GulfQuest is a non-profit organization governed by community and state leaders who represent backgrounds and disciplines in maritime business and industry, banking, law, education, military service, accounting, engineering, communications, real estate, non-profit management, and public utilities.

The following individuals currently serve on the Maritime Museum’s Board of Trustees:

Ann Bedsole
Trustee: Sybil H. Smith Foundation
President: White Smith Land Company

Walter A. Bell
Chairman: Swiss Re America Holding Corporation

Thomas B. Bender, Jr.
President: Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc.

James C. Bledsoe
CEO: Van’s Photo, Inc. (retired)

James Edgar Brister
Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer: Seabulk Towing, Inc.

Angus R. Cooper
Chairman and CEO: Cooper/T. Smith Corporation

Richard D. Davis, Jr.
Chairman:  Mobile Airport Authority

G. Edgar Downing, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel:
Mobile Gas

Gilbert F. Dukes, Jr.                                                         Partner: Smith, Dukes & Buckalew, LLP

Samuel Slade Hooks, Jr.
President: Waterways Towing, Inc.

John C. Hope, III
CEO: Whitney National Bank (retired)

Eric L. Johnsen
President:  International Shipholding Corporation

The Honorable Samuel L. Jones
Mayor: City of Mobile

Michael B. Lee
President: Page & Jones, Inc.

John H. Lewis, Jr.
President and Chairman: Lewis Communications

James K. Lyons
Director and CEO: Alabama State Port Authority

Richard L. Marler
Chairman of the Board, CEO and President: Signal International

John L. McCarron, Jr.
Ryan Walsh and SSA Marine (retired)

John S. McClelland, Jr.
Executive Vice President: Mid-Stream Fuel

Walter Meigs                                                                    General Counsel:  Atlantic Marine Alabama

Ray H. Miller III
President and CEO: Northern Gulf Trading Group

Lee Moncrief
Vice President: Tensaw Land & Timber Co., Inc.

Sheldon Morgan
President: Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (retired)

H. Taylor Morrissette, Jr.
President: Mobile Air Center

Tim Parker
President: Parker Towing Company, Inc.

E.B. Peebles III (Board Chairman)
Partner: Armbrecht Jackson, LLP

Sydney G. Raine
President:  Mobile Works

Joe Rella
President and Chief Operating Officer: Austal USA

Andrew Saunders, Jr.
CEO: Saunders Yachtworks

R. Michael Saxon
Vice President: South Division Alabama Power

Kate Seawell
Artist; Faculty: Visual Arts Dept.                                          University of South Alabama

William R. Seifert, II
Chairman: Regions Bank South Alabama Advisory Council

Teresa McLean Smith
Civic/Community Leader

Russell R. Steiner
President: Steiner Shipyard, Inc.

H. W. Thurber, III
President and CEO: Norton Lilly International, Inc.

Carl A. Torbert, Jr.
CEO: Dravo Corporation (retired)

John M. Turner, Jr.
Central Region President: Regions Bank

Marietta M. Urquhart
Agent: Heggeman Realty Company
Trustee: University of Alabama

Barry A. Vittor
President: Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc.

Patrick J. Wilson
Vice President: Mobile Bar Pilots, LLC