2023 - 2025 International Propeller Club Officers

Propeller Club Port of:

International President

Maria Conatser
maria.conatser@ingrambarge.com

Nashville

International First Vice President

Costis Frangoulis
cjf@franman.gr

Piraeus

International Second Vice President

Dorothea Ioannou
dorothea.ioannou@american-club.com

New York/New Jersey

International Third Vice President

Bill Kuzmick
bill@americanvictory.org

Tampa

International V.P. of Student Ports

Jeremy Smith
jersmith@keiseruniversity.edu

Jacksonville

President, Women’s Propeller Club

Candy Nigretto
clnigretto@gmail.com

Tacoma

International Secretary

Pat Patrick
ppatrick@patrickmillerlaw.com

New Orleans

International Treasurer

Stuart Smith
ssmith@galvestonparkboard.org

Galveston

International Executive Vice President

Joel Whitehead
joel@propellerclubhq.com

New Orleans

Associate Executive Director

Cheryl Rothbart
cheryl@Propellerclubhq.com

Washington, DC

Regional Vice Presidents

Name

Region

Propeller Club Port of:

Bil Van Voorhiss

North Atlantic

Portland

Mark Marling

Middle Atlantic

Norfolk

Liz Miller

Southeast

Port Manatee

Robert Hawn

Western Gulf

Houston

Michael Eckart

Ohio Valley

Nashville

Janet Wisner

Great Lakes

Detroit

Alex Tzikas

Pacific Coast

San Diego

Steve Labeylie

French-Speaking Region

Le Havre

Akis Tsirigakis

Southern Europe & Africa

Piraeus

Koray Arikan

Turkey & Middle East

Istanbul

Gerhard Tiedemann

Iberian Region

Bilbao

Aristole Wack

Western Europe

Strasbourg

Directors

Name

Propeller Club Port of:

At Large Directors Terms Expiring 2024

Lynn Vadelund

Tampa

Thompson Lykes

Miami

At Large Directors Terms Expiring 2025

Stas Margaronis

North California

Peter Lehman

Charleston

At Large Directors Terms Expiring 2026

Nominating Committee Recommendation

Daniel Tadros

New York/New Jersey

Mark Valenti

Tampa

Ex Officio Directors Terms Expiring 2024

Chris Johnsen

Washington

Jim Henry

Washington

Ex Officio Directors Terms Expiring 2025

Bill Kuzmick

Tampa

Connor Helm

New York/New Jersey

Ex Officio Directors Terms Expiring 2026

Appointed by International President

John Hark

Houston

Leo Falgout

New Orleans

Executive Committee Members At-Large

Appointed by International President

Tim Shusta

Tampa

Neils Aalund

Houston

Past President Committee Voting Members

Appointed by International President

Bob Fry

Houston

Rick Shiappacasse

Jacksonville

Past Presidents (* indicates voting board member)

Name

Propeller Club Port of:

Frank Baptista

New Orleans

Frank Courtenay

New Orleans

Joe Cox

Washington

Bob Fry*

Houston

Jerry Joseph

Washington

Andrew Knight

Jacksonville

Rockney Nigretto

Tacoma

Ricardo Schiappacasse

Jacksonville

Sonny Smith*

Paducah

Wade Wetherington

Tampa

Ken Wheeler

Paducah

RADM Joel Whitehead

New Orleans

Jim Patti

Washington