Jan Andrusky: Jan Andrusky is a logistics manager for Weeks Marine Inc. She has worked in the maritime industry, specifically with tugboats, for over 15 years.  She is a U.S. Navy veteran and currently resides in lower Manhattan.

Norman Brouwer, maritime historian

Jim Chambers, president,  Osprey Maritime Services Ltd.

Susan Fowler: Susan Fowler owns Fast Smart Web Design, a firm specializing in non-profit and small-business website development. She is also the Staten Island Healthy Neighborhoods coordinator for City Harvest.

Pamela Hepburn, founder, Tug Pegasus Preservation Project.

Marisa A. Marinelli: Marisa Marinelli is a partner in the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP.  Based in New York City, her practice focuses primarily on the litigation and arbitration of international commercial and maritime disputes.   She is also on the Board of the U.S. Mexico Bar Association, and a member of the Maritime Law Association.

Julie Nadel: Julie Nadel has worked in government and served on the board of the Hudson River Park Trust for 10 years. She is also on the board of the North River Historic Ship Society, an organization that preserves historic ships in New York Harbor. Currently, she is working on transportation issues connected with the rebuilding of Route 9a at the World Trade Center site. She also is a printmaker focused on work involving Coney Island (www.julienadel.com).

David Sharps: With his variety act “Serious Foolishness,” David entertained on cruise ships and in film, television and commercials in Germany, France, Japan and America. Returning stateside in 1985, he bought and restored  the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge #79, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the only surviving wooden example of a covered railroad barge afloat today. As founding president of the Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge, he has pioneered public access to the waterfront for hundreds of thousands via educational programs, Showboat Shazzam, and “Tug & Barge” Tours.

Matt Umanov, Matt Umanov Guitars