Savannah is from Sam Houston Area Council Ship 208, SSS Red Skies. She is an Able Sea Scout, and is working on her Quartermaster. She is a SEAL and NYLT graduate, and has served as Ship Boatswain. She is a certified lifeguard and is SCUBA certified. When not Sea Scouting, Savannah is an oboist, a Varsity Tennis player, a former JV Volleyball player, Vice President of Interact,and a participant in the STEM Academy at Robert E. Lee High School, where she was recently recognized as STEM Student of the Month. She is a National Honor Society member and a member of St. John’s the Evangelist Catholic Church.

Nelson is from the Andrew Jackson Council in Jackson, Mississippi. He is an active Sea Scout, Boy Scout, Venturer, and Order of the Arrow member. He is an Eagle Scout as well as a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow. Serving on the council, area and regional levels of scouting Nelson brings years of experience to the Southern Region Sea Scout Quarterdeck. His main goal for the year is to improve area operations through enhanced communication from the region to the areas.

Trey is a member of Sea Scout Ship 700 in the Andrew Jackson Council in Jackson, Mississippi. His ship recently cruised aboard a 54’ sailboat out of Gulfport, Mississippi. He is an Eagle Scout and has participated in the Mobile Bay Sea Scout Academy.

Katie is an Ordinary Sea Scout of East Texas Area Council Ship 1, SSS Unique. She is serving as Boatswain Mate Program in her own ship currently as well. She is attending SEAL Galveston this 2017 summer, as well as working at Sea Star Base Galveston. Outside of scouting, Katie is an active member in many school organizations such as The Palestine High School Wildcat Band, where she plays the saxophone and serves as a Low Reeds Section Leader and other leadership positions. She is the co-captain of her school’s debate team and a three time Regional Qualifier in UIL Academics. Katie is on the tennis team, jazz band, Chemistry Club, and National Honor Society in her school as well.

Caleb received his Arrow of Light in Cub Scouting at age 10, earned his Eagle Scout Award at age 13 and joined Sea Scouts at age 14. He has completed all of the Merit Badges offered as of January 2017 as well as the National Outdoor Award which included over 300 miles of hiking, cycling, and backpacking. He enjoys rappelling and sailing. He believes that Scouting teaches important life skills and looks forward to serving as the Area 5 Boatswain this year.

Samuel, from the Chickasaw Council, Samuel, is a life-long scout. He has earned the rank of, Eagle Scout with cross silver palms, and is a Venturing Silver recipient. He is an Able Seaman, working towards his Quartermaster, within the ranks of Ship 73. Samuel has completed NYLT, Wilderness First Aid/CPR and Woodbadge. Held almost every position in Ship 73, including the position of Boatswain. Currently being the Ship Specialist.

He has been intimately involved in his Council, serving as president of the Chickasaw Council’s Venturing Officer’s Association. He is a four year staffer at Kia Kima Scout Reservation as an instructor in scoutcraft, and a member of the Commissioner Corp. Samuel is currently pursuing a degree in Criminal Investigation, with plans of a career as a homicide detective.

Penelope is from Colonial Virginia Council Ship 37, where she has served as Ship Boatswain. She is nearing completion of the requirements for Able rank, and is a certified lifeguard. In addition to her Sea Scout and Venture Scout activities, Penelope enjoys playing piano, singing with her church praise band, and playing on her varsity softball team.

Benjamin is from the Last Frontier Council. He has been involved in scouting since he was six, starting as a cub scout in Maryland. He earned his Arrow of Light in Hampton, Virginia and continued on into Boy Scouts. He moved to Moore in 2012 and joined Troop 75 to continue his Boy Scout career. He joined Ship 5131 out of Lake Hefner in OKC in 2014. He is in the Moore High School Band program, playing French Horn and Mellophone.

Benjamin is an Eagle Scout, has earned his bronze palm and is on his way to earn his gold and silver palms as well. He hopes to expand the Sea Scout program throughout Area 8 and be closer to not only Venture Crews, but Scouting troops as well. He currently is a junior at Moore High School, graduating in the Class of 2018.

Anna has been involved in Sea Scouting in SSS100 “Southwinds,” since she was 14, but was involved in scouting by volunteering for Cub Scouts long before that. Anna has served as ship, council, and area boatswain in the past. She graduated from the Chesapeake SEAL course in July of 2015. Also, she has recently been awarded the Sea Scout Leadership Award. She has a passion for sailing, navigating, and imparting her knowledge and experience to younger scouts.

