Officers and Board of Directors

Corporate Officers:

• Board Term Expires (4) 2018, (5) 2019, (6) 2020, (S) Special
• Corporate Officer terms are for two years

• RADM Joseph Nimmich
• (Bio)*⁶
• Chairman
• USCG (Ret.)

• CAPT Joseph Re
• (Bio)^*6
• President
• USCG (Ret.)

• Wayne Spivak
• (Bio)*⁶§
  Vice-President

• Anne Skelton
• (Bio)^*5
• Treasurer

• Anne Kifer
•  (Bio)*⁵
• Secretary

• CDR Gary M. Thomas
• (Bio)*⁴
• VP for History and Heritage
• USCG (Ret.)

• CWO4 Brandon Brewer
• (Bio)*⁴
• Public Information Officer
• USCG (Ret.)

• * Officers who are also Directors
• Board member terms are 3 years with a maximum of 3 terms.
• § Audit Committee

Board of Directors**:

• In addition to the aforementioned Officers
• Board Term Expires (3) 2017, (4) 2018, (5) 2019, (6) 2020, (S) Special
• § Audit Committee

(In alphabetical order)

• MCPO-CG Charles “Skip” Bowen
• (Bio)^*6
• Immediate Past President
• USCG (Ret.)

• VADM Jody Breckenridge
• (Bio)⁴
• USCG (Ret.)

• COL Mark G. Cianciolo ⁶
• USMC (Ret.)

• John Cooper
• (Bio)⁵
• USCG Auxiliary

• CAPT John C. Fuechsel
• (Bio)⁴
• USCG (Ret.)
• Founding Board Member

• Mr. Dana Goward
• (Bio)*⁶
• Immediate Past Chairman
• USCG Senior Executive Service (Ret.)

• Rob Griffiths⁵
• Cruise Lines International Association

• CDR Donald Jaccard⁵
• USCG (Ret.)

• RADM James C. Olson
• (Bio)⁵
• USCG (Ret.)

• CDR Kenneth S. Prime
• (Bio)⁴
• USCG (Ret.)

• CAPT Warren Soloduk⁶
• USCG (Ret.)

• LCDR Paul Steward
• (Bio)⁶
• USCG (Ret.)

• RADM James Van Sice
• (Bio)^{5 §}
• USCG (Ret.)

• COMO Larry King^S
• National Commodore
• USCG Auxiliary

Board of Directors-Elect**:

• Board Term Expires (4) 2018, (5) 2019, (6) 2020 (S) Special
• None
• ** Board member terms are 3 years with a maximum of 3 terms.

Chairman Emeritus

• VADM Terry Cross
• 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
• 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

• Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
• Paul Boissier, Chief Executive
• James Vaughan, Corporate Services Director

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
– April 21, 2020