Board of Directors

 

Bill Skinner

President of the Board

Mark Baumhofer
Vice President/ Chair, Facilities Committee

Judy Crawford
Vice President/ Chair, Board Development Committee

Doug Best
Treasurer/ Chair, Finance Committee

Fain Hackney

Clerk

 

Chuck Hughes

Cindy Doyle

Michael Dutton

Julie Flanders

Fred Fournier

Leo Frame

John Moffet

Pat Morgan

Sarah Nixon

Margaret Regan

Jim Weiss

 

New Board Officer Bios:

William L. (Bill) Skinner - elected President of the Board November 2010

Bill’s background is basically in industry but he has served in many capacities in the volunteer world. He graduated The University of Michigan in Civil Engineering in 1961. His professional path took him through a series of sales and Sr. management jobs in the aerospace industry for 25 years followed by 15 years in the a variety of positions in consumer products and some aerospace related activities with Ball Corporation. He was active in mergers and acquisitions throughout most of his career and was directly responsible for three startup companies, two in Europe and one in California. As a volunteer he has been the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, President of the Rotary club, Chairman of the Ball State University Foundation, Secretary of the Ball Brothers Foundation, and a director of many not-for-profit organizations.

He retired in 2001and volunteered to start a small business incubator in Muncie which he ran for two years. He and his wife Julie moved from Muncie Indiana, their home for 40+ years to Martha’s Vineyard. They have three grown sons. He plays golf and tennis, does some fishing and is learning to relax. He has joined the SCORE organization helping small businesses, the Board of Directors of the YMCA and the Board of the Island Affordable Housing Fund. Julie has become active as a director of the Donors Collaborative and the Chamber Music Society

 

Douglas F. Best III - elected Treasurer November 2010

Doug received his BA from Western State College of Colorado in 1979 with a Major in Business and Minor in Economics. He has formerly served as a partner, limited partner, director, member, and shareholder of the numerous Tele-Media Corporation cable television and radio companies held in New England and throughout the country. He was the General Manager of the New England Region from its’ inception (1987 thru 2003), and also served as the SVP of Acquisitions (M&A) and Finance from 1997 thru 2003, and General Manager and Operator of the Tele-Media Company of Martha’s Vineyard 1987 through 1995. Doug has also served on Cable Television Advisory Committees for UCONN, ECSU, N.E. Connecticut, and was a nominated member of the Historical Commission of Edgartown, elected member of the Oak Bluffs Finance Committee and appointed member of the Oak Bluffs Personnel Committee.

Doug lives on the island year round with his wife Maureen and children Hannah and Maggie. He is the President and Owner of D. Best Construction, Inc., and currently serves on the Cable Television Advisory Committee for Oak Bluffs, as well as the Treasurer, Chairman of the Finance Committee and Facilities Committee of the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard.