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 institutions’ best interest in mind. Board members work collaboratively with Webb’s many stakeholders to fulfill Webb Institute’s mission, vision, strategic goals, and objectives.
OFFICERS
Chairman
Bruce S. Rosenblatt (Hon.)
President
Bruce S. Rosenblatt & Associates, LLC
Vice Chairman
Jon J. LaBerge ’76
Treasurer
Greggory Mendenhall
G B Mendenhal Pllc.
President
R. Keith Michel ’73
Webb Institute
Secretary
John N. Costello ’89
Managing Counsel, Intellectual
Property & Technology
Global Products & Services
Laureate Education, Inc.
OTHER MEMBERS
Christopher D. Allard ’04
CEO
Metal Shark Aluminum Boats
Benjamin G. Bordelon
President & C.E.O.
Bollinger Shipyards LLC
David M. Bovet ’70
Managing Partner
New Harbor Consultants
Jack Buono
President & CEO (Ret.)
SeaRiver Maritime Inc.
George Campbell Jr., Ph.D
President Emeritus
Cooper Union
CDR Richard C. Celotto, USN (Ret.) ’73
Vice President, Engineering
BMT Designers & Planners, Inc.
Joseph N. Corvelli ’93
Senior Vice President
Vigor Industrial, LLC
John C. Couch
Vice Chairman
C.M. Capital Corp.
Joseph J. Cuneo ’57
Chairman (Ret.)
MARINEX International
Hampton Dixon ’11
Manager, Hotel Refurbishments
Carnival Cruise Line
John L.R. Edgar ’87
Director of Research and Development
Glosten Inc.
Dr. Fernando Frimm
President
GustoMSC US Inc.
Alison D. Granger P’14
Chief Investment Officer
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
John C. Hootman ’01
NAVY LIAISON
Deputy Director Surface Warfare Division (OPNAV N96)
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
John A. Malone ’71
Malone Consulting Services
Mark F. Martecchini ’79
President
Stolt Tankers
Eugene R. Miller III ’96
Vice President, Operations
Bath Iron Works
Stephen M. Payne, Ph.D.
Vice President/Chief Naval Architect (Ret.)
Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding Southampton
Phillip J. Shapiro
President and CEO
Liberty Maritime Corporation
Joseph H. Pyne
Executive Chairman
Kirby Corporation
Wombi Rose ’09
President
lovepop, Inc.
VADM Paul Sullivan, USN (Ret.)
Director, Applied Research Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
Applied Research Laboratory
Luther Tai, Ph.D.
Chairman/CEO
Roberts Bay Marina, LLC
Peter K. Wallace ’93
Naval Architect, Deepwater Technology
Shell Trading US Company
Jennifer K. Waters, Ph.D. ’91
Assoc. Dean for Academic Affairs
U.S. Naval Academy
Christopher Wiernicki
Chairman, President & C.E.O.
American Bureau of Shipping
Chairman Emeritus
Charles G. Visconti ’55
Chairman & President
International Cargo Gear Bureau, Inc.
Trustee Emeriti
Patrick J. Gilmartin, Esq. (Hon.)
Gilmartin, Poster & Shafto
Robert D. Goldbach ’58
President (Ret.)
MARINEX International
William O. Gray (Hon.)
President
Gray Maritime Company
David H. Klinges (Hon.)
President, Marine Construction Div. (Ret.)
Bethlehem Steel Corp.
John Russell ’67
President
Russell Development
Peter Van Dyke ’60, Ph.D.
Managing Director (Ret.)
T. Rowe Price
Honorary Trustees
Charles R. Cushing, Ph.D.
President
C.R. Cushing & Co., Inc.
Charles Kurz II (Hon.)
President Emeritus
Keystone Shipping Co.
Richard T. Soper (Hon.)
President & Chairman (Ret.)
American Bureau of Shipping
Ex-officio members
Matthew R. Werner ’95, PG’97
Dean and ABS Chair of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Webb Institute
Richard A. Royce, Ph.D.
James J. Henry Professor of Naval Architecture and Director of Research
Webb Institute
James Kelly ’19
Student Representative
Webb Institute