National Commodore (United States Coast Guard Auxiliary)

National Commodore of the
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
National Commodore of the ; United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
	Incumbent; Mary L. Kirkwood; since September 2024
Formation	1951
First holder	Bert C. Pouncey, Jr.
Website	http://www.cgaux.org/leadership/

The National Commodore (NACO) of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is its most senior and principal officer. The national commodore represents the Auxiliary and reports to the commandant of the Coast Guard through the vice commandant of the Coast Guard. Additionally, the national commodore represents the Auxiliary with all Coast Guard flag officers and flag officer equivalent civilians at Coast Guard headquarters on Auxiliary matters. The national commodore functions to support the commandant's strategic goals and objectives and serve auxiliarists.

Evolution of title

The title of national commodore dates to 1951, when Bert C. Pouncey, Jr. was elected as the first NACO at the first National Conference.

List of National Commodores

There have been 36 national commodores of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since the office was enacted in 1951. Gus Formato is the current National Commodore.^[1]

No.	NACO	Tenure
1	NACO Bert C. Pouncey, Jr.	1951–1952
2	NACO Alexander S. Bauer	1953–1954
3	NACO J. Webb L. Sheehy	1955
4	NACO John Brent Tanner	1956–1957
5	NACO Charles S. Greanoff	1958–1959
6	NACO Bliss Woodward	1960–1961
7	NACO Homer L. Byers	1962–1963
8	NACO Elsworth A. Weinberg	1964–1965
9	NACO Grover A. Miller, Jr.	1967–1968
10	NACO John B. Stone	1969–1970
11	NACO Harry S. Osbourn	1971–1972
12	NACO Harold B. Haney	1973–1974
13	NACO Anderson A. Cordill	1975–1976
14	NACO J. Kevin Mitchell	1977–1978
15	NACO Dr. Robert L. Horton	1979–1980
16	NACO Aime R. Bernard	1981–1982
17	NACO Martin S. Herz	1983–1984
18	NACO Christopher G. Lagen	1985–1986
19	NACO Will C. "Papa" Harr	1987–1988
20	NACO Henry G. Pratt, III	1989–1990
21	NACO Stanley Y. Kennedy	1991–1992
22	NACO Joseph J. Lanz, Jr.	1993–1994
23	NACO Peter W. Melera	1995–1996
24	NACO Everette L. Tucker, Jr.	1997–2000
25	NACO Viggo C. Bartelsen	2001–2002
26	NACO E.W. Edgerton	2003–2004
27	NACO Gene M. Seibert	2005–2006
28	NACO Steven M. Budar	2007–2008
29	NACO Nicholas Kerigan	2009–2010
30	NACO Jim Vass	2010–2012
31	NACO Thomas C. Mallison	2012–2014
32	NACO Mark Simoni	2014–2016
33	NACO Richard A. Washburn	2016–2018
34	NACO Larry L. King	2018–2020
35	NACO Alex Malewski	2020-2022
36	NACO Agostino (Gus) Formato	2022-2024
37	NACO Mary L. Kirkwood^[2]	2024-Present