Board of Trustees


Webb Institute Board of Trustees 2019

Our Board of Trustees is made up of a diverse group of individuals who are passionate about Webb. Membership of the Board covers a wide array of backgrounds and expertise, and includes industry leaders, alumni, the Dean, a Faculty Representative and a Student Representative. The Board functions as the governing body of Webb, and is responsible for making strategic and fiduciary decisions with our institution’s best interest in mind.  Board members work collaboratively with Webb’s many stakeholders to fulfill Webb Institute’s mission, strategic goals, and objectives.

OFFICERS

Chairman
Jon J. LaBerge ’76

Vice Chair
Paulo A. Almeida ’95
Managing Director
M&G Investments

Treasurer
Richard M. Biben
C.E.O. & President (Ret.)
Gibbs & Cox, Inc.

President
Mark F. Martecchini ’79
Webb Institute

Secretary
Brian P.R. Eisenhower ‘06
Hill Rivkins LLP

MEMBERS

Christopher D. Allard ’04
CEO
Metal Shark Aluminum Boats

David M. Bovet ’70
Managing Partner
New Harbor Consultants

CDR Richard C. Celotto, USN (Ret.) ’73
Ship Acquisition Advisor
CACI, Inc.

VADM Nanette ‘Nan’ DeRenzi
JAGC, USN  (Ret.)

Hampton Dixon ’11
Director, Refurbishment Planning
Carnival Cruise Line

Jon Dowsett ’09
VP, Fleet Performance & Special Projects
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

John (Jay) L.R. Edgar III ’87
VP for Engineering
Snow & Company

Jacob Genauer ’10
Senior Naval Architect
Braemar Engineering

Tim Glinatsis
Senior V.P. of Program Management
Hanwha Defense USA

Heidi Landen-Greene ’96, P’28
President
C-Job Naval Architects Americas

Manuel G. Hontoria ’88
Partner (Ret.)
Oliver Wyman

John C. Hootman ’01
NAVY LIAISON
Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities (N9B)
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

John A. Malone ’71
Consultant

John P. McDonald
Chairman & CEO
American Bureau of Shipping

Eugene R. Miller III ’96
President
Austal USA

Bruce S. Rosenblatt (Hon.)
President & CEO
Bruce S. Rosenblatt & Associates, LLC

Professor Cat Savage FREng
Global Technical Director
Fleet Solid Support Ship BMT Ltd

Philip J. Shapiro
Chairman
Liberty Maritime Corporation

Ray Sheldon ’73
President (Ret.)
Leidos Gibbs & Cox

VADM Paul Sullivan, USN (Ret.)
Former Director, ARL
Penn State

Nathalie Sykora, Eng.
Chief Marine and Digital Solutions Officer
CSL Group Inc.

Lina Tenenbaum ’21
Lead Sustainability Engineer
International Seaways, Inc.

Reneé Tremblay ’20
Project Manager
Ferry at MBTA

Dr. Jennifer K. Waters ’91, P’20
Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
Maine Maritime Academy

Meldon J. Wolfgang IV ’93
North America Regional Chair
Boston Consulting Group 

David Yim
CIO, USAA

PRESIDENT EMERITUS

R. Keith Michel ‘73
Webb Institute

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Charles G. Visconti ’55
Chairman & President
International Cargo Gear Bureau, Inc.

TRUSTEE EMERITI

Dr. George Campbell Jr. (Hon.)
President Emeritus
Cooper Union

Dr. John C. Couch (Hon.)
Vice Chairman
C.M. Capital Corp.

Joseph J. Cuneo ’57
Chairman (Ret.)
MARINEX International

Patrick J. Gilmartin, Esq. (Hon.)
Gilmartin, Poster & Shafto (Ret.)

Alison D. Granger (Hon.)
Chief Investment Officer (Ret.)
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Robert D. Goldbach ’58
President (Ret.)
MARINEX International

David H. Klinges (Hon.)
President, Marine Construction Div. (Ret.)
Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Charles Kurz II (Hon.)
President Emeritus
Keystone Shipping Co.

Greggory Mendenhall
G B Mendenhall Pllc.

John Russell ’67
President
Russell Development

HONORARY TRUSTEE

Dr. Charles R. Cushing
President
C.R. Cushing & Co., Inc.

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Matthew R. Werner ’95, PG’97
Dean and ABS Chair of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Webb Institute

Richard A. Royce
James J. Henry Professor of Naval Architecture
Webb Institute

Laura E. Peck ’28
Student Representative
Webb Institute