177,000 in property, permit 22 marine events, Rear Admiral Karl Schultz inspect 34 commercial vessels and 50 containers. Commander, Eleventh District

Maritime Security Remarks Conduct 140 CriticallnjrastructurelSecurity Captain Cynthia Stowe Zone patrols, three facility spot checks and 9 port security boardings. Relief of Command

Protection of Natural Resources Remarks Conduct 10 pollution investigations and 7 Captain Gregory Stump casualty investigations. Benediction Maritime Mobility Lieutenant Commander Mark Giralmo Facilitate arrival of 7.5 million barrels of oil, monitor 2000 vessel transits, and maintain 10 Aids to Navigation. Semper Paratus Us. Air Force Band of the Golden West Maritime Law Enforcement Conduct 40 general law enforcement boardings. Departure of Official Party

Reception Rear Admiral Karl L. Sch ultz Captain Cynthia L. Stowe

Rear Admiral Schultz assumed his duties as Command- Captain Stowe serves as the Commander, er, Eleventh District in July of 2012. lie most recently U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco and served at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington the . As such, she leads DC, where he was the Director for Governmental and Public Affairs and was responsible for Coast Guard over 790 Active, Reserve, and Civilian ,.. external engagement with the Congress, the media and Coast Guardsmen operating four Cutters, intergovernmental entities. Prior to becoming a flag seven Search and Rescue Stations, an Aids officer, he served as Chief of the Office of Congres- to Navigation Team, Vessel Traffic Service, sional and Governmental Affairs from 2008-20 10, where he was the service's lead representative to the and a Marine Safety Detachment. Her area United States Congress, overseeing all aspects of agen- of responsibility spans from the Oregon cy engagement and interaction with the legislative border to the San Luis Obispo County line branch while also serving as the principal advisor to the Commandant and other senior Coast Guard leaders for all appropriations, authorization and includes over 2,500 miles of shoreline within the San Francisco and Member of Congress specific issues. Bay and its tributaries.

His most recent field assignment was as in Miami from 2006-2008, Prior to this assignment, she served as the Deputy Sector Command- where he oversaw multi-mission operations in Southeast Florida and served as the re- gional Federal Maritime Security Coordinator; Federal On-Scene Coordinator; Officer- er in Miami Florida. 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. CAPT Stowe also served as a Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security for President George W. Bush and for President Command tours of duty afloat include USCGC VENTUROUS, a 210-ft medium endur- ance cutter in St. Petersburg, Florida; USCGC ACACIA, a 180-it sea-going buoy tender Barack Obama. in Charlevoix, Michigan; and USCGC FARALLON, a 11O-ft Island Class Patro I Boat in Miami Beach, Florida. Rounding out his sea duly are tours as Executive Officer of While in DC, CAPT Stowe served on the Senate Appropriations USCGC PETREL, a 110-ft Surface Effect Ship in Key West, Florida; and as Operations Officer of USCGC GENTIAN, a 180-ft sea-going buoy tender in Ft. Macon, North Committee staff where she assisted with drafting the Department's Carolina. Other shore assignments include Congressional Liaison Officer to the United Annual Appropriations and the myriad of Supplemental Acts neces- States House of Representatives, Liaison Officer to the United States Department of sary in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. 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. She is a Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental Protection Spe- cialist, who served as Chief of Port Operations in Tampa, Florida, Rear Admiral Schultz is a 1983 Coast Guard Academy graduate, earning a Bachelor of and Assistant Chief of Port Operations in Baltimore, Maryland. 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 Govern- Captain Stowe is a prior licensed U.S. Merchant Mariner for com- ment. mercial shipping and a graduate of Texas A&M University. Her mil- itary awards include the Department of Homeland Security Distin- Rear Admiral Schultz's personal awards include the Legion of Merit; the Meritorious Service Medal, the Coast Guard Commendation and Achievement Medals; the Com- guished Service Medal, Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medal, (2 mandant's Letter of Commendation; and in 1998 he was the recipient of the Service's awards), Coast Guard Commendation Medal (3 awards), and Coast John G. Witherspoon Inspirational Leadership Award. Guard Achievement Medal.

Rear Admiral Schultz hails from East Hartford, Connecticut and is married to Dawn DeLaurentis of Hammonton.New Jersey. They are the proud parents of five children- Captain Stowe is a native of Wheeling, West Virginia, and has two Kelsey, Lindsey, Annalicse, Eric and Zachary. children, Andrew and Shannon.

\ Captain Gregory G. Stump

CAPT Greg Stump received his commission from the Coast Guard Officer Candidate School in 1990. His first assignment was as the facilities engineering maintenance con- SECTOR SAN FRANCISCO COMMAND STAFF trol officer at Aviation Training Center, Mobile, AL. In 1992, he transferred to the Deputy Sector Commander CAPT Jay Jewess International Maritime Law Enforcement Command Master Chief MSTCM John Klobuchar Team, and deployed as a team leader to Lat- Logistics CDR Daniel Johnson in America in support of the counterdrug Prevention CDR Jason Tama Operation, SNOWCAP. Response CDR Donald Montoro Contingency Planning CDR Lexia Littlejohn CAPT Stump's operations ashore assignments began in 1995 when he Senior Reserve Officer CDR Kyle Maki was assigned as the assistant operations officer to Group/Captain of Sector Command Center LCDR Shawn Lansing the Port!Activities New York. Subsequently, he assumed command Sector Intelligence LCDR Elizabeth VanVelzen 01: and later decommissioned Tactical Law Enforcement Team, Gulf, in the late 1990s. After completing his doctoral course work in leader- ship at the University of San Diego, CAPT Stump was assigned to Coast Guard Headquarters as Chief of Leadership and Professional SECTOR SAN FRANCISCO SUBORDINATE UNITS Development. USCGC HAWKSBILL Monterey, CA In 2005, CAPT Stump returned to the operations ashore community as USCGCSOCKEYE Bodega Bay, CA Response Department Head at Sector New Orleans. Three years later, USCGCPIKE San Francisco, CA he was assigned to the Deployable Operations Group as Deputy Oper- USCGCTERN San Francisco, CA ations Officer. From there, he worked at the Pentagon within the Of- Station Bodega Bay Bodega Bay, CA fice of the Secretary of Defense. A year at Naval War College in Station Golden Gate Sausalito, CA Newport, Rl followed; then CAPT Stump spent nine months as Depu- Station Rio Vista Rio Vista, CA ty, Sector Puget Sound, before transferring to Sector San Francisco. Station Vallejo Vallejo, CA San Francisco, CA CAPT Stump earned a BS in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Mil- Station San Francisco itary Institute, an MPA from Baruch College, an MBA from Boston Station Monterey Monterey, CA University, an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Marine Safety Detachment Naval War College, and a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Humboldt Bay Samoa, CA from the University of San Diego. Aids to Navigation Team San Francisco San Francisco, CA CAPT Stump is married to the former Leigh-Anne Wencker, who danced as a Radio City Rockette, and worked on Broadway for a dec- ade as a dancer/singer/actress in three shows: Beauty and Beast, Crazy for You, and Steel Pier. CAPT Stump and Leigh-Anne are the proud owners of an amazing Shih Tzu, Cassie.