Lynn Korwatch

Mrs. Korwatch is currently the executive director of Marine Exchange of the South Bay Region. This is a nonprofit membership organization that was discovered in the year 1849 and is seen as the second oldest organization in California. It is currently the second oldest corporation in California. Lynn Korwatch joined a service academy in 1972, and she was one of the few first class women to join. In 1988, she was seen to be the first woman ever to command a United States commercial vessel. As a general manager at Matson Navigation Company, she held many responsibilities. Some of these responsibilities included managing the operation of fourteen ships that were owned by this company. Another achievement she was responsible for was helping to create the "Zero Garbage Discharge Program". This was helpful in not being able to throw away waste over board that contained any solid materials. This is seen as monumental because it was seen as the first of its kind and was exceeding all of the government regulations at the time.