Sarah Larsen is Director of Coast Guard License Programs at the Texas A&M Maritime Academy, based in the Greater Houston area, a role she has held since September 2025. She provides executive leadership for the administration and compliance of maritime licensing and credentialing, serves as the academy’s primary liaison with the U.S. Coast Guard on program approval, and leads the Quality Standard Systems process that maintains federal and state regulatory standards.
She’s a graduate of Texas A&M Maritime Academy, earning a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation (2013-2016) and later a Master of Maritime Business Administration and Logistics (2024). As a student she served in the Corps of Midshipmen’s A-1 Company, ultimately as Adjutant and Deck Training Officer.
She holds a Second Mate, Unlimited license and built her early career at sea in the offshore support vessel industry, sailing as Able Bodied Seaman and Third Mate with companies including Hornbeck Offshore, before returning to Texas A&M in 2021 as Assistant Commandant, then License Program Manager (2022-2025), before stepping into her current director role.