Board of Directors

Executive Director / Founder                                                                                             Jennifer Bassett 

Jennifer Bassett founded Coast Guard Family Organization in 2008 and has served as Executive Director since establishment and incorporation. She brings a number of years of military and legal experience in the military to the organization in conjunction with her passion to advocate for Coast Guard families.

Ms. Bassett additionally serves on the Board of Directors as the Vice President of Public Relations for Military Children’s Charity and a volunteer for Operation Paperback and Operation Homefront. Her military experience began with the United States Marine Corps. Following her honorable discharge, Ms. Bassett began collegiate studies and soon met an active duty Coast Guardsman who would become her husband a few years later. Ms. Bassett graduated with her Bachelors of Arts in English Language and Literature from Southern New Hampshire University while working full-time as a paralegal. She went on to study at Boston University and graduated with a Masters of Criminal Justice. In 2008, she was chosen as a Military Spouse FINRA Fellow for Financial Counseling. She also actively volunteers with her local spouse association, Girl Scouts, her children’s school parent group, and various military and veteran support organizations. She and her husband currently reside in Oregon with their three very active children and beach-loving dog.

Vice President of Operations / Marketing Director                                                          Amber Broadway

Supporting and assistance other Coast Guard spouses is second nature to Vice President Amber Broadway. Hailing from Texas, Ms. Broadway brings design and marketing expertise to CGFO. Ms. Broadway's organizational and graphic design skills are also unrivaled.

Ms. Broadway has studied at Lamar University and was awarded a scholarship through Operation Life Transformed a program designed in part for active duty military spouses. She has worked in the medical field as a chiropractic assistant, office manager, medical records custodian, and business services coordinator at a hospital. Her non-medical portfolio includes, but is not limited to web/graphic design for a number of companies and she has also worked in-house and virtually as assistant to a clinical psychologist in the PACNW region.

Ms. Broadway has served as a Coast Guard Ombudsman and is the owner and creative director for Scentual Escape, and she is employed part-time with MWR. She and her active duty Coast Guard husband live on Cape Cod with their two sons and two wonderful dogs.

Family Outreach Coordinator                                                                                          Beth Koehler

Born and raised just outside of Pensacola, FL (the Heart of Naval Aviation), Beth Koehler always loved seeing any kind of aircraft in the sky. Who knew that one day she would fall in love with a Coast Guard HH60-J aviator who would provide her a way to travel the world and meet some of the most amazing people? As a CG spouse, she has lived in Clearwater, FL, Kodiak, AK and currently resides in Rotterdam, Netherlands where her husband, Zach, is taking a tour outside the cockpit as an International Port Security Liaison Officer (IPSLO).

With a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix - St. Petersburg, FL and a Bachelors degree in Public Relations from the University of West Florida, she is excited to be using her education and skills to further develop the cause of the Coast Guard Family Organization as the Family Outreach Coordinator. Currently living in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she can often be found chasing her two preschoolers, Gabriel and Donavyn, around Europe and enjoying any kind of coffee/tea/knit/reading break she can find - when the kids are sleeping of course.