C5I Service Center Leadership

Commanding Officer

CAPT Benjamin Goff

Captain Benjamin Goff is a native of Marlborough, Massachusetts and a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy class of 2002 where he received his commission.

He has served more than ten years afloat as a cutterman, to include tours as the Executive Officer of USCGC CHANDELUER and USCGC BEAR, and as Commanding Officer of USCGC PEA ISLAND, USCGC NANTUCKET, and USCGC HARRIET LANE. Ashore, he has served as the Deputy Chief for Eastern Pacific Intelligence Targeting at Joint Interagency Task Force South in service of maritime counter-narcotics operations. He specializes in the acquisition, engineering, management, and sustainment of Information Technology, having served the Coast Guard’s strategic business intelligence program office and as the Command, Control, and Navigation Product Line Manager and the Business Operations Division (BOD) Chief for the Coast Guard’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence (C5I) Service Center. He currently serves as Commander of the C5I Service Center.

Captain Goff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research and Computer Analysis from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a Master of Science degree in Information Technology Management from Nova Southeastern University, a Master of Science degree in Government Information Leadership from the National Defense University, and a Master of Business Administration degree concentrated in Business Analytics from the College of William and Mary.

Captain Goff’s personal awards include the Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Coast Guard Commendation Medal (three awards), and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal.

Executive Director

Mr. Kevin L. Achterberg

Kevin L. Achterberg serves as the Executive Director of the United States Coast Guard Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence (C5I) Service Center. In this role he orchestrates a workforce of over 2,000 people in the development, delivery and sustainment of all C5I Services for the Coast Guard.

Mr. Achterberg graduated from the George Washington University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

While serving in the United States Navy, Mr. Achterberg was assigned to a number of positions, afloat and ashore around the globe, including Engineer Officer onboard USS SIDES (FFG-14); First Lieutenant at Beachmaster Unit ONE (BMU-1); Assistant Professor of Naval Science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison; Associate Fellow on the Chief of Naval Operations’ Strategic Study Group; Executive Officer at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Guam; Combat Information Systems Officer onboard America’s only forward deployed aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) in Yokosuka, Japan and Director of the Secretary of Defense’s 24x7 operations center “Secretary of Defense Cables” at the Pentagon.

After retiring from the Navy in 2010, Mr. Achterberg continued supporting the Secretary of Defense Communications Office as the Chief Strategist and Senior Technical Advisor. In 2013, he was selected to serve as Director of Operations in that office, where he led daily operations to ensure the Secretary and Deputy Secretary were connected and informed 24x7, worldwide, including their sustainment across the spectrum of crisis and contingency operations Continuity of Operations (COOP), Continuity of Government (COG), and Continuity of the Presidency (COP). Mr. Achterberg traveled with the Secretary of Defense as Senior Communications Director, leading operational execution of the communications and command and control support for 14 OCONUS/CONUS trips during his three-year assignment.

His personal decorations include three Secretary of Defense Awards for Excellence, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with three gold stars, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with two gold stars, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with four gold stars.

Command Master Chief

CMC Anitra Keith

Master Chief Anitra Keith assumed the duties of Command Master Chief for the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence Service Center (C5ISC) on 12 July 2023. In this capacity she is the senior enlisted advisor to the Commander of C5ISC on all enlisted personnel matters. Most recently, Master Chief Keith served in Coast Guard Congressional Affairs as the Senior Enlisted Liaison for the United States Senate in Washington, D.C.

Master Chief Keith currently holds an Associate Degree in General Studies from University of Maryland University College. She graduated from the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy in August 2018.

Master Chief Keith’s previous assignments include District Eight, New Orleans, LA; Maritime Security Response Team East, Chesapeake, VA; Coast Guard Investigative Services Chesapeake Region, Portsmouth, VA; Sector San Diego, San Diego, CA; CGC LEGARE and CGC DALLAS.

Master Chief Keith hails from Montclair, VA where she enlisted at the CG Recruiting Office in July 2005. Her personnel awards include one Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medal, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals and two Coast Guard Achievement Medals.