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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Donald
R. Tomlin, Jr. (Chairman)
President/Owner, Tomlin & Company, Inc.
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Alfred
Balm (Vice Chairman)
Chairman, Emergo, Ltd., Canada, Switzerland |
John
Englander, (ex-officio)
Chief Executive Officer, International SeaKeepers
Society |
Jim
Gilbert (Board President)
Former Editor-in-Chief, ShowBoats International |
Lee R. Anderson
(Chairman 2002-2003)
President, APi Group, Inc. |
Jean-Michel
Cousteau
President, Ocean Futures |
Patty Elkus
Director's Cabinet, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
J. Mark Grosvenor
(Chairman 2004-2005)
Chairman, Grosvenor Industries |
James S. Offield
Owner, AuctionAir LLC |
Vee King Shaw
Chairman, The Shaw Group, Singapore |
Jay
Wade
President, Red Earth Systems
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Rear Admiral Richard
D. West, USN (Ret.)
President, Consortium for Oceanographic Research
and Education (CORE) |
Frank
Wlasek
MetalNave, Brazil |
Michael
T. Moore, Esq. (Secretary) |
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 Donald
R. Tomlin, Jr
Don Tomlin has spent approximately a decade
and a half in the real estate business followed
by a decade and a half in the media business
(TV, radio and newspapers). Mr. Tomlin acquired,
managed and sold a diversified media company
which owned 22 radio stations, 9 television stations
and 104 daily newspapers in the US.
Mr. Tomlin operates
a private investment banking business, Tomlin & Company,
Inc., and through affiliates such as Belmoro
Corporate Advisors, LLC has provided merger and
acquisition advisory service for more than $5
billion of transactions in the last few years
to companies in the print and electronic media
arena. Tomlin interests also include a venture
capital investment company that provides capital
to start up and early stage, technology related
businesses.
Mr. Tomlin has developed over 6,000 multi-family
housing units in US resort areas valued at over
$700 million. In addition, he has significant experience
with syndicated bank loans and bond issues. As
the lead investor, Tomlin interests
have provided the capital for the development
of the City of Ayrsley, in Southwest Charlotte,
North Carolina, and for Park West,
a 1,600(+) acre mixed-use community in Mt. Pleasant,
South Carolina. With his brother
Pat Tomlin, Don developed Lake
Carolina, a 1,600(+) acre mixed-used development
in Columbia, South Carolina.
Mr. Tomlin is married to Rachelle Boyer Tomlin
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 Alfred
Balm
As Chairman of the Emergo Group, Alfred Balm has
pursued and developed business opportunities in
Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Africa, North
America and Europe. He is a recipient of the Distinguished
Business Leader Award from the University of Calgary,
Faculty of Management and was nominated for Emerging
Markets CEO of the Year Award at the 1994 joint
annual meeting of the World Bank and IMF in Madrid.
Mr. Balm brings to the board of The International
SeaKeepers Society his vast international
experience in dealing with captains of industry,
governments and charitable organizations.
Mr. Balm is a Dutch citizen, married with
two sons and a resident of Switzerland.
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 John
Englander
John Englander was appointed Chief Executive
Officer of the International SeaKeepers Society
in 2004, bringing diverse expertise both as
a successful entrepreneur and in his work with
non-profit marine environmental organizations. Under
Englander’s leadership SeaKeepers has established
independent offices, created its own calibration
laboratory, forged new links with the scientific
and government communities, and strengthened
fund development.
Virtually all of Englander’s experience
relates to the ocean in one form or another.
For many years he was a recognized leader in
the recreational diving industry. He owned and
operated the world's largest diving operation
in the Bahamas - the Underwater Explorers Society
(UNEXSO) based in Freeport. Englander also created
The Dolphin Experience, an innovative close-encounter
program which is still highly successful. While
on the Diving Industry Board of Directors, he
was asked to head their non-profit environmental
organization, Ocean Futures. From Ocean Futures
he was hired by Jacques-Yves Cousteau to become
CEO of the Cousteau Society, where he served
briefly until Cousteau’s death.
