About Us
Mission Statement
The RBS Affairs Department, under the program guidance of the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety and the direction of the Auxiliary Directorate of Recreational Boating Safety, provides assistance to Coast Guard units, Auxiliary National Departments and Auxiliary District organizations in their efforts to promote and support recreational boating safety programs. RBS Affairs provides both informational and fiscal resource services to the Auxiliary membership. In addition, the RBS Affairs provides liaison with State Boating Law Administrators and other recreational boating safety organizations, i.e., State, Federal and the public sector.
Staff
Department Director (DIR-B)
Bruce Johnson, PhD (cand.) (Biography)
Deputy Director (DIR-Bd)
Atul Uchil, PhD (Biography)
- Departmental Support
- Division Chief Liaison (DVC-BL): Kelly Townsend (Biography)
- Branch Chief, US Army Corps of Engineers (BC-BLA): Atul Uchil, PhD (Biography)
- Branch Chief, BoatUS (BC-BLB): Bruce White (Biography)
- Branch Chief, American Canoe Association (BC-BLC): Paul Leuchner (Biography)
- Branch Chief, NSBC/NWSC (BC-BLN): William Griswold (Biography)
- Branch Chief, Publication Partners (BC-BLP): Tom Violante (Email)
- Branch Chief, Safety Partners (BC-BLS): Manny Alfaro (Email)
- Branch Chief, West Marine (BC-BLW): David R. Naumann (Email)
- Branch Chief, Youth Partners (BC-BLY): Nick Tarlson (Email)
- Branch Assistant, Youth Partners (BA-BLY): Michael Fulgham (Email)
- Division Chief States (DVC-BS) Pauline Longnecker (Email)
- Branch Chief, Atlantic North (BC-BSA): Don Metz (Email)
- Branch Chief, BAIRAC/Waterways Mgt. (BC-BSB): L. Daniel Maxim (Email)
- Branch Chief, Communications (BC-BSC): Betty Zoellner (Email)
- Branch Chief, Atlantic West (BC-BSI): Pauline Longnecker (Email)
- Branch Chief, Pacific (BC-BSP): Gail Ramsey (Email)
- Branch Chief, Atlantic South (BC-BSS): Barbara Burchfield (Email)
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