Alumni at Work

Keenan Powers ’11
Keenan Powers ’11 Major at MMA: Marine Transportation Operations Extracurricular involvement while at MMA: Writing Tutor, Outdoors Adventure Club, Blueberry Picking…living in a canvas wall-tent… Employer: Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Where has your career taken you since graduation? After I graduated I hitch hiked from San Francisco to Canada with my best friend and then […]
Todd Cooper ‘97
Todd Cooper ’97 Major at MMA: Marine Transportation Extracurricular involvement while at MMA: Yacht Club Employer: Port Everglades Pilots Association Where has your career taken you since graduation? I started out as an AB on the MV Strong Virginian and continued sailing deep sea for the next 15 years as a licensed deck officer with AMO eventually […]
Joshua M. Smith ‘92
Joshua M. Smith ‘92 Major at MMA: Yacht Operations Extracurricular involvement while at MMA: Theater Club Employer: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Where has your career taken you since graduation? Massachusetts, Caribbean, South America on ships. All over the U.S., Canada, Belgium, and Portugal as a professor. What is your current title and what are your responsibilities? Professor […]
David A. Holmes ’51
David A. Holmes ’51 Extracurricular involvement while at MMA: Drill Squad Employer: High School Principal (retired) Where has your career taken you since graduation? Sailing in the Merchant Marine, tours of duty in the Navy and working as an engineer in the industry. What is your current title and what are your responsibilities? Presently retired. What piece […]
Robert J. Peacock II ‘71
Robert J. Peacock II ‘71 Major at MMA: Deck Extracurricular involvement while at MMA: (current) Board of Trustees, Chair; Visiting Lecturer Employer: Quoddy Pilots USA and TRUFRESH, LLC Where has your career taken you since graduation? All over the world – 34 countries and 38 States. What is your current title and what are your responsibilities? I am […]
Shashi N Kumar ‘87
Shashi N Kumar ‘87 Major at MMA: M.S. in Maritime Management Extracurricular involvement while at MMA: Castine Volunteer Fire Department Employer: Neptune Orient Lines, Singapore (when I was a student at MMA); Maritime Administration (current employer) Where has your career taken you since graduation? I made a completely unplanned switch from my then job in Singapore to […]
Lindsey Pinkham ’04
Lindsey Pinkham ’04 Major at MMA: Marine Transportation Operations Extracurricular involvement while at MMA: Castine Volunteer Fire Department Employer: Midcoast First Aid Where has your career taken you since graduation? After shipping for a few years, I came shoreside and began teaching at MMA. Then, I transitioned to work for Downeast Maritime Inc. as a full time […]