The leadership team for Historic Ships in Baltimore consists of four senior staff, including the Executive Director, and a volunteer Advisory Board made up of individuals from the community who have an interest in the ships and their history, who support the mission in many ways, and help to keep the ships afloat.
Leadership Crew
Steve Bountress
Executive Director
Brian Auer
Operations Director
Alexa Price
Public Programs Manager
Stephanie Smith
Public Programs Coordinator
Advisory Board
Streett Baldwin
Ellin & Tucker, Director
David Beck
Retired Director of Business Strategy, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
David Berger
Principal, White Oak Wealth Management
Stephen Bockmiller
Past Vice President, Ship's Company
Joseph Boddiford, III
Vice President, Branch Manager - Boddiford-Koras Group at Morgan Stanley
Lawrence J. Bopp
Past President, Ship's Company
John Bourgeois
Attorney at Law, Kramon & Graham
Harry Coker, Jr.
Former Executive Director, National Security Agency
Sam DiPaola
President, Evergreen Advisors
E. Michael Eacho
President, Torsk Volunteer Association
David Gross
Vice President, General Ship Repair Corporation
Jasmine Harrison
Account Manager, ConnectRN
Jason Lamb
Chief Strategy Officer, Black Sea Tech
Dr. Susan Langley, Ph.D.
Maryland State Underwater Archeologist
Maryland Department of Planning
Maryland Historical Trust
Michael Leber
Partner, Venable LLP
Lindsay Lowe
Managing Director, Origination, Constellation Energy
Derick Lynch
President, General Ship Repair Corporation
Hon. Louis H Miller, Esq.
Retired Superior Court Judge, State of New Jersey
Victor Minella
Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Intelligence and Security
Laura Neuman
Former County Executive, Anne Arundel County
Philip E. Niedermair
Director, Chief of the Board of Advisors, National Cyber Group LLC
John Pastalow, III
Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC
RADM Scott Sanders, USN (ret)
Principal, Tobacco Barn Distillery
Edwin S. Tharp
CPA
M. Hamilton Whitman, Jr.
Retired Senior Counsel, Baker Donelson
Emeritus
VADM Kenneth C. Malley, USN (ret)
Peter M. Martin
Retired CEO, Provident Bank