Photo courtesy of Lynn Wright
Officers and Board of Governors: 2019-2020
Officers Phone
President
Capt. Trey Thompson 912-236-0226 Savannah Pilots Association
First Vice President
Lee Beckmann 912-964-3909 Georgia Ports Authority
Second Vice President
Hays Clark 912-236-2571 Crescent Towing
Third Vice President
Jason Ball 912-662-2914 Ball Maritime Group, LLC
Secretary
Joe Myatt 912-232-2440 Moran Savannah
Treasurer
Robert Cole 912-660-8284 Georgia Ports Authority
Judge Advocate
Langston Bass 912-233-3399 Brennan, Harris, & Rominger
Board of Governors
Elected with one year remaining
Ben Goldberg 912-201-0050 JIT Warehousing & Logistics
Emily Goldman 912-964-3855 Georgia Ports Authority
Billy Groves 912-660-3815 Stevens Towing Co
Robbie Shea 912-233-8181 Compliance Systems, Inc.
Elected with two-years remaining
Capt. Jonathan Claughton 912-232-6404 River Street Riverboat Co.
Gary Davis 912-235-3852 Peeples Industries, Inc.
Robert Dowd 912-544-0321 Port CIty Logistics
Nick Harty 912-235-3156 United Community Bank
Elected for a three-year term
Capt. Jim Myrick 912-964-0712 Myrick Marine Contracting
Jerome Pereira 917-207-7088 Columbus Marine
Tom Wright 912-429-3350 Greater Maritime Community
Captain of the Port
CDR Norm C. Witt, USCG 912-652-4353 Marine Safety Unit Savannah
Immediate Past President
Lynn Brennan 912-447-9404 US Customs & Border Protection
Ex Officio Members
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
Administrators
Linda Whiddon 912-660-9216 Whiddon Business Services
Jackie Frant 912-713-6442 Administrative Support