John P. Flynn

John P. Flynn joins The Breaux Lott Leadership Group with nearly 30 years of maritime and marine resource experience, including 10 years of practical experience on Capitol Hill. Mr. Flynn served as a Legislative Assistant and Congressional Fellow to U.S. Senator John Breaux (1998-2004). In this capacity, he functioned as his primary advisor on maritime, marine resource and transportation issues and related policy development. During his tenure as a staff member in the senate, Mr. Flynn worked on a wide variety of maritime and fisheries matters, including the Maritime Transportation Safety Act, Oceans Act, Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (Wallop-Breaux), Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and numerous Coast Guard authorization bills. He has served as U.S. delegate to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna. Mr. Flynn served in the U.S. Coast Guard, both as a commissioned officer and senior enlisted member, from 1978-2002, in increasingly responsible positions, principally in the marine safety program. On the occasion of his retirement from the Coast Guard, he held virtually all attainable marine safety and marine inspection qualifications. He is also a National Interagency Incident Command System (ICS) Instructor.