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GulfQuest Board of Trustees elects new officers
Mar 16, 2016
MOBILE, AL – It’s been more than 22 years since the Board of Trustees of the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico elected officers, but on Thursday, March 10, in a historic event for GulfQuest, Board Chairman E. B. Peebles passed the gavel and the Trustees unanimously elected new officers and an executive committee.
Moving into the Chairman’s role is Michael B. Lee. The Board also elected Marietta M. Urquhart as the Vice Chairman; Anthony J. Zodrow as Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer; and Ray H. Miller as the Secretary/Treasurer.
The Executive Committee consists of Lee, Urquhart, Miller, along with G. Edgar Downing, James K. Lyons, Walter Meigs, E. B. Peebles and Patrick Wilson.
“First, I’d like to personally thank Tony Zodrow,” Peebles said before stepping down. “We (GulfQuest) wouldn’t be where we are today without Tony. I’m also very grateful to all of you Trustees, and to those Trustees who have retired from the Board, and to future Trustees.”
Lee, President/CEO of Page & Jones, Inc., has served on the Board of Trustees for more than 10 years. He also serves on the Boards of the Child Advocacy Center, Mobile Steamship Association, Seaman’s Foundation, Visit Mobile, and the E.A. Roberts Foundation. He previously served as Chairman of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and as President of the Alabama World Trade Association, the Propeller Club of Mobile, Mobile Forwarders & Brokers Association and the Mobile Traffic & Transportation Club.
Urquhart has served on the Board of Trustees since August 1996, and replaces Lee in the role of vice chairman. A licensed realtor with White-Spunner Realty, Urquhart also serves on the Boards of the University of Alabama System, UMS-Wright Foundation, Community Foundation of South Alabama, and First Community Bank. She previously served as Board Chairman/President for UMS-Wright, Leadership Mobile, Volunteer Mobile, and the Junior League of Mobile.
Miller, chief executive officer of Autism Avenue, Inc., has served on the Board of Trustees since June 1993. With his 35 years of extensive sales and marketing experience in diverse industries, Miller was instrumental in the formation of Autism2Ability, Inc., a non-profit organization that delivers a results-oriented, online learning resource for children with autism spectrum disorder and their families.
The Board also unanimously elected new Trustees Joe “Ty” Bullard III, President of Joe Bullard Automotive; Travis Short, President of Horizon Shipbuilding; and Richard H. Weavil, President, The Weavil Company.