The Federal Maritime Commission today announced the selection of Peter J. King as its Director of Administration, effective April 15, 2007.  This appointment also designates Mr. King as a member of the Senior Executive Service.

Most recently, Mr. King served as the Acting Director in the agency's Office of Administration. Mr. King joined the Commission in 1987 as a Trial Attorney in the Commission’s Bureau of Enforcement, and later became that Bureau’s Deputy Director; from 2004-2006, he served as Deputy Director of the Commission’s Bureau of Certification and Licensing. He began his career as an associate attorney with the law firm of Hoppel Mayer & Coleman in Washington D.C. , practicing in the areas of transportation, vessel financing and customs law.

Mr. King is a lifelong resident of Maryland; he is a graduate of the Catholic University of America (B.A. Sociology, 1975) and the National Law Center , George Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1978).  From 1991-2003, Mr. King concurrently served as an elected Councilman to the City of College Park, Maryland.  He is a past member of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and a past voting member of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.  He continues to reside in College Park with his wife Mary and their six children.