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Owner of Innerspace Divers and Triton Divers of Long Beach Island 1973 - 1985
Diving and Maritime History Columnist for the Beachcomber and Sandpaper Newspapers 1978 - 1984
Testifed, on July 15, 1982, before the Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, in opposition to H.R. 132 - House of Representatives - Ninety-Seventh Congress - Abandoned Historic Shipwrecks
Owner of Beach Haven Fishing Centre 1984 - 2004
President of Black Whale, Inc. 1974 - Present
New Jersey Maritime Historian, Lecturer, Writer and Researcher 1973 - Present
Trustee of the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum 1995 - 1998
Beach Haven Representative of the Southern Regional School Board 1993 - 1996
Vice-President of the Southern Regional School Board 1995 - 1996
Elected 1996 as Beach Haven Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety
Re-Elected 1998 as Beach Haven Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety
Sworn in as Mayor of the Borough of Beach Haven - 1998
Member of the Beach Haven Land-Use Board 1998 - 2006
Appointed 1998 to the Executive Board of the New Jersey Association for Elected Women Officials
Appointed 1998 to the Legislative Committee of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities
Appointed 1999 by Governor Whitman to the New Jersey Fire Safety Commission
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2000 Conference - New Jersey Fire Safety Commission
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2001 Conference - New Jersey Fire Safety Commission
Appointed to the Mordecai Advisory Committee by the Mordecai Land Trust, Inc. - 2001
Appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Ocean County Mayors Association - 2001
Re-appointed to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities Legislative Committee - 2002
Re-appointed Trustee of the Ocean County Mayors Association - 2002
Re-Elected 2002 as Beach Haven Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety
Sworn in as Mayor of the Borough of Beach Haven - 2002
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2002 Conference - Budget and Financial Issues Update
Appointed by the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders 2003 as a member of the Ocean County Emergency Management Council for a 3-year term ending 2006
Recommended for appointment as the New Jersey State League of Municipalities representative to the State 9-11 Commission in 2003 by Executive Director, William G. Dressel, Jr.
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2003 Conference - League Workshop: EMS Paid VS Volunteer First Aid Squads
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2003 Conference - League Joint Workshop with Tax Collectors and Treasurers Association and Government Finance Officers Assocation: Best Bang for your Municipal Buck
Guest Speaker at the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2003 Conference - League Joint Session with Fire Officials: Fire Departments and Municipal Government - The Keys to Safety, Services and Success
Re-appointed 2003 to the Board of Trustees of the Ocean County Mayors Association
2003 as Representative of the Ocean County Mayors Association for the New Jersey Conference of Mayors
Nominated, by New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey, to serve as a member of the New Jersey State 9-1-1 Commission in 2004
Re-Appointed 2004 by New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey, to the NJ Fire Safety Commission for a 5-year term
Governor McGreevey's nomination to the NJ State 9-1-1 Commission approved 2004 by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalites 2004 Conference - New Jersey State Fire Safety Commission
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2004 Conference - Budget and Financial Issues Update
Appointed by President Peter Cantu, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, to serve as a member of the 2005 Conference Resolutions Committee
Appointed 2005 by President Peter Cantu, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, as a member of the League Nominating Committee
Guest Speaker at the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2005 Conference - League Session: Women in Government - The Finer Points of Getting Appointed to State Boards and Commissions
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2005 Conference - League Joint Workshop with Tax Collecotrs, Treasurers and Finance Officers: Fiscal ABC's - Audits, Budgets and Controls
Moderator for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities 2005 Conference - League Joint Session with Fire Officials: Residential Sprinnklers - The Next Step in Protecting Your Community
Re-Appointed 2005 to the Board of Trustees of the Ocean County Mayors Association
President and Curator of the 2005 soon-to-be-completed Museum of New Jersey Maritime History, a registered non-profit 501(C)(3) educational facility scheduled to open the summer of 2006
Re-Appointed 2006 to the Board of Trustees of the Ocean County Mayors Association
Re-Appointed 2006 by the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders to the Ocean County Emergency Management Council for a 3-year term, through 2009
Appointed 2006 as Chairperson of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities General Legislation Sub-Committee
Appointed 2006 as Chairperson of the Master Planning and Research Advisory Council by Assemblyman John Wisniewski, Chair of the New Jersey State Fire Safety Commission
Appointed 2006 by Bill Tromm, Emergency Management Coordinator for the Borough of Beach Haven, as Emergency Management Deputy Coordinator in charge of Emergency Medical Services for the Borough of Beach Haven
Appointed 2006 as a volunteer in the New Jersey Medical Reserve Corps by the New Jersey State Department of Health.
President and Curator of the newly-constructed Museum of NJ Maritime History, Inc., which opened to the public in July of 2007
Elected 2008 to serve as a Charter Study Commissioner for the Borough of Beach Haven
Reappointed 2009 to the Ocean County Emergency Management Council for a 3-year term by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Ocean County
Travelled, with co-author Gretchen Coyle, to Cuba, March 23, 2011 to interview individuals with ties to the 1934 Morro Castle disaster off Asbury Park, NJ
Reappointed 2012 to the Ocean County Emergency Management Council for a 3-year term by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Ocean County
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