Page 11 - Port of Baltimore - Issue 1 - 2023

NEWSMAKERS
Mark Heward Announced as New MITAGS Director
The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) has appointed Mark Heward as Director of MITAGS. Heward came aboard in October 2022, after retiring from a 22-year active service career in the Royal Navy.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mark Heward,” said Eric Friend, MITAGS Executive Director. “Mark’s
wide range of experience and his interpersonal skills will benefit our entire organization and the MITAGS stakeholders as we continue to move forward and grow.”
Heward joined the Royal Navy in 2001, where he undertook Fleet Time on HM Ships Coventry,
Somerset and Grimsby. He served as Gunnery Officer onboard the Cattistock from 2003 to 2005, contributing to UK Fishery Protection operations and deploying to the Baltic to conduct live operational mine hunting, with destruction of
14 confirmed munitions.
In addition, Heward had the honor
during his time in the Royal Navy to serve and train His Royal Highness Prince William during disaster relief operations to support the Turks and Caicos Islands following Hurricane Ike in 2008.
Heward brings his experience both as a commanding officer and as a teacher to the role of Director of
MITAGS. After coming to the United States, he served at the United States Naval Academy as the Operations Officer from July 2020 until August 2022, teaching Advanced Navigation and commanding the US Navy Yard Patrol Craft at sea as Officer in Tactical Command, where he was responsible for up to 160 midshipmen and staff. 
EVENTS
Maryland Energy Administration Wins Award for Offshore Wind Support
The Business Network for Offshore Wind, the leading nonprofit dedicated to accelerating offshore wind development and building a supply chain in the United States, recognized the Maryland Energy Administration at an awards gala in November in Washington, D.C.
The Network’s Ventus Awards also honored
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and other people, companies and organizations whose work over the past year has helped usher in the global adoption of offshore wind.
The Maryland Energy Administration won in the category Supply Chain Advancement in the Public Sector. Secretary Raimondo was awarded the Heronemus Award for Outstanding Achievement in Offshore Wind.
“The 2022 Ventus Award winners and finalists embody the tremendous progress we have seen across the industry in just the past year and
Energy Program Manager Samuel Beirne and Chief of Staff Christopher Rice accept the Ventus Award on behalf of the Maryland Energy Administration.
demonstrate why the best is yet to come for American offshore wind,” said Liz Burdock, CEO
of the Business Network for Offshore Wind. “Up and down our coasts and at every level of the supply chain, leaders are deploying ingenuity, creativity and excellence to secure a clean energy future — and offshore wind is at the forefront. We congratulate the Ventus Award winners and look forward to seeing the barriers they will continue to break as this fast-growing industry continues to take off.” 
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