Frank Collins
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has named Frank Collins as senior protection advisor, overseeing the group’s nationwide ship restore and safety, in addition to business workforce growth and training, initiatives..
Collins is a strategic enterprise advisor with over 36 years of private and non-private sector expertise within the ship restore business. He served as CEO of United States Marine Preservation, was a principal authorities relations consultant for ship restore at BAE Systems Ship Repair, and was senior vp at United States Marine Repair, the place he sat on the Executive Operating Committee. Collins additionally served as a vp of the Carlyle Management Group (CMG), and beforehand spent 13 years engaged on Capitol Hill as chief of workers for a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and as district director for a member who served on and later chaired the House Armed Services Committee.
“Now more than ever, it is critical that our armed forces have the vessels they need to complete their missions safely and effectively, and SCA will play a critical role in ensuring our U.S. yards are delivering for the country,” mentioned Collins. “I am excited to join the dynamic SCA team, and work closely with shipyards across the U.S. on these important issues.”
“Continued geopolitical issues have demonstrated the need for the U.S. to build and maintain a strong maritime fleet in times of conflict and in times of peace,”,” mentioned SCA President Matthew Paxton. “Frank’s nearly four decades of experience working in naval operations and national security policy will be critical in advocating on behalf of our industry. We are honored for Frank to come aboard the SCA team and provide his unique insight on national ship repair and workforce development.”
Captain Joe O’Conor, USN (Ret.), the present senior protection advisor for SCA, is retiring from his place after serving at SCA since 2017.
“We are tremendously excited to welcome Frank to our asociation and his decades of expertise – from both the private and public sector – that will serve our more than 82 shipyards and 87 partner organizations,” mentioned SCA Chairman and President of Bollinger Shipyards, Ben Bordelon. “As we welcome Frank, our complete SCA board of administrators and members from coast to coast will even miss the data, recommendation and friendship of Joe O’Conor. On behalf of all the affiliation, we thank Joe for his years of devoted service to the nation and to our business, and we provide our deepest effectively needs as he units sail on his subsequent voyage into retirement.
“Joe has been a tremendous leader, colleague and friend throughout his dedicated service in the Navy and as a public and civil servant,” mentioned Paxton. “We will miss his leadership in our association but we hope Joe enjoys fair winds and following seas in his retirement.”
Throughout his distinguished profession, Captain O’Conor served a variety of responsibility assignments within the Navy together with commanding the USS O’Bannon (DD-987) and pre-commissioning Executive Officer of USS Monterey (CG 61), amongst quite a few high-level operations of different ships and workers. He additionally served a number of excursions in Washington, D.C., as Chief of Naval Operations Staff within the Pentagon in addition to a Congressional Liaison Officer for the Navy on Capitol Hill.
