Bridge Officers
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Educational Officer
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Lt/C Ned Rhodes, SN SEO
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Ned relocated to the Wilmington area from Northern Virginia a few years ago to get away from all the traffic and to be near the beach. With his wife Arleen and golden retriever Katie, they enjoy cruising on their Sea Ray 410 Express, Impulse, and their 13-foot Boston Whaler. Ned holds a 100-Ton USCG Captains license and often brags that he has never run aground when anyone else was around (so there is no evidence). He is President of Software Systems Group that develops custom software for corporate clients.
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Administrative Officer
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Lt/C Rafael Toro
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Rafael is a retired high school teacher from the state of New York. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, near the National Historical Monument, “El Morro”, or “El Castillo de San Felipe." In his early years, Rafael lived in Berlin, Germany, where he learned to swim in the famously known Olympic Pool. He moved on to live in Atlanta, GA at the start of the civil rights movement, and then settled for a time in Seattle, WA, where his elementary school was chosen to inaugurate the Space Needle at the 1962 World Fair. After all the adventures of living around the world, Rafael’s family settled in the Bronx, NY, during his high school years, and then went on to attend InterAmerican University of San German, Puerto Rico, where he earned a BS in Education. After completing his college education, Rafael went on to join the United States Marine Corps where he spent 10 years working as a Communication Officer, earning a PADI certification in scuba diving and an advanced Red Cross Certification in sailing. Upon completing his time of service, Rafael became a special education teacher back in the Bronx, NY, and then continued his teaching career in New Rochelle, NY. After spending thirty years as a teacher, he retired and moved to Wilmington, NC where he has lived for the past five years. Rafael has four lovely daughters and three grandchildren. He enjoys fishing, boating and all other facets of nautical life. He is an avid environmentalist, concerned with the preservation of nature (especially our oceans!), and dedicates his free time to the education of how communities can take part in helping the Earth on which we live.

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Secretary
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Lt/C Bob Smith, S
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Bob and his wife Deb moved from Princeton, NJ, to Wilmington in the summer of 2012 after many visits to Deb’s parents who have lived in Wilmington for over 25 years. Bob & Deb joined the Cape Fear Sail & Power Squadron in 2013, and Bob served as Membership Chair in 2015 & 2016. And, served as Administrative Officer in 2017. With more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Bob now works as a private consultant providing and/or supervising the statistical support for the design, analysis, and reporting of clinical trials in many therapeutic areas and in all phases of drug development. He has authored and co-authored several papers and presentations on applications of statistics to clinical trials. Bob received his Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Syracuse University and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Statistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Biopharmaceutical and Biometric Sections of the American Statistical Association, and the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society.

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Treasurer
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Lt/C Steve Thompson, SN
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Steve retired from the U.S. Army in 1998 and later from the Department of the Interior where he worked in the information security field. Steve and his wife, Susan, moved to Wilmington in late 2011, both now retired. With a deep love of the water, Steve bought his first boat in 2001 and has been active in boating organizations ever since. You may find him on his boat, Forever Dreamin’. He joined the United States Power Squadrons® in 2012 and is a Certified Instructor and a Senior Navigator. While enjoying their boat, Steve and Susan live by one basic rule: The Captain makes all the important decisions; the First Mate decides which decisions are important!

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Past Commander
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Cdr Otis White, P
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Otis J White retired as Faculty Chair for Business, Management and Public Administration at Rio Salado College and continues as a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University where he teaches Public Sector Leadership online. For over 25 years he has taught classes in entrepreneurship, business statistics, human resources, public leadership and a wide variety of management courses in both the community college and university setting. Before joining academia, he created and ran two companies. One in the advertising and public relations arena and the other in strategic planning for large family owned companies. His entrepreneurial career spanned over 21 years and his academic career has continued for an additional 25 years. Family includes his wife Barbara, son Robert and Daughter Heather. Between the son and daughter there are 5 grandchildren. Three are in Minneapolis and two are in Palmyra VA. His boat is a completely rebuilt classic 22’ Shamrock inboard named Potential II. Barbara and Otis moved to Wilmington permanently in 2016 after retirement but have been traveling here regularly since 2011 to visit grandchildren and family. His local interests include boating on the NE Cape Fear River and the ecology of the river environment as well as the history of the Cape Fear area.
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