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enterprise 3.0: new representations of new markets : Speakers

Admiral Thad Allen
23rd Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard

Admiral Thad W. Allen assumed the duties of 23rd Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard May 25th, 2006 after serving as the Chief of Staff. He was the principal Federal official in charge of response and recovery operations for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

A 1971 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, Admiral Allen's operational assignments include duty in Thailand, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S., including command of Group Long Island Sound, Group Atlantic City, USCGC CITRUS, the Seventh Coast Guard District in Miami and the Atlantic Area in Portsmouth, Va.

Admiral Allen earned a Masters of Public Administration from George Washington University, and a Master of Science degree from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was elected a National Academy of Public Administration Fellow in 2003.

He is married to the former Pamela A. Hess, Assistant Dean at George Mason University. They have three children and two grandchildren. He is a native of Tucson, Arizona, and the son of Clyde and Wilma Allen. Clyde Allen is a retired Coast Guard Chief Damage Controlman and World War II Veteran.