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Keynote Presenter
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Captain James D. Jenkins assumed his duties as Sector Commander and Captain of the Port for U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach in May of 2012. From command offices on Terminal Island in San Pedro, the Sector coordinates operations in an area of responsibility stretching more than 350 miles along the California coast, out to 200 miles offshore, and including the nation’s largest port complex. The Sector oversees four patrol boats, three multi-mission boat stations, a marine safety detachment, a vessel traffic system, and an aids-to-navigation team.
Prior to taking command, Captain Jenkins served as Deputy Commander and Alternate Captain of the Port at Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach beginning in June of 2010. He previously was assigned to Sector Detroit, Michigan, first as Response Chief and then as Deputy Commander.
Captain Jenkins has completed over ten years of duty carrying out operations afloat. He served in command of an icebreaking tug, USCGC NEAH BAY (WTGB 105), homeported in Cleveland, Ohio, and in command of the patrol boat USCGC POINT DIVIDE (WPB 82337), homeported in Corona del Mar, California. He was assigned twice to the Great Lakes icebreaker USCGC MACKINAW (WAGB 83) in Cheboygan, Michigan, as First Lieutenant and Executive Officer, and to the icebreaker USCGC NORTHWIND (WAGB 282) in Wilmington, North Carolina, as a Deck Watch Officer.
Ashore, Captain Jenkins has served in financial management and budget positions at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., at Integrated Support Command Kodiak, Alaska, and at Eighth District in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Captain Jenkins received his commission after completing Officer Candidate School in 1987. He has earned a Bachelor of Science in Math Science from Clemson University, a Master of Science in Management from the Naval Post Graduate School, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
