Meet mark

Rear Admiral Mark Hugel, USN (retired) was born and raised in a midwestern town of 60,000 - Mansfield, Ohio. His dad was a plumber and his mom wrote commercial insurance policies and they taught him the importance of integrity and the value of hard work. He and his wife, Luana married in 1979 and have two grown children, who attended Portsmouth Public Schools in their early years. The Hugels have been homeowners in Portsmouth since 1986 and chose to return here after retiring from the United States Navy in 2009.

EDUCATION

  • High school class valedictorian

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1977

  • Master of Science degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992

Career

  • Commissioned into the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program, serving aboard nuclear powered aircraft carriers and a guided missile cruiser

  • Surface Warfare Officer and Navy Engineering Duty Officer

He served in acquisition, shipbuilding and ship maintenance tours in Newport News, Virginia and Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA. In his third tour of duty at Norfolk Naval Shipyard he became the 100th Shipyard Commander.

  • Promoted to Rear Admiral and served on the Chief of Naval Operations staff in the Pentagon

  • Deputy Commander for Logistics, Maintenance and Industrial Operations at the Naval Sea Systems Command, where he oversaw more than 26,000 civil service employees in the nation’s shipyards

  • Currently a Senior Vice President at CACI International, Inc. where he was selected to lead CACI’s Norfolk, Virginia office

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

  • Represented Portsmouth on the Tidewater Community College Board of Directors

  • Volunteer Board of Directors member of The Up Center and Starbase Victory

  • Serving on the Portsmouth Mayor’s Military Affairs Committee and the Portsmouth Public Schools Career & Technical Education Advisory Committee

  • National President of the American Society of Naval Engineers