OFFICERS &
DIRECTORS
| President & Director,
Elaine "Merylin" Wong...MBA,
finance,
banking, leasing |
| Executive Vice President
& Director, William B. Stephens...MBA
banking & accounting,
project manager, former cruise ship operations |
|
Director, John Conrad...
professional
advisor for Congressional legislation, former aid to Iowa Senator Chuck
Grassley, |
|
Director, Rear Admiral Frank Johnston, Maritime
Administration (retired)... military sealift command, fleet maintenance and
readiness, inactive ship preservation and activation |
| Director,
Howard Williams... marine services
industry and business owner (diving, construction, charters) |
|
Secretary, Patrick McDermott...administration
and compliance high technology company start-ups |
|
Tax Preparation,
Cathy Cheung...certified public
accountant |
BOARD OF ADVISORS
| Richard Benard...CFO
U.S.S. Midway Museum (San Diego), museum operations |
| Terry E Branstad...former
Governor of Iowa, President Des Moines University |
| Dr. Christopher
Brieseth...President, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute |
| Robert Burger
(retired)...advertising executive, founder of outdoor heritage museum
San Francisco |
| Robert Cameron
(retired)...world famous
aerial
photographer, publisher |
| John Conrad...former
senior senator aid, State of Iowa, U.S. Congress |
| Capt. Donald Flowers
USN (retired)...facilities maintenance director |
| Vice Admiral Jerome L . Johnson
USN (retired), former Vice Chief of Naval Operations...prior president
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society |
| James Kern...Executive
Director, Vallejo Naval and Maritime Museum |
| Capt. Don Hess USN
(retired), former President, U.S.S. Missouri Memorial Association (Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii) |
| Capt. Thomas
Miller...bar pilot |
| Commander Richard
Rosenberg USNR (retired)...former Bank of American CEO |
| Commander Lance Sapera
USN (retired), former commanding officer recruitment command...marketing |
| Capt. Larry Seaquist
USN (retired), former commanding officer U.S.S. Iowa...Washington State
Assembly member, business
executive, writer. |
| H. Earl Snyder (retired)...U.S.S. IOWA plankowner,
former officer of IOWA crew member association, railroad industry engineer |
| Robert Tozier
(retired)...senior surveyor American Bureau of Shipping, business executive,
merchant marine chief engineer |
THE 'IOWA'-CLASS
COMMITTEE
| Randy
Barker...California Transportation Authority
environmental
technican |
| George Bisharat...naval
artist
and historian |
| Jeremy
Bonelle...photographer |
| Gary
Booth...building maintenance supervisor |
| Mike
Brown...Executive Director Vallejo Convention and Visitors Bureau |
| Robert
Boyce...public service employee |
| Cathy Cheung...C.P.A.,
specializing in taxation for individuals, businesses, estates, trusts, non-profits |
| Capt.
Edward J. Cummings USN (retired)...construction and
project management |
| Jurgen Diederich...maintenance
engineer, management and fiscal operations, former US Navy |
| Bill
Dunphy...film director and producer |
| Russ
Farnell...designer and mechanical engineer |
| Jim Fisher...IRS
examination and support |
| Gene Gaeta...security
services, Navy aircraft maintenance |
| Scott
Gaynos...film production and audio/video preparation |
| Steve
Harper...fireman and public safety |
| George
Hillenbrand...retired, former IOWA crewmember |
| Phelps
Hobart...Navy League officer |
| Gloria Lagomarsino...graphic artist, creator |
| Wallace Levin...retired, past
President Veteran Affairs Commission, City & County of San Francisco,
civic leader, federal & state government employee |
| Lucinda
Martin...retired, bank operations officer, daughter of IOWA crewmember |
| Allen Martino...retired, firefighter, volunteer S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien,
served on U.S.S. Iowa during the Korean War |
| Patrick
McDermott...administration and compliance, technology industry |
| Patty
McDermott...retail inventory analyst |
| Mike
McWilliams...retired, private investigator,
former police officer |
| Roland Peck...engineer |
| Mark
Peters...financial marketing and fundraising |
| Janet
Peterson...office management |
| Howard
Pierson...retired, public speaking, air force test pilot, IOWA crew member |
| Rear
Admiral Stuart Platt USN (retired)...marine business owner |
| Gordon
Reynolds...newspaper owner |
| Joe Railla...architect |
| John
Richardson...retired, operating engineer |
| Bill Stephens...bank
regulation, former cruise ship operations
manager |
| Jim
Reikowsky...Vallejo Convention and Visitors Bureau, Vallejo Film Commission |
| Howard
Williams...marine services business owner |
| Bud
Wilson...retired, Veterans Affairs Commission, City and County of San
Francisco |
| Merylin Wong...finance and administration, investments |