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. 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 both 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

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

  • Master of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1992

  • Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1992

career

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

  • Surface Warfare Officer and Navy Engineering Duty Officer

  • He served in acquisition, shipbuilding & 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

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

community engagement

  • Serving as City Council Liaison to the Portsmouth Mayor’s Military Affairs Committee, the School Board, the Economic Development Authority, the Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission, the Planning Commission, the Portsmouth Parking Authority and the Crime and Gun Violence Reduction Commission

  • Serving on the City Council Personnel Committee and the City’s Legislative Committee

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

  • Represented Portsmouth on the Tidewater Community College Board of Directors

  • Most Recent Former National President of the American Society of Naval Engineers