Englander has some 5,000 dives to his credit,
including leading expeditions under the polar
ice cap and to Lake Baikal in Siberia. He serves
as a Director of the PADI Foundation, which awards
30-40 marine related scientific grants each year.
In the early 1980's he served as President of
NAUI worldwide, one of the major diver certification
organizations. He is a pilot with 3,000 hours
mostly in the Bahamas and Caribbean. John and
his wife Linda live in Boca Raton, FL with their
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 Jim
Gilbert
Jim Gilbert is the founding editor-in-chief
and former president of ShowBoats International,
the journal of record for the luxury yacht industry.
Under his leadership the magazine has galvanized
the private and corporate sides of the yachting
community in support of marine conservation.
He is also a founder of the International SeaKeepers
Society.
Through charitable events and private donors,
Mr. Gilbert has raised more than $10 million
for various international programs, including
numerous coral reef research and preservation
projects through the Museum of Oceanography in
Monaco and the Rosenstiel School at the University
of Miami. He created the Bal
de la Mer, an annual marine conservation
fundraiser held each year in Monaco under the
High Patronage of the ruling Grimaldi Royal Family.
Mr. Gilbert also established the SeaKeeper
Award, an annual
award in recognition for lifetime achievement
in the field of marine conservation.
In 2006, Mr. Gilbert received the
prestigious Leadership
Award from the International Superyacht Society. |
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 Lee
R. Anderson
Lee R. Anderson served as Sea Keepers Chairman from
November 2001-October 2003 and in that time, among
his accomplishments perhaps none was more lasting
than the instrumental role he played in strengthening
Sea Keepers member base. Known for his gregarious
nature, Lee and his wife Penny served as exceptional
ambassadors for the organization and continue to
introduce friends and colleagues to the work SeaKeepers
does.
Like so many of our members, Lee spends a great
deal of time on his yacht and believes fervently
that we all have a responsibility to learn as much
as we can about the world's oceans in an effort
to one day eradicate the damage they've sustained
and help to protect them for future generations. |
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 Jean-Michel
Costeau
As Executive Vice President of The Cousteau Society
for nearly 20 years, and now as Founder and President
of Ocean Futures Society, Mr. Cousteau travels the
globe, meeting with leaders and policymakers at
the grassroots level and at the highest echelons
of government and business. Ocean Futures Society,
a non-profit marine conservation and education organization,
serves as a voice for the ocean by communicating
in all media the critical bond between people and
the sea and the importance of wise environmental
policy.
Mr. Cousteau has produced over 75 films, received
the Emmy, the Peabody Award, the 7 d'Or, and the
Cable Ace Award. He currently resides in Santa Barbara,
California. |
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Patty Elkus
 Patty Elkus is an active community leader volunteering with non-profits in the San Diego community. Raised in Silicon Valley her interests include the earth sciences and advocating for the health and well-being of children. With a talent for bringing people together in support of a worthy cause, Ms. Elkus has served on San Diego Boards of ARCS Foundation, Inc, (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, whose mission provides graduate scholarship support in the natural sciences, medicine, and engineering), the Rady's Children's Hospital Auxiliary of San Diego, Poway Chapter, and as President of the National Charity League, Poway Chapter. Patty is also a contributing member of the San Diego Women's Foundation.
With a background in PR/Advertising and Graphic Design, Patty has developed an expertise in non-profit Special Events and Fundraising Development. As a member of the EW Scripps Associates and the SIO Director's Circle in San Diego, and long-time Birch Aquarium supporter, along with her husband who serves on their Advisory Board, Ms. Elkus has been named to the Director's Cabinet of Scripps Institution of Oceanography by Director Tony Haymet. Patty looks forward to contributing to the synergy between the International SeaKeepers Society and SIO in their joint initiative, the Coastal Monitoring Project. |
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Mark Grosvenor
Mr. Grosvenor is Chief Executive Officer of Grosvenor
Industries, originally established in San Diego
in 1979. Grosvenor Industries also owns and operates
Grosvenor Square Shopping Center. Since 1979,
Mr. Grosvenor has built three hotels and has founded
or become involved with many other national businesses.
