Fort Schuyler Magazine Spring 2023

CAMPUS NEWS

Maritime College Hosts Women Offshore Student Day 2023

Maritime College proudly hosted the Women Offshore Student Day 2023 on January 20, at the Maritime Academic Center. The annual event featured Keynote Speakers U.S. Coast Guard Captain, Commander, Sector NY Zeita Merchant (morning speaker) and U.S. Maritime Administrator Rear Admiral Ann Phillips (evening speaker). The schedule included a full day of learning and networking with sessions covering topics such as Digitization of the Maritime Industry, and Finding Your Niche in the Maritime Industry. A career fair with a headshot photo station was also available to students and attendees. RADM Alfultis offered opening remarks stating, “It is critical for us to

do a better job of attracting, recruiting and retaining talented women into this great industry. Women Offshore represents the faces of talented women who make up the maritime industry, and young women from as early as high school should see themselves as being a part of the industry.” Panelists included Ally Cendeno, Founder & President of the Women Offshore Foundation; Cassi Laskowski, Women Offshore Foundation; Brooke Baldassari, BP; Jason Johnson, BP; Jeremy Gauthier, CGIS; Captain Kaitlyn McHatti; Captain Lindsay Price, Women Offshore; Raina Barnes, SUNY Maritime College; Tami Francksen, Terradepth; Laila Linares, MARAD; Marley Rakow, Maersk Line Limited; and ADM Wayne Arguin, USCG.

L-R: Marley Rakow, Maersk Line Limited; Jeremy Gauthier, CGIS; ADM Wayne Arguin, USCG; and Ally Cendeno, Founder & President of the Women Offshore Foundation;

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