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Patrick Sullivan

Incoming President

AGA Boston Chapter


CAPT Patrick Sullivan graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Government. After graduation, he reported aboard the USCGC BEAR in Portsmouth, VA and served as Deck Watch Officer, Educational Services Officer and First Lieutenant. Following his underway tour, he reported to the PACAREA/District Eleven Command Center where he earned qualifications as Maritime Homeland Security Watch Stander and Search and Rescue Duty Officer. Concluding his tour in the command center, CAPT Sullivan was selected for graduate school and earned his Master of Business Administration at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.

Following graduate school, Patrick served in a variety of roles at the Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) in Curtis Bay, MD, including Budget Officer and Fiscal Operations and Policy Supervisor.  During his tour, he was the primary command representative for all Chief Financial Officer (CFO) compliance issues and initiatives, ensuring financial stewardship of $290 million worth of surface asset inventory. After SFLC, Patrick joined Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, FL as the Command Center Chief. In this position, he served as Search and Rescue (SAR) Mission Coordinator and led a team of specialists maintaining situational awareness over a diverse area of responsibility encompassing 190 coastline miles and 409 river and intracoastal waterway miles. From Sector Jacksonville, Patrick was assigned to Air Station Clearwater, FL, where he served as unit Comptroller, managing a $315 million personal property program and executing a $24 million operating budget supporting 10 helicopters and four fixed-wing aircraft.

He then reported to Coast Guard Headquarters, where he worked in the Deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS) front office, serving as Executive Assistant and principal advisor to both the Deputy for Personnel Readiness (DPR) and to the Deputy for Materiel Readiness (DMR). Following his special assignment, Patrick served as Executive Officer at Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay, MA, where he was responsible for oversight of all Mission Support functions for Cape Cod and for Pay and Personnel functions for all of Coast Guard District One.

After serving a brief stint as the primary liaison between the Coast Guard Academy and Coast Guard Headquarters and managing the school’s Board of Trustees, he reported back to Coast Guard Headquarters and took command of Base National Capital Region.

During his career, CAPT Sullivan earned both the Certified Government Financial Manager certification and Certified Defense Financial Manager certification. He has been a proud member of AGA since 2010 and serves on the Boston Chapter President-Elect. Patrick was married in 2009 to his wife and former Canadian pop sensation, Amanda, of Mississauga, Ontario and they have ten-year-old twins, Morgan and Shaun and a handsome Boxer, Sonny.

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