On June 21, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) welcomed new officers and seven new members to its board of governors during its annual meeting in the Museum’s Van Lennep Auditorium.
Newly elected to three-year terms on the CBMM board of governors include: Harry Burton, David Dunn, Anna Fichtner, Pam Jana, Peter Kreindler, Geoff Oxnam and Bruce Ragsdale.
Elected officers of the board were: Chairman Joe Peters; Vice Chair CG Appleby, Vice Chair Alan Griffith; Treasurer Tom Seip; and Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, secretary.
The board also recognized retiring governors for their service, including: Bob Perkins, Duane Beckhorn, Doug Croker, Tom Finan, Robin Gordon, Ted Lewers, Julie McCahill, John Pinney, Lucy Spiegal, Bob Snyder, Ted Taylor and Baird Tipson. Candy Backus was reinstated as a director emerita.
“This year’s class of governors is a welcomed addition to our leadership,” commented CBMM Board Chairman Joe Peters. “Their experience and vision will help chart a course of long term success for the Museum.”
Harry W. Burton is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice of Morgan Lewis and an advisor to employers and employee benefit plans regarding all areas of benefit collective bargaining and benefit plan operations. Harry graduated from Princeton University in 1971 and Georgetown University Law Center in 1975. He is assistant editor for both the International Foundation’s Legal-Legislative Reporter and the Washington Update. Harry has also served as facilitator pro-bono for CBMM’s Long Range Planning Committee’s 2010 – 2015 five-year plan.
David E. Dunn has been a partner in the Washington, DC based law firm Patton Boggs, LLP since 1980, heading the International Business Practice Group from 2003 to 2008. Prior to joining Patton Boggs, Mr. Dunn served as an executive with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, an agency of the US Department of State. He launched his business career with Bozman Partners, LLC in 1995, investing in numerous early stage technology companies in Europe, India and the US. He recently partnered with retired Gen. Wesley Clark in acquiring a licensed Broker Dealer which engages in M&A and capital raising projects in China, the Middle East and US. Dunn has served on numerous charitable and educational boards, including the Middle East Institute in Washington; the European Centre for Public Affairs at Templeton College, Oxford; the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris; Tudor Place Foundation of Washington, DC; and the Board of Advisors of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. David has been a homeowner in Bozman, Maryland since 1983.
Anna Fichtner moved to Talbot County more than a decade ago. She was born and raised in Kansas, then attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Anna has served on the boards of several organizations, including St. Marks Methodist Church and The Country School, and currently serves on the Academy Art Museum’s board of directors.
Pamela Jana has lived full-time on the Eastern Shore since 1999. After earning her economics degree from Megill University and an MBA from the University of Saskatchewan, Jana worked in San Francisco and later in Chicago at Wells Fargo Bank in commercial lending, cash management and special projects. She later worked for a Chicago consulting and training firm and established their Toronto, London and Australian offices. Jana serves on the grants committee of the United Way of Talbot County and has served on the American Heart Association’s fundraising committee and with several projects at The Country School in Easton and St. Andrews School in Middleton, DE.
Peter M. Kreindler is senior counsel in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and practices in the areas of strategic litigation management, internal investigations and corporate crisis management. Peter previously served more than 17 years as senior vice president and general counsel for Honeywell Int’l Inc. and was a principal and associate general counsel handling securities litigation at Coopers & Lybrand. Peter began his career with clerkships under Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Irving R. Kaufman and went on to serve as executive assistant and then counsel to the special prosecutor for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. Peter received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the Harvard Law Review and received the Fay Diploma for graduating first in his class. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, in economics from Harvard College. He has served on the boards of The Matheny School and the New Jersey Symphony.
Geoffrey F. Oxnam is the vice president of operations of Easton Utilities. He previously served as media relations manager at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation with an interest in the protection and restoration of coastal waterways. Geoff earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College and an MBA from The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. In addition to his work with Easton Utilities, Geoff currently serves as treasurer of the Maryland Broadband Cooperative’s board of directors and is a member of Leadership Maryland’s Class of 2010. Geoff is an award-winning journalist who has been published in many boating publications including Sailing World, SAIL, Spinsheet, Chesapeake Bay and Chesapeake Life.
Bruce A. Ragsdale has served as the director of the Federal Judicial History Office at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC since 1995. He is editor in chief of History of the Federal Judiciary website and has developed numerous civic education projects related to the history of the federal judiciary, including programs that bring together federal judges, scholars and high school teachers to develop history curriculum. Bruce served as deputy historian of the US House of Representatives from 1985 to 1994 and has taught US history at the University of Virginia and Catholic University. He is the author of A Planters’ Republic; The Search for Economic Independence in Revolutionary Virginia and other works on trade and politics in the eighteenth-century Chesapeake. He has served on advisory boards of Mount Vernon, the Papers of George Washington project, and the American Bar Association’s Division for Public Education, and he is active in several national historical associations. He received his Ph.D. in American History from the University of Virginia.