President

Capt. John Veentjer

U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)

Marine Exchange of Puget SOund

Captain John Veentjer, U.S. Coast Guard Retired, assumed his position as the Executive Director of the Marine Exchange of Puget Sound on January 1, 2007. John retired from the Coast Guard at the end of 2001after serving 28 plus years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. Until he assumed the Executive Director position at the Marine Exchange, John served as a consultant in marine safety, security and environmental protection. He also served temporarily as a civilian, Chief of Vessel Inspections, at Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Puget Sound.

John is a native of Portland, Oregon, a graduate of Benson Polytechnic High School and a 1973 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy. His Coast Guard assignments include: Coast Guard Cutter TUPELO, a buoy tender then out of Astoria, Oregon; Long Range Aids to Navigation (LORAN) Station Sitkinak, Alaska; Port Safety and Security Branch in the Ninth Coast Guard District in Cleveland, Ohio; Marine Safety Office/Group Portland, Oregon; two consecutive assignments at Coast Guard Headquarters; Chief, Vessel Inspections and then Executive Officer of Marine Safety Office Puget Sound; Commanding Officer of Marine Safety Office/Group Philadelphia; and Chief, Marine Safety Division, Thirteenth Coast Guard District, Seattle, Washington.

John resides with his wife Connie in Lynnwood, Washington.

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