Associate Administrator

Jeffrey Scharf joined the GLS in 2012 and served as the organization’s Chief Engineer and Director of Engineering and Maintenance for several years.  He led the GLS team responsible for managing the Corporation’s facilities, which include two locks and operating equipment, navigational aids and channels, buildings, grounds, utilities, and roadways. Mr. Scharf was also instrumental in the planning and execution of the GLS’s annual Seaway Infrastructure Program.  Since June 2022, Mr. Scharf currently serves as the GLS Associate Administrator, overseeing all operations in Massena, NY for the U.S. locks, facilities, vessel traffic control, and marine services balancing the needs of shippers, landowners, and other stakeholders which include private, commercial, sovereign Mohawk nation, Canadian and New York State entities.

Mr. Scharf earned degrees in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.) and Stanford University (M.S.).