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Rear Admiral Philip M. Kenul, NOAA
Director, Marine and Aviation Operations Centers
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 Rear Admiral Philip M. Kenul is the director of the NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations Centers, part of NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO). He was nominated for this position by President George W. Bush, confirmed by the Senate, and subsequently promoted from captain to rear admiral lower half.
As Director, Marine and Aviation Operations Centers, RDML Kenul is responsible for the safe operations of NOAA aircraft and ships. He oversees NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center, Marine Operations Center-Atlantic and Marine Operations Center-Pacific, together managing NOAA’s fleet of 13 aircraft and 19 vessels.
RDML Kenul began his service in the NOAA Corps in the marine field aboard NOAA Ship Whiting, a hydrographic survey vessel, and then as chief of a shore-based hydrographic field party surveying in the Gulf of Mexico. His career since then has been focused on NOAA aviation. RDML Kenul flew light aircraft in support of aeronautical charting and photogrammetry while also serving as chief of those respective branches. He then trained with the Navy to become an Orion WP-3D aircraft pilot, and served for two years as acting chief of the military operations branch, Naval Research Laboratory. There he supervised 22 naval officers and 90 enlisted personnel, and was responsible for the worldwide deployment of five Navy P-3 research aircraft. He then reported to NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center where he served consecutive positions including heavy aircraft coordinator, chief of flight management, and chief of the aircraft maintenance branch. During this time he also flew as one of only a handful of pilots in the world qualified to fly P-3s into hurricanes, a NOAA hurricane hunter pilot.
RDML Kenul was selected for NOAA’s first Leadership Competency Development Program. The following year, he was named the first director of NOAA’s newly established Homeland Security Office, which was also one of the first NOAA-wide matrix programs. There he was responsible for coordinating the delivery of NOAA’s services to emergency managers and strengthening NOAA’s own infrastructure to protect agency personnel, facilities, and information services. In this capacity he positioned NOAA to be a recognized and vital contributor to the nation’s homeland security effort.
Prior to his promotion to rear admiral, RDML Kenul served as commanding officer of the Aircraft Operations Center, where he oversaw the daily operations of NOAA’s light and heavy aircraft.
RDML Kenul holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the State University of New York at Cortland and a master’s degree in environmental and civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining the NOAA Corps, he was an engineer at the Texas Department of Water Research.
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