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Bon Voyage Kate McCue!

 

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY – A FEMALE CAPTAIN TAKES THE HELM OF A MEGA-CRUISE SHIP!

This month, Celebrity Cruises announced that beginning August 2015, San Francisco native Kate McCue will command the Celebrity Summit – a 91,000 ton, 965-foot ship in the 10-ship Celebrity fleet that sails between the eastern United States and Bermuda.

McCue is a 37-year old graduate of California State University’s California Maritime Academy and a 15-year sea veteran. According to Celebrity’s press release, “during her tenure, McCue has managed ship logistics while sailing worldwide itineraries, including Europe, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and along the Panama Canal. Captain McCue has also served as a maritime leader while sailing several transatlantic and repositioning cruises, and played a notable role in the revitalization of ships in Singapore.”

McCue’s appointment follows that of Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, who was named President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises in December 2014. Says Lutoff-Perlo: “From the first time I met Kate, I looked forward to this moment, when I could extend my congratulations to her for being such a dynamic and highly respected leader who will continue to pave the way for women in the maritime industry… Of all the great moments throughout my career, this is at the top of my list.”

As part of Celebrity’s social media introduction to Kate McCue, I asked McCue if she always wanted to be a ship captain – ever since she was a young child – and she re-counted a story about taking her first Caribbean cruise with her parents at age 12. When she got off the ship, she told her parents she wanted to be a Cruise Director one day. Her dad told her “You can do anything you want – including drive the thing!”

Fierce indeed!

For more on this historic announcement, including how Captain McCue hopes everyone responds to her voice for the first time on the PA system, check out this Q&A video here:

 

Kate McCue, the first-ever American female captain of a cruise ship, answers your questions! Stay tuned for part two tomorrow.

Posted by Celebrity Cruises on Thursday, July 16, 2015

 


Amy Impellizzeri, She is Fierce! Contributor

Amy Impellizzeri

Amy is a reformed corporate litigator, former start-up executive, and award-winning author. Amy’s first novel,Lemongrass Hope (Wyatt-MacKenzie 2014), was a 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Bronze Winner (Romance) and a National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist. A favorite with bloggers and book clubs, Lemongrass Hope was named the #1 reviewed book in 2014 by blogger, The Literary Connoisseur.

Amy is also the author of the non-fiction book, Lawyer Interrupted (ABA Publishing 2015), and numerous essays and articles that have appeared in online and print journals including: The Huffington Post, ABA Law Practice Today, The Glass Hammer, Divine Caroline, Skirt! Magazine, and more.

Amy is a Tall Poppy Writer and a volunteer for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, three kids, and one energetic weimaraner, where she is currently hard at work on her next novel, Secrets of Worry Dolls.

Meet Amy here… amyimpellizzeri.com or on Facebook or Twitter

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