President
Mark Perni, D.O., BC-RAA
USCG AUXILIARY
Flight Surgeon, USCG
Vice President
Penelope S. Watson, A.I.A.
Architecture, Planning and Engineering Principal Watson & Henry Associates
Treasurer
LCDR Richard G. Ryder, USN (Ret.)
Historian and Author Seashore Sentinel
Membership
Patricia Ryder
NPS Docent at Old Harbor LSS
Clerk/Secretary
Michael S. Carlson, M.D.
Tillamook Bay LSS Preservation Project
Directors
CDR Timothy R. Dring, USNR (Ret.)
Lifeboat Historian and Author
Jim Hall
Chief of Cultural Resources Delaware State Parks
Debbie Allyn Jett
Historian, Researcher, and Contributing Writer
John Loeper
Ocean City Life-Saving Station #30, New Jersey
Kimberly Mann
Historical Architect Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Steven Marthouse
USLSS Historian
Patricia Ryder
NPS Docent at Old Harbor LSS
Laura Scharle
Site Manager, Indian River Life-Saving Station Museum
John C. Stires
Charter Member Indian River Life-Saving Station Museum
Frederick Stonehouse, M.A.
President, Marquette Maritime Museum
Jeff Shook Owner, USCG Station St. Clair Flats
President, Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy
Advisory Board
Richard M. Boonisar
Past President, USLSSHA
Owner, Gurnet Life-Saving Station
Robert Browning, Ph.D.
Historian, U.S. Coast Guard
William Clark
Owner, USCG Station West Quoddy Head
CDR Maurice Gibbs, USN (Ret.)
Past President, USLSSHA
President Emeritus, Nantucket Shipwreck and Life Saving Museum
CAPT Dana A. Goward, USCG (Ret.)
Former Chief, Office of Boat Forces
Dennis L. Noble, Ph.D.
Maritime Historian and Author
Ralph Shanks, M.A.
Maritime Historian, Anthropologist and Author
CAPT W. Russell Webster, USCG (Ret.)
Maritime Historian and Author
Wick York
Historic Preservation Consultant