NSBC Membership Elects 2023-2024 Board of Directors
The National Safe Boating Council (NSBC), a national catalyst for recreational boating safety, is pleased to announce the board of directors for 2023-2024. The NSBC membership accepted the board’s vote for the following officers at the General Membership Meeting on September 19, in Denver, Colorado in conjunction with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators' Annual Conference.
Chair: Alan Dennison, BoatU.S. Foundation
Immediate Past Chair: Robert Newsome, National Marine Manufacturers Association
Vice Chair: Grant Brown, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Treasurer: Elena Yearly, EMY Consulting
Secretary: David Broadbent, American Boat & Yacht Council
Member-At-Large: Stacey Brown, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Member-At-Large: Scott Johnson, Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching
The NSBC fosters a boating safety culture by uniting the boating community, building alliances, providing resources, empowering our partners, and influencing and strengthening programming and messaging to recreational boaters. The board and staff will implement the NSBC’s 2020-2024 Strategic Plan, which supports the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Recreational Boating Safety Program in their mission to ensure the public has a safe, secure, and enjoyable recreational boating experience.
More details about the NSBC's General Membership Meeting will be emailed to you next week in our triannual, Anchorline.
Alan Dennison of BoatU.S. Foundation is the incoming board chair for the NSBC.
Boating Outreach Assets Available
Whether you're planning outreach for the remainder of the year or getting a head start on next summer, boating educational assets are available from the Safe Boating Campaign. Browse Resources for logos, event toolkits, flyers, infographics, print ads, radio spots, and more.
Save the date for these events in 2024:
International Boating and Water Safety Summit - April 8-11, 2024
Wear Your Life Jacket at Work Day - May 17, 2024
National Safe Boating Week - May 18-24, 2024
The National Safe Boating Council exists to make recreational boating safer for all who enjoy the waterways. The community we serve includes organizations, agencies, and companies, as well as volunteers and individuals, who influence and impact recreational boating safety.
We want to know what is important to you as a member of the NSBC. Your feedback provides clarity that the aims of our mission are being met. Please share your insight in our annual membership survey. This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Survey closes on September 30, 2023.
By participating in the survey you will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win an ACR ResQFlare - a USCG-approved electronic boat flare kit that facilitates rescue by emitting the flash characteristic for the International Morse Code for S-O-S.
Join the NSBC Instructor Network
Calling all NSBC Instructors! Join the NSBC Instructor Network private Facebook group to chat with other instructors, ask questions, and share photos from your courses.
Reminder - we've made it easy for instructors to have everything they need to maintain their NSBC instructor certification. Explore NSBC instructor resources.
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2024 International Boating and Water Safety Summit
The 2024 International Boating and Water Safety Summit will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico! We can't wait to celebrate our 27th anniversary conference from April 8-11, 2024 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Albuquerque. Our premier sponsor is At the Helm Training - a provider of personalized boat training and professional boat delivery anywhere in the United States and the Bahamas.
Shop NSBC! Browse Onyx and Full Throttle life jackets, Whistles for Life emergency safety whistles, Lifecord Engine Cut-Off Switch, and Sensorcon CO detector.
Stock up on your favorite outreach materials from the NSBC. Shop NSBC for flyers, brochures, coloring books, and more — many resources are available for only the cost of shipping & handling!
Order youth activity books! Let's Go Boating and ABC's of Boating are colorful and fun books to educate primary and secondary school aged children on safe recreational boating. Shop now >>
Member-Only Discounts
NSBC members receive exclusive discounts from industry partners, such as Athletic Brewing Company, ExpertVoice, FELL Marine, Full Throttle, Mustang Survival, Onyx, Safe Lakes, Sirius Signal, and TowBoatU.S. Get discounts >>
Photo Library
Looking for boating photos to share in your marketing efforts? The NSBC offers a FREE photo library to promote boating and water safety with images. Browse the photo library >>
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