PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWSGleason Haagen Soja Keehan BowlesPalestrant Stout Keehan Promoted to President, APCAdvanced Polymer Coatings has pro-moted David Keehan to President. Previously, Keehan was APC VP of Sales and Marketing. Keehan has a Bachelor of Business Management de-gree from LeTourneau University. He has achieved Level 3 Certi? ed Coating Inspector status from NACE Interna-tional, the professional organization for the corrosion control industry. Bowles Appointed Director of Donald L. Blount & Associates Gibbs & Cox announced the appoint-ment of Jeffrey Bowles as Director of its Chesapeake, VA division. Bowles joined DLBA in 2001 as a Webb In-stitute Naval Architect and earned a master’s degree in Marine Engineer-ing from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. He was promoted to DLBA Technical Director in 2011. Bowles is a licensed Professional Engi-neer in the states of Virginia, Florida, and New York, and is a certi? ed Proj-ect Management Professional. SMART Center Adds Princi-pal Investigator, Director The National Science Founda-tion (NSF) Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center has named Thomas Stout as the Center’s new Principal Investigator and Jen-nifer Palestrant as the Center’s new Director. The SMART Center is fo-cused on developing effective career pathways and programs in the mari-time and transportation industries. www.marinelink.com MN 55