ALCOAST 285/19 - SEP 2019 SELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR, HURRICANE RECONSTITUTION PROGRAM

R 051340 SEP 19
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CCG//
TO ALCOAST
UNCLAS //N12920//
ALCOAST 285/19
COMDTNOTE 12920
SUBJ: SELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR, HURRICANE RECONSTITUTION PROGRAM
1. I am pleased to announce the selection of Mr. James M. Heinz as the Coast Guard’s
Director, Hurricane Reconstitution Program.
2. This position is responsible for successfully managing and executing the FY18 and FY19
Hurricane Supplemental appropriations in order to drive planning, engineering, and
construction requirements in support of reconstitution efforts. Mr. Heinz will oversee the
appropriations, which include funds to recover and rebuild from the devastating hurricanes of
2017 and 2018, while also meeting the Coast Guard’s planned shore facility recapitalization
and improvement needs.
3. Mr. Heinz possesses 33 years of Coast Guard leadership, strategic and tactical experience.
He recently retired from the Coast Guard at the rank of Rear Admiral. Mr. Heinz served as the
Director of Operational Logistics (DOL), responsible for providing leadership to mission
support logistics during contingency operations and maintaining the 24x7 DCMS watch to
facilitate support to the field during normal operations and contingencies across the entire
Coast Guard enterprise. He also provided contingency logistics planning for both Coast Guard
and joint operational plans, integrated logistics services throughout the Coast Guard, and
supported tactical logistics needs for deployed operational assets.
4. Mr. Heinz also formerly served as the Director of Reserve and Military Personnel and was
responsible for the development and oversight of military personnel policy programs to
recruit, manage, shape, and support 6,100 Reserve members and more than 40,000 Active Duty
members. He also served as the Commander of the Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Logistics
Center in Norfolk, VA. In this capacity, he was responsible for the field execution of all
aspects of the Civil Engineering Program, including capital planning, design, new and
maintenance construction, contracting, environmental, real property, and base facilities
management, in support of the $18B shore plant enterprise. During the 3-year period, he
directed award and oversight of $350M in new construction, $640M in maintenance construction,
and $64M in energy saving improvements, all in support of critical facilities service-wide.
In response to Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the Coast Guard facilities, he orchestrated
initial facility damage assessments and repairs, and subsequently developed and planned a
complex $270M reconstruction program. His Execution Plan was incorporated into the 2014
Disaster Relief and Appropriation Act. Mr. Heinz also led the completion of $350M in repairs
and new construction ahead of schedule to restore Coast Guard facilities impacted by
Hurricane Ike along the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast. In this position, he successfully
redirected reorganizational focus to complete the first comprehensive inventory of the
Coast Guard’s 60,000+ real property assets, assisting the Coast Guard to be the first
military service to meet Chief Financial Officer Act compliance.
5. Mr. James M. Heinz became a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Senior Executive Service
on 05 August 2019.
6. Admiral Karl L. Schultz, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.