Leadership

Commander Leonardo Giovannelli

Commanding Officer, Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific

Cmdr. Giovannelli, a native of Mexico City, Mexico, spent his youth in San Diego, California and was commissioned through Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida, in 2000. Giovannelli earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Southern California, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Lieutenant Commander Steven Soares

Executive Officer, Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific

Lt. Cmdr. Steven Soares, a native of Coral Springs, Florida, is a 2010 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science. He earned a master’s degree from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.

Eric Stailey

Executive Director, Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific

Mr. Eric Stailey is the executive director for Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific, where he is responsible for various training divisions, encompassed by providing continuous high-level, trusted advice and technical assistance regarding oversight to all command personnel in all aspects of curriculum development, maintenance, administrative and analysis. He supports training development programs that affect all surface fleet in navigation, seamanship, and shiphandling training and educational components that support naval operational forces, from the perspective of shore-based infrastructures to the quality of naval personnel who man the fleet, as well as other Department of Defense (DoD) military services, foreign military, and DoD civilian personnel.

Senior Chief Quartermaster Luis G. Torres

Senior Enlisted Leader, Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific

Senior Chief Quartermaster Torres, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, graduated from La Superior Urbana High School in 2003. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in January 2007 completing basic instruction at Recruit Training Command and Quartermaster “A” School, Great Lakes, Illinois.