Anna is involved in several activities outside of scouting. She attends Woodstock High in Georgia. At Woodstock, she is a member of the varsity swim team, and has received a varsity letter twice. She is also very involved in Naval JROTC, and has completed NJROTC Sail Academy and has been awarded Cadet of the Year. She intends to pursue a career in the United States Navy or Air Force.

T.W. Cook previously served as Commodore for Capitol Area Council. He is a plankowner and mate of SSS Response, Ship 911, which in 2017 was named to the National Flagship Fleet for the third consecutive year. He has served as Seabadge course director (twice), as the Southern Region Seabadge Coordinator, and is a graduate of Seabadge Underway course #1. In addition, he has served as Scoutmaster, Venturing Crew Advisor, Woodbadge Staff, and Powderhorn Course Director. He is a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow. His wife, Laura has been his partner for most of his Scouting adventures. They have two sons, both Eagle Scouts, one of whom is also a Quartermaster.

He has been a Flotilla Commander in the Coast Guard Auxiliary and remains actively involved in the boat crew program there. T.W. serves as Program Director and as one of the Captains (he holds a 100-ton Master’s license) for Point Glass, an 82′ former Coast Guard cutter now used as a Sea Scout training vessel on the Texas Gulf Coast. He is a recipient of the Silver Beaver and the United Methodist Church Cross and Flame award.

When not Scouting, T.W. is Vice President of Engineering for Caringo, Inc. which provides simple, bulletproof, limitless storage solutions for enterprises around the world.

John Green began his service in Scouting in 1983. He has been a part of Boy Scouts and Exploring as a youth. As an adult John has served Boy Scouts, Venturing, Sea Scouts, Commissioner Service as well as serving on a verity of courses in Occoneechee Council, NYLT and two Seabadge courses.

Johns service to scouting extends over six different councils during his 24 years of service to the Army as well as to Scouts of Iraq and Afghanistan. In January 2013 upon returning to FT Bragg, NC he picked up where he left off with Occoneechee council and formed Sea Scout Ship 71, organize a Seabadge course for the area and volunteer to serve on the Southern Region committee.

John is a trained Skipper, Unit Commissioner, Advisor, and ASM. He is active in the Ruritan Club and US Power Squadron. His scouting awards are numerous and many of note Silver Beaver, District Award of Merit, Community Organization Award, Advisor Award of Merit, Unit Leader Award of Merit, Religious Award, Eagle Scout Award, Seabadge Knot, Wood Badge SR-894. John will retire from the active Army in December 2016 with over 24 and a half years of service.

Kimber Potts became involved with the BSA late in life after she married into the Scouting family. She has served on the Coastal Carolina Council’s marketing committee and is a district member-at-large. She began her Sea Scout involvement when her youngest daughter became a “plank owner” of a new Ship. Kimber joined the ranks as a member of the Ship’s committee. Philanthropically within Scouting, Kimber has been a longtime James E. West Diamond Fellow as well as a Second Century – lifetime investor. She is dedicated to growing the awareness of the Sea Scout program both locally and afar as she stated, “…too few know the power of leadership and character development of our youth all the while having fun in and around the water.”

Ms. Potts is the former CEO of several businesses where her vocation focused on the safety & security industry as well as owned a horse ranch. Most recently, Kimber has focused her energies on marketing the Fort Sumter – Fort Moultrie Historical Trust where she is a member of the board of directors. She also is active in her lineage fraternity of the Royal Society of Saint George whose mission is to welcome English immigrants as well as promote English heritage and education. Recently, Kimber completed and now holds the grade of Seaman in the United States Power Squadron.

VC Stevens was prior Committee Chair of SSS Response, Ship 911, took Sea Badge with Commodore Cook and prior VC of Membership for Capitol Area. He had many different jobs in Scouting including Troop Chairman, District FOS, District Chairman, co-taught Venturing Leaders, VOA Advisor, Powder Horn Course Director and Mentor, taught at National Camp School & PTC. One of his passions is promoting and mentoring US Congressional Awards.

When not Scouting, VC Stevens, is retired from IBM after 36 years in systems hardware design in various management roles. To keep busy, he is an avid cyclist, still plays soccer and volunteers for United Way doing free Income Tax Returns for low income families. He has 2 sons who are Eagle Scouts, now working and a daughter who was very active in Venturing who is completing her PhD in Counseling. All three are still quite active in the outdoors.

