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Thad Allen


 

 

Title: 
Retired Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant

Graduate: 
MPA, George Washington University

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Until his retirement in 2010, Admiral Allen was Commandant of the US Coast Guard. He led federal responses to crises in the Gulf Coast region: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, and to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he was responsible for leading Coast Guard forces as Commander of the Atlantic Area and U.S. Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic.

Adm. Allen is currently a Senior Fellow at the RAND Corporation. He earned an MPA degree from The George Washington University while on active duty.


 

 

 

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