New NASBLA President Elected September 13, 2010

At the NASBLA Business Meeting on Sunday, September 12th, the new slate of NASBLA officers were elected by a quorum of the NASBLA membership. Elected as the new NASBLA President for the 2010-2011 term was Mr. Jim Graybeal of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control.

Jim Graybeal graduated from Frostburg State University in 1979 with a bachelor of science degree in recreation and parks management. In 2002, he graduated from Wilmington College with dual master of science degrees in public administration and human resource management.

NASBLA President Mr. Jim Graybeal

Jim joined the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control in 1982 as a seasonal manager of a boat livery operation. He soon accepted a full-time position with the park maintenance staff then was promoted to assistant park superintendent in 1984. In May 1985, Jim graduated from the Delaware State Police Academy, and in November he became a park superintendent. In 1996, Jim became chief of enforcement for the Division of Fish and Wildlife, becoming the state’s boating law administrator.

In August 1997, Jim was elected as a member-at-large for the Northern Association of Boating Administrators (NABA). He served as NABA president and as a member of the NASBLA Executive Board in 2002. Jim chaired NASBLA’s Law Enforcement Committee in 2005 and 2006. He was elected as a member-at-large on NASBLA’s Executive Board in 2006. He was elected Vice President in 2009 and President in 2010.

Also elected to the NASBLA Executive Board:

CAPT. MIKE FIELDS, NASBLA VICE PRESIDENT
TOBY VELASQUEZ, NASBLA TREASURER
COL. TERRY WEST, NASBLA PAST PRESIDENT
HERB ANGELL, NASBLA MEMBER–AT-LARGE
KEVIN BERGERSEN, NASBLA MEMBER–AT-LARGE
ELEANOR MARIANI, NASBLA MEMBER–AT-LARGE