James Loy

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James M. Loy
2nd Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
In office December 4, 2003 – March 1, 2005
Preceded by	Gordon England
Succeeded by	Michael P. Jackson
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
In office February 1, 2005 – February 15, 2005
Preceded by	Tom Ridge
Succeeded by	Michael Chertoff
21st Commandant of the Coast Guard
In office 1998 – 2002
Preceded by	Robert E. Kramek
Succeeded by	Thomas H. Collins
Born	August 10, 1942 (1942-08-10) (age 66)
Alma mater	United States Coast Guard Academy Wesleyan University
Military service
Service/branch	United States Coast Guard
Rank	Admiral

Admiral James Milton Loy (born August 10, 1942) served as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from December 4, 2003, to March 1, 2005. Prior to his appointment as Deputy Secretary, he served as the second administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and before that as the Commandant of the Coast Guard.

Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Loy earned the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America as a youth and was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award as an adult.^[1] Loy entered the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1960, graduating in 1964.^[2] Subsequently, he earned a masters degree in history and government from Wesleyan University. He served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, rising to the rank of Admiral. In May 1998, Loy became the twenty first Commandant of the Coast Guard, serving in that post until 2002.

As Commandant, Loy reacted to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. In the short term, he supervised the resumption of seaborne trade throughout the US, after the USCG had shut down most major ports after the attacks. In the long term, ADM Loy led the US delegation to the IMO, and was instrumental in ensuring that the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code was approved and implemented in 2002. The code came into effect in 2004.

In May, 2002, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation Norman Mineta appointed Loy to become the Deputy Undersecretary for the newly-formed Transportation Security Administration. Loy led the agency through its creation and subsequent incorporation into the Department of Homeland Security. Loy later said of the experience, "When we were standing up TSA, there were no pencils, there were no pads of paper, there were no desks, there was nothing. All we had was an Aviation Transportation Security Act...with 36 deadlines to get accomplished over the course of about 18 months."^[3]

On October 23, 2003, Loy was nominated as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security by President George W. Bush, and sworn in on December 4, 2003. Following the departure of Tom Ridge, Loy filled in as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security from February 1, 2005, until February 15, 2005, when Michael Chertoff was confirmed and sworn into office. Joining the exodus of leadership, Loy resigned as Deputy Secretary, effective March 1, 2005.

In his time at the Coast Guard, TSA, and DHS, Loy has been described as a practitioner of "values based leadership," wherein the role of the head of an organization is to articulate the organization's core values, and to implement policies and practices that encourage employees to internalize these values.^[4]

On April 7, 2005, the Cohen Group announced that Loy had joined the firm as a Senior Counselor, effective April 18.^[5]

On August 5, 2005, Loy joined the Board of Directors for Lockheed Martin.

In the Fall of 2006 it was announced that ADM Loy was being honored as the first Chair of the Tyler Institute for Leadership at the US Coast Guard Academy. As such Admiral Loy has played a significant role in speaking and drawing other distinguished visitors to the Academy. In the spring semester of 2007 Admiral Loy took on some teaching responsibilities for the Tyler Institute, with the assistance of LT Scott Borgerson, Ph.D, USCG. His first class was designed to teach a select group of cadets about the international shipping industry and how it might be secured. The final project for that class was a draft Homeland Security Presidential Directive that the cadets crafted, and that draft is currently being circulated around DHS.

In March 2007, the Washington Post had a feature on Admiral Loy and his relation to the Coast Guard's Deepwater contract, which was awarded to Lockheed Martin in summer of 2002. When asked by the Washington Post if he ever faced improper influence on Deepwater decisions while serving as Commandant, Loy said: "The question is almost insulting. I will pass on giving you any kind of answer."

Loy is also on the boards of L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc and RIVADA Networks, Inc., and and a Senior Counselor at The Cohen Group.

Admiral Loy is also a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. He also serves as a guiding coalition member for the Project on National Security Reform.

In May 2009, Admiral Loy was presented the Patriot Award at the American Security Challenge. Rodger London, the Chairman of the American Security Challenge, said that, “Admiral Loy was selected because of his heroic work on September 11th, his instrumental role at the Transportation Security Administration in preparing our government to respond and prevent terrorists from striking again, and his subsequent work in the private sector.”

Military offices
Preceded by Robert E. Kramek	Commandant of the Coast Guard 1998—2002	Succeeded by Thomas H. Collins
Political offices
Preceded by Gordon R. England	United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security December 4, 2003 - March 1, 2005	Succeeded by Michael P. Jackson

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[edit] External links

• Washington Post article
• United States Coast Guard Biography
• Admiral James Loy's Op-ed: 'Create national catastrophe fund,' Miami Herald, February 1, 2007.
• Admiral James Loy's Op-ed: 'When 'inevitable' isn't inevitable,' The Washington Times, April 26, 2008.

http://www.cohengroup.net/about/teammember.cfm?id=8