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Brian Schoeneman
Master's Degree in Political Management, 2004

Brian W. Schoeneman serves as Executive Director of the American Maritime Congress, a maritime trade association and research organization representing American ship operators in the international and domestic trades that have collective bargaining agreements with the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (AFL-CIO). He has served in this capacity since August 2006. Prior to his recent appointment, Schoeneman served as Director of Government Affairs for the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, the nation's oldest maritime Union. He previously served as the union's Assistant Political Director. While at MEBA, he was responsible for overseeing the Union's political and legislative departments, including their political action committee.

He is a 2004 graduate of the Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and is a 2001 graduate of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at the George Washington University. He currently serves as the MEBA delegate to the Northern Virginia Central Labor Council, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the George Washington University Alumni Association. He is also active in a number of maritime related organizations, including the Propeller Club of the United States, the National Defense Transportation Association, the Navy League, and the United States Naval Institute. He resides in Fairfax County, Virginia.