US Member Seminar

All Nautical Institute members and their guests are cordially invited to attend.

Our Member Speaker:

Rear Admiral Eric C. Jones U.S. Coast Guard (Retired), assumed the helm as Superintendent of California Polytechnic State University Maritime Academy (Cal Poly Maritime) in July 2025, becoming a Plank owner of the integration of two exceptional California State University campuses.

A native of Half Moon Bay, California, Admiral Jones is a 36-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, having commanded three Coast Guard cutters, including the three-masted training barque, USCGC EAGLE – America’s TallShip. He has logged nearly 13 years of sea time on the Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean Basins and holds an unlimited tonnage Master Mariner Credential for oceangoing vessels, sail and power.

Assistant Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy from 2012 to 2014, Admiral Jones was
instrumental in the development of future Service leaders, having also previously served as a Mathematics
and Leadership Instructor, and an Offshore Sailing Coach.

Admiral Jones is a 1987 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. He also holds a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and a Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Fellows Program.

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