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The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), a broad coalition of maritime industry interests dedicated to maintaining the Jones Act's requirement of U.S.-built, U.S.-owned and U.S.-crewed vessels transporting goods or passengers within American waters, has announced the organization's new leadership team, including its president, vice president and secretary and treasurer. Jennifer Carpenter, president and CEO of The American Waterways Operators (AWO), has been elected president of AMP. She is the first woman to lead AMP. Sara Fuent-es, vice president of the Transportation Institute, was elected vice president of AMP, after previously serving as the organi- zation's secretary and treasurer. Finally, Jim Weakley, president of the Lake Carriers' Association, an organization promoting U.S.-flag operations on the Great Lakes, will serve as secretary and treasurer of AMP. Officers of American Maritime Partnership serve two-year terms. Carpenter, Fuent-es and Weakley will all continue in their current roles, while also serving as AMP officers. |