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:

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)

R. PRESTON BOLT, JR.
Partner: Hand Arendall, LLC

JAMES EDGAR BRISTER
Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer: Seabulk Towing

ANGUS R. COOPER
Chairman and CEO: Cooper/T. Smith Corporation

RICHARD D. DAVIS, JR.
Chairman: Mobile Airport Authority

G. EDGAR DOWNING
Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel:
Mobile Gas Service Corporation

GILBERT F. DUKES, JR., CPA
Partner: Smith, Dukes & Buckalew, L.L.P.

LORI GAILLARD
CEO: Baldwin Transfer Co., Inc.

SAMUEL SLADE HOOKS, JR.
President: Waterways Towing, Inc.

JOHN C. HOPE, III
CEO: Whitney National Bank (retired)

ERIK L. JOHNSEN
President: International Shipholding Corporation

MICHAEL B. LEE
President: Page & Jones, Inc.

JAMES K. LYONS
Director and CEO: Alabama State Port Authority

RICHARD L. MARLER
CEO, Chairman and President: Signal International, Inc.

JOHN L. MCCARRON, JR.
Ryan Walsh and SSA Marine (retired)

JOHN S. MCCLELLAND, JR.
Senior Vice President: Martin Energy Services, LLC

WALTER MEIGS
General Counsel: BAE Systems

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 (BOARD CHAIRMAN)
Partner: Armbrecht Jackson LLP

T. J. POTTS
Publisher and President: PMT Publishing Company

SYDNEY G. RAINE
President: Mobile Works

ANDREW SAUNDERS, JR.
CEO: Saunders Yachtworks

MICHAEL SAXON
Vice President: Alabama Power Company

KATE SEAWELL
Artist; Faculty: Visual Arts Dept.
University of South Alabama

WILLIAM R. SEIFERT, II
Chairman:  South Alabama Advisory Board
Regions Bank

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)

MARIETTA M. URQUHART
Agent: Heggeman Realty Company
Trustee: University of Alabama

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

CAPTAIN PATRICK WILSON
Vice President: Mobile Bar Pilots, LLC