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Rear Admiral Richard A. Appelbaum, USCG (ret)
Name: Rear Admiral Richard A. Appelbaum, USCG (ret)
Previous Experience:
- Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District headquartered in Long Beach, California
- Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio
- Chief of the Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway Service
- Chief of the Office of Law Enforcement and Defense Operations (now titled Assistant Commandant for Operations), with responsibility for every major operational program of the Coast Guard
Spectrum Experience:
- Admiral Appelbaum is a member of the Coast Guard and Homeland Security Divisions at SPECTRUM. He has extensive expertise in maritme transportation, security, and pollution issues. He also has expertise in the development of servicewide organizational redesign and process improvement. Examples include institutionalization of doctrine to capture benefits of experience and experimentation; restructuring of the service defense operations niche; incorporation of mission analysis for capital resource design; and development of an Incident Command System for a broad spectrum of interservice, interagency, and industry partnering activities and operations.
Biography:
Rear Admiral Richard A. Appelbaum served thirty-five years of active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard in shipboard and shore-based operational and administrative assignments, including command at sea and four positions within the field of law. At the time of his retirement from the Coast Guard, he was the sixth highest-ranking officer in that organization of nearly 90,000 active, civilian, reservist and volunteer members.
Since retirement, Admiral Appelbaum concurrently: (1) has been of counsel to a West Coast maritime and securities law firm; (2) has been the Vice President for Maritime Programs for a domestic and international defense and security contractor; (3) has been an Associate at a firm providing general consultative services to a broad spectrum of clients; (4) has provided business development services for several start-up companies; and (5) has consulted privately for individuals and corporations.
Education:
Admiral Applebaum holds a B.S. in Engineering from the U. S. Coast Guard Academy and a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University (National Law Center).
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