Officers and Board of Governors: 2024-2025
Officers Phone
President
Nick Harty 912-398-7654
First Vice President
Len James 912-963-2966 John S. James Co.
Second Vice President
David “Fish” Mihuta 912-655-8518 Freightliner of Savannah
Third Vice President
Carol Coppola 912-308-4377 Regions Bank
Secretary
Leigh Ryan 912-308-4377 World Trade Center Savannah
Treasurer
Robert Cole 912-660-8284 Georgia Ports Authority
Judge Advocate
Langston Bass 912-233-3399 Brennan, Harris, & Rominger
Board of Governors
One Year Term
Lonnie Harrison 912-346-4904 Reefpoint Group
Capt. Trey Thompson 912- 236-0226 Savannah Pilots Association
Theresa Atkins 912-966-7918 Georgia Tech
Hays Clark 912-236-2571 Crescent Towing
Two Year Term
Capt. Jim Myrick 912-964-0712 Myrick Marine Contracting
Ben Goldberg 912-201-0050 JIT Warehousing & Logistics
Jed Young 912-236-0226 Port City Logistics
Thomas Beason 912-658-1463 Bottom Line Echo Company
Three Year Term
Lynn Brennan 912-441-1196 Retired
Paul Barger 912.658.9103 Colonial Terminals
Jerrell Marbry 912-387-2550 Maritime Delivery Service
Molly Taylor 917-757-1285 Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
Captain of the Port
CDR Nathaniel Robinson 912-652-4353 USCG Marine Safety Unit Savannah
Administrators
Linda Whiddon 912-660-9216 Whiddon Business Services
Jackie Frant 912-713-6442 Administrative Support
Immediate Past President
Gary M Davis 912-236-1531 Peeples Industries, Inc.
Ex Officio Members
The Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Savannah
Past Presidents Roster
1933–34 John F. Gleason
1934–35 Storme Trosdal, Jr.
1935–36 James H. Byington
1936–37 Roland R. Jones
1937–38 E.A. Dutton
1938–39 Samuel A. Cann
1939–40 Cdr. R.F. Erdman, USN
1940–41 Thomas W. Yager
1941–42 Arthur P. Gnann
1942–43 Joseph G. Stovall
1943–44 Judge H. Mercer Jordan
1944–45 Raymond Sherlock
1945–46 Kirk Sutlive
1946–47 Lee Mingledorff, Jr.
1947–48 Gen. P.N. Strong
1948–49 Charles J. Musante
1949–50 Edgar 0I Sikes
1950–51 Harold B. Pillatt
1951–52 Leon L. Collins
1951–53 Rev. Harry J. Pearson
1953–54 Carroll P. Ford
1954–55 E.R. Stuber
1954–56 J.W. Tarver, Jr.
1954–57 Cdr. J.O. Thompson, USCG
1957–58 Gen. Hugh T. Mayberry, USA
1958–59 Thomas Chisholm
1959–60 James W. Coste
1960–61 George E. Henry
1961-62 Stephen F. Craig
1962–64 Joseph A. Register, Jr.
1964–65 J.W. Tarver, Jr.
1965–66 John J. Lyons
1966–67 Sam W. Edleman
1967–68 Peter Norboge
1968–70 James W. Mclntire
1970–71 Walter G. Caceres
1971–72 John M. Sayler
1972–73 Alexander D. Stewart
1973–74 Charles P. Simon
1974–76 Capt. Harry E. Jennings
1976–77 Ernest A. Rubadue
1977–78 Norman H. May
1978–79 CDR Charles H. Denmark
1979–80 Nicholas D. Lamorte
1980–81 Gustave R. Dubus, III
1981–82 Robert Parsons
1982–83 William Saunders
1983–84 John Powers
1984–85 Jerry Hogan, Sr.
1985–86 Ernest A. Rubadue
1986–87 Neff MacKintosh
1987–88 Charles Williams
1988–89 David T. Guernsey
1989–91 Andy Calhoun
1991–92 Amy Rhodes
1992–93 Bob Myrick
1993–94 Bill Wiggins
1994–95 Ed Cawthon
1995–96 Nancy Moon
1996–97 Dudley New
1997–98 Ed Bazemore
1998–99 Richard Rominger
1999–00 Capt. Frank Guy
2000–01 Anna Arnsdorff
2001–02 David Sipple
2002–03 Chuck Davis
2003–04 Patricia Reese
2004–05 Charlie Sutlive
2005–06 Langston Bass
2006–07 Ralph Maggoni
2007–08 Hugh Loyd
2008–09 Chris Desa
2009–10 Gloria Faircloth
2010–11 Jim Myrick
2011–12 McLeod Rominger
2012–13 Jerry Hogan, Jr.
2013–14 Nick Puhala
2014–15 Mark Troughton
2015–16 Michael Forbes
2016–17 Craig Maggioni
2017-18 Chuck Heimes
2018-19 Lynn Brennan
2019-20 Capt. Trey Thompson
2020-21 Lee Beckmann
2021-22 Jason Ball
2022-23 Joe Myatt
2023-24 Gary M Davis