Cdr Ron Tilmon, SN-CN

Janet was born in Wichita, Kansas, and her early life involved many moves around the United States with her father’s work in aerospace.  She graduated from high school in Edmonds, Washington and went on to get a B.S in Forestry Management from Washington State University, and did graduate work in Advanced Silviculture.  Janet joined the U.S. Forest Service after college and worked for 35 years in many capacities in six different states and Washington DC.  Her primary areas of work involved Wildland Fire Management and landscape level fuels management.  She retired from the Forest Service as the Director of Fire and Aviation Management for the Southern Region/Caribbean in 2008.  After retirement, she and husband Buck Latapie moved to Wilmington and joined the Power Squadron in 2013.  Janet has previously served on the Squadron Audit Committee and as Chair for Boating Activities.  She was elected as Administrative Officer in 2018. 

Lt/C Steve Thompson, S retired from the U.S. Army in 1998 and is currently working in the information security field for the U.S. Department of the Interior.  Steve and his wife, Sue, moved to Wilmington in late 2011 and plan on retiring here.  With a deep love of the water Steve bought his first boat in 2001 and has been active in boating organizations ever since.  He is an active member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, joining that organization in 2002.  You may find him on his boat, Forever Dreamin’, conducting marine event safety patrols for the Coast Guard.  He joined the Power Squadron in 2012 and is a certified instructor.  While enjoying their boat, Steve and Sue live by one basic rule: The Captain makes all the important decisions; the First Mate decides which decisions are important.

 1/Lt Meg learned to sail at as a teen at Camp Westminster on Higgins Lake, MI and raced on 470s at the University of Michigan. Throughout her career as an environmental engineer at a consulting firm, she and friends vacationed by bare-boat chartering sailboats in the Caribbean islands.  In 1997 she attended the Chapman School of Seamanship in Stuart, FL and earned her USCG 100-ton Captain license.  In 2000 she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean with 4 friends on a 50-foot sloop. She recently bought a 40-foot Endeavor sailboat and enjoys sailing out the Masonboro Inlet. Meg is a member of the District 27’s Navigator or “N” club and cherishes the comradery of the Cape Fear Sail and Power Squadron.  She was part of the Kids and Boating class at the Wildlife Expo and enjoys coordinating the ABC course.  She has participated in many of the Squadron courses and is a Certified Instructor. Meg moved to Wilmington in 2011 to be closer to her parents who retired here in 1992.

Paul Tyndall grew up in eastern North Carolina boating on local lakes, the Neuse and Tar Rivers, the ICW and the Outer Banks. He spent 24 years in Philadelphia practicing law before moving to Wilmington with his wife, Sandy, where he continues to practice law and is also an ordained pastor at The Message Church in Leland, NC. In 2013, Paul and Sandy sold their house, bought a 44 Ocean Alexander M/Y, named her Going Yahweh and took off cruising to the Florida Keys. They lived aboard for two years, while Paul continued to practice law. Paul joined the Power Squadron in 2012 and currently serves as a Member at Large and Membership Involvement Chairperson. He also is a Squadron Certified Instructor. Paul and Sandy have three children and happily just welcomed their first grandchild, Slate, to this world. 

1/Lt Gaye Thomas,S is a proud native North Carolinian who grew up in Siler City and has lived in Salisbury, Dunn, Raleigh and has now resided in Wilmington for 27 years.  She is a graduate of UNCG and taught school for 31 and 1/2 years in Chatham, Harnett, and New Hanover Counties. In 1999 she was named the Outstanding Teacher of the Gifted in North Carolina by the Association for the Gifted and Taltented.  She is married to Jimmy Thomas and they have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. After owning small boats for several years she and Jimmy bought their first big boat,a 36 ft. Gulf Star trawler, in 1991 and have traveled extensively since. They lost it in l996 in Hurricane Fran. After that they bought a 35 ft. Senator trawler.  Sold that and down sized to a 25 ft. Acadia which they soon found to be TOO small,so they are now back to owning a 36 ft. Gulf Star trawler. They have been to the Chesapeake Bay 7 times and in 2000 they traveled to the Abacos getting home one day before their first grandchild was born. She has been a member of CFS&PS since 2007 and served as Assistant Secretary in 2015.

Cdr Abe Walston, MD JD FACC  FACP

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