2024 Volunteers & Donors Recognized

May 1st, 2025 | by: Katie Orlando

 

Thank you to all who joined us at our Annual Meeting day of events and our Volunteer & Donor Appreciation Dinner on Saturday, April 26.

If you missed the event, check out the presentation slides, HERE.

2025-28 Elected Trustee Results:
The Society’s 316 Member Shareholders in Good Standing possess 650,675 total shares. 548,861 shares were voted in this election by 128 member shareholders in good standing.

Please vote for up to TWO (2) candidates for Elected Trustee:
Dan Vardaro: 503,174 shares
Dave Kornechuk: 544,178 shares

Bylaws Amendment Results:

Following a vote by the Board of Trustees at their regular meeting on March 15, 2025, an amendment to the Society’s bylaws has been proposed to the shareholding membership to Article IV, Section 2. Number of Trustees. Please vote “Yes” to approve the amendment, or “No” for the bylaws to remain as currently written.
Yes: 489,879 shares
No: 58,635 shares

2025-26 Corporate Officer Elections

The following Corporate Officers have been appointed or re-appointed to new annual terms:

Robert C. Drye,  Board Chair
Phil Tsihlis, Board Vice Chair
James D. Schantz, President & CEO
Robert C. Drye, Vice President
James van Bokkelen, Treasurer
CC Clapp, Secretary
David C. Johnson, Esq., General Counsel

The following volunteers were recognized with Seashore’s most coveted volunteer awards last evening for their service in 2024:

Safety Award

Kyle Bourgault

Executive Director Awards

CC Clapp
David Kornechuk
Donna Perkins
Rita Tirrell
Richard Whetstone
Connecticut 1160

Trustees Award

Douglas Carrier Sr.

Roger E. Somers Award

Jeffrey Bennett

George Sanborn Award

Peter Wilson

The following volunteers hit Cumulative Volunteer Hour Milestones over the course of their volunteer lifetime at Seashore, in 2024:

150 hours

Robert Brosseau
Douglas Carrier, Sr.
Cullen Castendyk
Isaak Gibel
James Hamlin
Christopher Healy
Jonathan Rheaume
John Shriver
John Ware
Peter Wilson

300 hours

Robert Brosseau
Douglas Carrier, Sr.
Cullen Castendyk
Lewis Dresner
Michael Drye
Peter Wilson

600 hours

Stanley Ames
Kyle Bourgault
Douglas Carrier, Sr.
CC Clapp
Gail Harrje
Terence McGinley
Phil Tsihlis
Leonard Weeks

1,000 hours

Douglas Carrier, Sr.
Dana Kirkpatrick
James Nawrocki
William Rees
Phil Tsihlis

2,000 hours

Steve Cappers
Richard Coots
Charles Griffith
David Kornechuk
Richard Lane
Donald Stephenson
Rick Wolf

4,000 hours

Kenyon Karl
Thomas Tucker

8,000 hours

Michael Frost