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Vice Admiral Roger T. Rufe, Jr., USCG (Ret.) is the former Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Operations Directorate. Prior to this position, he was President and CEO of The Ocean Conservancy, a national nonprofit environmental advocacy organization and a member of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative. While at The Ocean Conservancy, he held leadership positions on several nonprofit Boards and commissions involved in ocean policy. Admiral Rufe served as captain of five Coast Guard cutters and, as a flag officer, held the Pacific and Atlantic Area commands, as well as commands with responsibility for Coast Guard operations in Alaska, the Southeast, and the Caribbean. He was vice chairman of the National Response Team, chief of the Coast Guard Congressional Affairs Office, representative to the North Pacific and Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Councils, and delegate to Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization. Admiral Rufe is a graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, holds a master’s degree in public administration from New York University, and is a graduate of the National War College.
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