William P. Doyle
William P. Doyle is the former Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission.Early Life
Commissioner Doyle was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Weymouth. He is a 1992 graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering. During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm he worked in a shipyard breaking out vessels. After graduation from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy he served as an officer in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1992 to 2002. He is a 2000 graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School.Public Service
In 2008 and until 2011, Mr. Doyle was appointed under the George W. Bush Administration as the Director of Permits, Scheduling & Compliance for the Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects. In 2013, the United States Senate confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Mr. Doyle as a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission. In 2015, Commissioner Doyle was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to a second term. Commissioner Doyle's left the Federal Maritime Commission in 2018 to become CEO and Executive Director of the Dredging Contractors of America.
