Officers and Board of Directors

Corporate Officers:

• Board Terms are for 3 years with a maximum of 3 terms
• Corporate Officer terms are for two years

• Vacant
• Chairman

• CAPT Joseph Re *
• (Bio)
• President
• USCG (Ret.)

• Wayne Spivak *§
• (Bio)
  Vice-President & Chief Information Officer

• Anne Skelton*
• (Bio)
• Treasurer

• Anne Kifer*
•  (Bio)
• Secretary

• CDR Gary M. Thomas*
• (Bio)
• Vice President for History and Heritage
• USCG (Ret.)

• CWO4 Brandon Brewer*
• (Bio)
• Vice President for Public Information (PIO)
• USCG (Ret.)

• * Officers who are also Directors
• § Audit Committee

Board of Directors**:

• In addition to the aforementioned Officers
• § Audit Committee

(In alphabetical order)

• MCPO-CG Charles “Skip” Bowen
• (Bio)
• Immediate Past President
• USCG (Ret.)

• CAPT Michael Brandhuber
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)

• VADM Jody Breckenridge
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)

• John Cooper
• (Bio)
• USCG Auxiliary

• CAPT John C. Fuechsel
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)
• Founding Board Member

• CDR Donald Jaccard
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)

• CDR Fair Kim §
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)

• RADM James C. Olson
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)

• CDR Kenneth S. Prime
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)

• COMO Robert Shafer
• USCG Auxiliary

• Ron Tremain

• USCG (Ret.)

• RADM James Van Sice
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)

Board of Directors-Elect**:

• ** Board member terms are 3 years with a maximum of 3 terms.

Chairman Emeritus

• VADM Terry Cross
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)
• Past Chairman

Director Emeritus

• CAPT Steve Sawyer
• (Bio)
• USCG (Ret.)
• Past-President – AFRAS

• Nicholas L. Ludington
• Founding Board Member

• David D. Chomeau
• (Bio)

• Rick Kenney
• (Bio)
• USCG-Amver (Ret.)
• Past Board Member

• Sir Stuart Matthews
• (Bio)

International Advisory Group:

• Royal Dutch Rescue Society (KNRM)
• Jos Stierhout
  Director
• (Bio)

• Safe Waters Foundation
• Tim de Wet
  
• Director

• Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
• Mark Dowie
  Chief Executive Officer

• AND Auxiliares Navales Dominicanos
  (Dominican Republic)
• Hector B. Duval
• National Vice Commodore

In Memoriam:

• Robert John Flynn
• (Bio)
• August 6, 1952 — February 20, 2015

Capt. Joseph Frohnhoefer
1944 – March 24, 2015

CAPT John Chomeau, USN (Ret.)
Past President of AFRAS
August 26, 1934 – April 21, 2020

Jerry Chomeau
Founding Board Member