Executive Officer

CDR Sarah Geoffrion assumed the duties as Training Center Yorktown's Executive Officer in April 2024, previously having served as the Training Center's Prevention Branch Chief since June 2023.

Upon graduating from United States Coast Guard Officer Candidate School in 2003, Commander Geoffrion served as the Marine Events Branch Chief and as an apprentice Marine Inspector at CG Activities New York. In her following tour at Sector San Juan, PR in 2007, she served as the Domestic Vessel Inspection Branch Chief, Assistant Chief of Inspections and Senior Investigating Officer. As the Supervisor of Marine Safety Detachment Homer, AK. She qualified as an Instructor at Training Center Yorktown in 2013 and shortly thereafter assumed the School Chief position for the Marine Inspection and Investigation schoolhouse.

In 2017 she became the Chief, Inspections Division for Sector Jacksonville, FL where she quickly familiarized herself with liquefied natural gas (LNG) technologies and regulations in advance of the arrival of four dual-fuel cargo vessels, two LNG bunkers barges, and myriad novel shoreside LNG bunkering facilities. She also spearheaded regulatory development and guidance for autonomous vessel technology and novel vessel utilizations for space programs.

CDR Geoffrion assumed the role of the Prevention Department Head for Sector Southeastern New England in East Providence, RI in 2020. There, she was responsible for two Marine Safety Detachments, two Aids to Navigation Teams and all inspections, investigations, marine events, and navigation safety activities for an area of responsibility that included both Massachusetts and Rhode Island and regulated the nation's most profitable commercial fishing fleet and largest wind energy development area.

CDR Geoffrion's military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, CG Commendation Medal (4), CG Achievement (3), Commandant's Letter of Commendation, Permanent Prevention Operations Ashore insignia and other personal, unit and team citations. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Science and a master's degree in Homeland Security and currently resides in Williamsburg, VA.