Started my Coast Guard career on the USCGC Eagle. Attended Aviation Survivalman and the Navy Rescue Swimmer School. Served at Air Stations Sitka, Cape May, Clearwater, Atlantic City, and Detroit. Spent one tour as the Recruiter in Charge in Providence, RI. Served in the Office of Boat Forces, as the Rescue and Survival Systems Program Manager. I closed out my Coast Guard career assigned as an Afloat Safety Specialist in Office of Safety and Environmental Health's Afloat Safety Division.

Have served as the Recreational Boating Safety Outreach Coordinator in the Boating Safety Division, Coast Guard Headquarters since 2015.