Captain Raymond C Slagle
NOAA Commissioned Personnel Center
Director, NOAA Commissioned Personnel Center
Captain Slagle is Director of the Commissioned Personnel Center (CPC) for the NOAA Corps. CPC is responsible for providing a specialized workforce to NOAA that has the skills to plan, prepare, and execute the acquisition of environmental and scientific data on land, at and under the sea, and in the air. CPC, part of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, is a unique personnel system within NOAA. CPC is responsible for approximately 300 active duty NOAA Corps officers and associated human resource activities that include recruitment, appointment, training, assignments, promotion, separation, retirement, and officer entitlements.
In his 23 years of service, Captain Slagle has had a balanced operational career with assignments on NOAA’s hydrographic, fisheries and oceanographic research platforms. Ship assignments included junior officer tour on NOAA Ship Davidson, operations officer aboard Ferrel, executive officer tours aboard Oregon II and Thomas Jefferson and commanding officer aboard Thomas Jefferson. As a senior officer, Captain Slagle served as Chief, OMAO Executive Affairs Division, where he was responsible for managing external affairs for the Director, which included planning and administering an efficient system for expediting, controlling, and coordinating communications essential to the effective conduct of OMAO business. He served as Chief, Officer Career Management Division where he worked on the development of core values of the corps, new billet structure, new officer evaluation system and leadership competencies.
Captain Slagle received a Bachelor’s degree in Geology from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a graduate certificate in management and administration from Harvard University.
Captain Slagle lives in Maryland with his wife Christine and their daughter Hannah.
