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

ADM Charles Ray*
(Bio)
Chairman
USCG (Ret.)

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.)

VADM Jody Breckenridge
(Bio)
USCG (Ret.)

John Cooper
(Bio)
USCG Auxiliary

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

CDR Donald Jaccard
USCG (Ret.)

CDR Fair Kim §
USCG (Ret.)

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

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

COMO Robert Shafer
USCG Auxiliary

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
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
Director

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

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