Directors and Staff

Board of Directors - Officers

  • Robert C. Cleasby, President - Cranston, RI
  • Mary L. Payne, Vice President - Wallingford, PA
  • William M. McLin, Treasurer - Annapolis, MD
  • Cdr. Richard Paton, UCGR Ret,, Secretary - Coventry, CT

  • Board Members

  •  J. Michael Alderson, Louisville, KY
  • Charles D. Bieser, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  • Brent Dibner, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • Barry W. Eager, Berlin, MA
  • Ann Eberle, Voorheesville, NY
  • Dr. William F. Flayhart, III, Dover, DE
  • Cdr. John F. Hamma, USN, Ret., La Mesa, CA
  • Robert E. Hughes, New Rochelle, NY
  • W. Leo Keating, ESQ., Warren, OH
  • Jan P. Okolowicz, Cranston, RI
  • Capt. Roland R. Parent, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  • David L. Powers, Jr., Seattle, WA
  • Richard D. Rabbett, III, Boston, MA
  • Timothy M. Toole, Wellington, FL
  • John S. Williams Jr., New Orleans, LA 

  • Regional Vice Presidents

  • Open - East Coast
  • Bruce Vancil - West Coast

Staff

  • Matthew Schulte, Executive Director
  • Rebecca Torsell, Assistant Director
  • Astrid Drew, Research Assistant
  • Karen Sylvia, Office Assistant 
  • Jeri Papa, Office Assistant
  • Alissa Cafferky, Research Assistant
  • John H. Shaum. Jr., PowerShips/Steamboat Bill, Editor-in-Chief/ Mid-Atlantic Editor
  • William J. Frappier, New England and Eastern Canada Editor
  • G. Justin Zizes, Jr., New York Editor
  • Rich Turnwald, Southeast and Gulf Ports Editor
  • Skip Gillham, Great Lakes/Seaway Editor
  • Charles H. Bogart, Western Rivers Editor
  • TBD, West Coast Editor
  • David Boone, Tugboat Editor
  • Geoffrey Hamer, Overseas Editor
  • William G.T. Barber, Southwest Pacific Editor
  • Peter T. Eisele, High Seas Editor
  • William A. Fox, Book Review Editor
  • William duBarry Thomas, Fantail Columnist
  • Alan D. Frazer, Copy Editor
  • Rodney H. Mills, Jr., Copy Editor
  • Cornerstone Media, Graphic Design
  • Matthew Schulte, Publisher
  • The Covington Press, Printing
  • Brian Hughes, Editor - The Telegraph