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5-28-2025

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Announces 2025-2026 Regimental Leadership Team

BUZZARDS BAY, MA, ISSUED MAY 28, 2025…Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA), a top-ranked public university with undergraduate degree programs focusing on science, engineering, technology, math, and business that blend academics and experiential learning, recently announced the Regimental Leadership Team selections for the 2025-2026 academic year.
 
The Class of 2026 Regimental Leadership roster includes 25 cadets who hail from Massachusetts, with the balance from the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, New York, North Carolina, and Texas. 

The 2025-2026 Regimental Leadership

Regimental Officers

Olivia Sacchetti – Regimental Commander (Middleboro, MA)
Brendan Macgillivray – Regimental Training Ship Commander (Bel Air, MD)
Emma Dintino – Regimental Executive Officer (Mashpee, MA)
Sydney Sawyer – Cadet Chief Mate (Sandwich, MA)
Ashley Haller – Cadet Chief Engineer (Norwalk, CT)
Nolan Sherry – SGA President (Madison, CT)
Riley Fox – Regimental Adjutant (Wareham, MA)
McCaela Acord – Regimental Operations Officer (Sandwich, MA)
Sydney McCarthy – Regimental Training & Retention Officer (Lynn, MA)
Samuel Toerne – Regimental Academics Operations Officer (Danvers, MA)
Luke Kahrimanovic – Regimental Military Veterans Liaison Officer (Swansboro, NC)
Isaiah Cruz – Regimental Global Engagement Officer (South Yarmouth, MA)
Shayla Narodowg – Regimental Community Service Officer (Wellington, CO)
Gavin Hauschild – Regimental Intramural Officer (Jeffersonville, NY)
Joseph Howard – Regimental Athletics Officer (Thornton, CO)

1st Battalion (1st, 3rd, 5th & 7th Companies)

Dylan Murphy – Battalion Commander (Wilton, NY)
Brady Deschenes – Battalion Executive Officer (Ponte Vedra, FL)
Patrick Child – Battalion Training & Retention Officer (Marshfield, MA)
Alexey Koulikov – Battalion Adjutant (Berlin, MD)

2nd Battalion (2nd, 4th & 6th Companies)

William Eltringham – Battalion Commander (Boca Raton, FL)
Grace Biondo – Battalion Executive Officer (Manvel, TX)
Luke Twomey – Battalion Training & Retention Officer (Green Harbor, MA)
Jason Soares – Battalion Adjutant (Norton, MA)

Company Staff

Henry White – 1CO Company Commander (Plymouth, MA)
Patrick Lyons – 1CO Executive Officer (Norwood, MA)
Chloe Johnson – 2CO Company Commander (Spencer, MA)
Nicholas Ingeme – 2CO Executive Officer (Plymouth, MA)
James Anderson – 3CO Company Commander (Duxbury, MA)
Luke Canniff – 3CO Executive Officer (Dartmouth, MA)
Ryan Anderson – 4CO Company Commander (Duxbury, MA)
Hannah Burton – 4CO Executive Officer (East Bridgewater, MA)
Caleb Griffin – 5CO Company Commander (Bourne, MA)
Dominick Gecoya – 5CO Executive Officer (Middleton, MA)
Hunter Bohnenberger – 6CO Company Commander (Mashpee, MA)
Alex Bova – 6CO Executive Officer (East Sandwich, MA)
Alec Joyce – 7CO Company Commander (Marstons Mills, MA)
Michael Howard – 7CO Executive Officer (Milton, MA)
 
The highly competitive selection process for the regimental leadership roles consisted of an application, position specific assignments, a physical fitness assessment, a public speaking assessment, and an interview with the selection committee comprised of members from numerous departments on campus.
 
First Class Marnay Acri-Burns, who served as Regimental Commander for the 2024/2025 academic year, recently commented on the experience.  “Serving as your Regimental Commander has been one of the greatest honors of my life. This year has been filled with challenges, triumphs, and moments that I will carry with me forever….I am so proud of all we’ve accomplished together!”
 
“We are delighted to announce the Class of 2026 regimental leadership cadets,” said Rear Admiral Francis X. McDonald, USMS, president of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. “The entire MMA community celebrates these outstanding young women and men who have demonstrated exceptional leadership while at the Academy and are poised to become leaders in the maritime industries.”
 

ABOUT MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY (MMA): 
MMA is a fully accredited, four-year, co-educational state university offering Bachelor and Master of Science degrees that are highly regarded in the worldwide maritime industry and beyond. For more than 100 years, MMA has prepared women and men for exciting and rewarding careers on land and sea. As the nation's finest co-ed maritime college, MMA challenges students to succeed by balancing a unique regimented lifestyle with a typical four-year college environment. Located on Cape Cod, at the mouth of the scenic Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts Maritime Academy is the ideal college to pursue the love for the ocean, concern for the environment, interest in math and science, and a thirst for adventure. Follow MMA on FB: @massmaritime, @MassMaritime.Advancement; IG: @massmaritime, @mmacademyalumni; Twitter:@MMAadmissions, @MMAcademyAlumni; YouTube: Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Photo Photo:  the 2025-2026 Regimental Officers, led by 1/c Olivia Sacchetti, Regimental Commander.