Sector Commander
Captain Courtney Sergent
Captain Courtney “Corrie” Sergent assumed the duties of Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg in June 2025. She also serves as Captain of the Port, Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator, Federal On-Scene Coordinator and Federal Maritime Security Coordinator while directing Coast Guard operations along the West Coast of Florida and throughout the Tampa Bay region.
Sector St. Petersburg is comprised of 2,700 Active Duty, Reserve, Civilian, and Auxiliary personnel as well as 12 multi-mission units, including five boat stations, four cutters, and an Aids to Navigation team. Prior to this assignment, Captain Sergent served as the Deputy Sector Commander and Response Department Head at Sector North Carolina from July 2020 to May 2025.
Captain Sergent graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine and Environmental Science. Her first assignment was as a Deck Watch Officer on USCGC ACTIVE (WMEC-618), homeported in Port Angeles, WA. In 2006, she reported to USCG Headquarters in Washington, DC and served as a maritime law enforcement expert in the Office of Law Enforcement. From 2009 to 2012, Captain Sergent served as a Command Duty Officer at Sector Puget Sound. Captain Sergent studied ocean law and policy and earned a Master of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Washington in 2014.
Following graduate school, she was assigned to District Seventeen in Juneau, Alaska from 2014 to 2018 as the Domestic Fisheries Law Enforcement Section Chief, directing federal fisheries law enforcement operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone surrounding Alaska. From 2018 to 2020, Captain Sergent served as the Chief of Enforcement at Sector Mobile, Alabama managing the execution of all law enforcement and port and waterways security operations across three states.
Captain Sergent’s military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, three Coast Guard Achievement Medals, eight Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendations, and other personal and team awards.