Over 30 years ago, Randy Potts became an Able Scout in a ship that drew its membership from youth in Wyoming and Utah; some say an interesting place to begin your Sea Scout voyage. Although, Randy’s scouting journey began years previous where he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1985. Most recently, Randy has been working on the taskforce that established the National Organization of Sea Scout Alumni. This organization is helping reconnect with our Sea Scouts thru the ages and offers those Scouts and Scouters the opportunity to bring the joy of Sea Scouting to the next generation. Randy also serves on the Scouting Alumni Association and National Eagle Scout Association’s national social media committees.

After finishing school, Randy enlisted in the United States Navy and while stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola was fortunate to greet visiting Scouting units to the base as a liaison between Scouting and the Navy. Randy performed as a rescue swimmer as well as was an intelligence specialist during his enlistment. The experience in intel lead Randy to become very involved in his vocation focusing on cybercrime and cyber terrorism prevention. He was a founding member of the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ program known as InfraGard – National Member’s Alliance.

Randy holds an M.B.A. and Bachelor of Science in Information Security from Western Governors University; is a graduate of both Wood Badge & Sea Badge; received the Silver Beaver; and, is a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow.

Tom was a Sea Explorer as a youth, and has been Ship Committee Chair, Council Commodore and Area Commodore in addition to numerous other BSA roles. He is a Silver Beaver and Sea Scout Leadership Aware recipient. He is an Eagle Scout and a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow.

During 58 years of scouting Doran has been connected with many of the councils in the Southern Region. He entered Cub Scouts in South Florida Council and crossed over into Boy Scouts in Alamo Area Council TX where his unit earned the 50th Anniversary Award resented by President Eisenhower. He continued in scouting in Tuckabatchee Council AL, then moved to what is now Golden Spread Council TX where he completed his Eagle and moved into Exploring. He aged out in the National Area Council VA.

As an adult Doran served youth in Chickasaw Council TN, Southeast Louisiana Council, and East Texas Area Council. His scouting positions include roles in packs, troops, crews, and ships, district commissioner and district chair, council Venturing chair, council commodore, and SR Area 2 and 3 Venturing Advisor. In that last position Doran advocated for greater recognition and organizational support for Sea Scouting in the Southern Region. He is honored to be part of the team that will make that a reality.

Doran is a graduate of Loyola University School of Law and has been an advocate for children’s issues both as his vocation and avocation. He is in his 14th year as judge of a general jurisdiction trial court focusing on cases involving children in a variety of contexts, and additionally serves as juvenile judge. For his work with youth he has been recognized by the Texas Supreme Court’s Commission on Children, named Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, and received the Dochterman Award from the International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians.

VC Tunks joined the BSA as a Cub Scout and has maintained his membership and involvement since that time. As a youth, he earned the Arrow of Light, Boy Scout Eagle, Venturing Silver, Venturing Ranger, and Sea Scout Quartermaster Awards and is a Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow. He served on multiple courses of the Golden Acorn advanced leadership course, the then-equivalent to NYLT. He served one summer as a Ranger at Philmont and one summer in the backcountry at Cimmaroncito.

As an adult in the BSA, VC Tunks served nine years as a Mate and six years as a Skipper in North Texas. He is currently serving Circle Ten Council as the Advisor of the Venturing Officers Association. He is Wood Badge and Sea Badge trained and is the Southern Region Seabadge Coordinator. VC Tunks also enjoys his time serving as SEAL staff for the Galveston SEAL course.

VC Tunks is a licensed Coast Guard Captain, Commander of the Dallas Sail and Power Squadron and holds the grade of Navigator in the United States Power Squadrons.

Area 1 consists of most of Louisiana and Mississippi along with Southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

Area 2 consists of the northern half of Texas along with a bit of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Includes Longhorn Council, Circle 10 Council and East Texas Area Council.

Area 3 consists of the Southern half of Texas, including Sam Houston Area Council, Bay Area Council and Capitol Area Council.

Area 4 contains all of Florida except for the panhandle.

Area 5 includes South Carolina, the southwestern part of North Carolina, and a bit of northeast Georgia.

Area 6 includes Kentucky, Tennessee and northern Mississippi.

Area 7 includes most of North Carolina (except for the southwest portion) and most of Virginia.

Area 8 includes most of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Area 9 includes most of Georgia and the northern half of Alabama. Kip also serves as Group Leader for Relationships on the National Sea Scout Support Committee.