In 1984, he started Medallion Foods, Inc. in Newport,
Arkansas, a snack food manufacturing company supplying
Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Costco as well as other
companies. In 1989, Grosvenor formed GHG Hospitality,
Inc., which owns and operates eleven hospitality
projects including motels, hotels, resorts, and
marinas across the United States. In 1973 he founded
Jaymark Financial, a real estate company with
offices in San Diego, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.
Mr. Grosvenor was Chairman of SeaKeepers from 2003-2005.
He resides in both Wyoming and California. [For Spotlight Article click here]
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James S. Offield
 James S. Offield was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He was educated at the Fenn School in Concord, Massachusetts, Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut and Menlo School of Business Administration located in Menlo Park, California. Mr. Offield currently serves as Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the Offield Family Foundation in Chicago, Illinois and is on the Board of Trustees for both the Little Traverse Conservancy in Harbor Springs, Michigan and the Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut. In addition, Jim serves as Co-Chair on the Northern Michigan Hospital Foundation Board in Petoskey, Michigan.
As an owner of several yachts, Jim has had the pleasure of scuba diving all over the world, and is passionate about the preservation of our oceans. Jim has also been involved with financial support for the Wild Dolphin Project as well as the Billfish Foundation.
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 Vee
King Shaw
Mr. Shaw is founder of The Shaw Group in Singapore.
He is the Chairman of the Cinematographic Film
Distributors Association, Chairman of the National
Fire Prevention Council, and is an Honorary Fellow
of the Academy of Medicine in Singapore. He lives
in Singapore.
Mr. Shaw is a passionate and accomplished fisherman,
scuba and free diver who cruises extensively
in Asian Pacific waters aboard his yacht SeaShaw.
He has held several free diving fishing records. |
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 Jay
Wade
Jay Wade founded his first company in 1988, developing
software designed for use in electronic case management
systems for the U.S. Federal Court system. After
successfully growing and selling that company in
1999, Mr. Wade continued on to pursue business interests
in other technology-related fields. Currently, Mr.
Wade splits his time between Red Earth Systems,
an information technology professional services
firm; Coyote Customs, a manufacturer of custom metric
choppers; and Sub Aviator Systems a manufacturer
and operator of winged submersibles. He lives in
Oklahoma City. |
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 Richard
D. West
Rear Admiral Richard D. West, U.S. Navy (Ret), became
President and CEO of CORE in August 2002. Admiral
West leads and manages CORE’s mission to promote,
develop, and support efforts to advance knowledge
and learning in the science of oceanography and
to disseminate such knowledge to the scientific
community and to the public.
Admiral West came to CORE from the Department of
the Navy where he completed his most recent tour
of duty as Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy.
During his three years as Oceanographer and Navigator,
he managed a $400 million annual program providing
oceanographic, meteorological, geospatial information
and navigation support to the Navy. |
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 Frank
Wlasek
As part of an international demonstration project,
the SeaKeepers Society has equipped the first of
several liquefied natural gas tankers traversing
the coastline of Brazil and the mouth of the Amazon
River with its ocean-monitoring module. The monitors
are being installed on tankers built by Metalnave,
whose chairman is Founding Member Frank Wlasek.
Metalnave is donating the funds for this important
project, which has the backing of several universities
in Brazil, where Mr. Wlasek lives. |
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 Michael
T. Moore
Michael T. Moore has been practicing maritime and
aviation law for over twenty years. Before founding
his own firm he was a partner with Holland &
Knight and chaired the firm’s Marine and Aviation
Practice. He has also served several terms on the
firm’s board of directors. Prior to Holland
& Knight, Mr. Moore was associated with Messrs.
Burlingham, Underwood & Lord in New York and
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia offices. Mr. Moore is included
in Who’s Who in American Law and is a fellow
of the American Bar Association. Mr. Moore is also
a member of the board of trustees of the United
Way of Greater Miami, a former chairman of the Alexis
De Tocqueville Society and the Coral Gables Youth
Center Advisory Board. Mr. Moore is chairman of
the board of the United States Coast Guard Foundation
and President of the Admirals of the Fleet of Florida.
Mr. Moore resides in Coral Gables, Florida. |
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