James Behrens
NER Deputy Chaplain

Lieutenant Colonel James Behrens

David Belcher
NER Director of Safety

Lieutenant Colonel David Belcher joined CAP in 1981 as a member of the Minuteman Squadron in Norwood, MA. He was the unit's Standards and Evaluation Officer as well as a Check Pilot. He transferred to Massachusetts Wing Headquarters in 1983 and served for over 20 years in several areas including Air Operations Standards and Evaluations, Plans and Programs (CAP-MAP officer), Chief of Staff, Vice Commander and Wing Inspector General. He was appointed NER Director of Safety in Oct 2002.

Lt Col Belcher was in the US Navy from 1962 to 1965. He attended Naval Electronics school in Great Lakes NTC and served on the USS Preston DD795 during two tours of SE Asia including participation in the Tonkin Gulf incident.

As an Avaition Safety Couselor for Boston FSDO, he helped integrate safety subjects into Pilot training and review processes. Lt Col Belcher was an active member of the Massachusetts Wing Operations Review team. As CAP-MAP Officer (old program), he provided tools and leadership that brought MAWG from 47th in the nation to 2nd in the NER and 4th in the nation. He received numerous Commander's Commendations for outstanding duty performance and support of various specific CAP activities. The Exceptional Service award was presented for outstanding performance as MAWG/IG. Lt Col Belcher holds a masters rating in Air Ops (Current Ops now), Standards & Evaluation and IG. He has completed requirements for Senior rating in Safety and is currently working on a Master rating. He is a holder of a Commercial Pilot Certificate with SEMEL and SES ratings. He is an Instructor for SE, ME and Instruments. He is a fully qualified and active IC in MAWG. He is a Boston FSDO ASC and charter board member of the Aviation Safety Group of Massachusetts which works in conjunction with FAA to provide timely Safety information to the flying public via seminars and a web site [www.airsafety.org]. He has conducted or served as instructor at many CAP Flight Clinics and Safety Down Days as well as the Check Pilot refresher course.

John Borges
NER Emergency Services Officer / FEMA Region 1 Liaison

Major John Borges

Roysetta Bruner
NER Deputy Chief of Staff for Cadet Programs

Lieutenant Colonel Roysetta Bruner joined Lebanon (Pennsylvania) VFW Cadet Squadron 307 in 1976. She was appointed as the squadron's Public Affairs Officer and was honored that year as National Public Affairs Officer of the Year. She served as squadron commander, as commander of Group 30 and later Group 2 in Pennsylvania Wing, and as wing Director of Cadet Programs.

In October 2001 she joined Northeast Region Staff as DCS for Cadet Programs She holds a master rating in public affairs.

She has received the meritorious service award and the Paul E. Garber award The Adjutant General of Pennsylvania has awarded her the Pennsylvania Commendation Medal four times for her support of the youth programs of the Pennsylvania National Guard.

Fredrick Camenzind
NER Vice Commander-South and Licensing Officer

Colonel Fred Camenzind started his CAP career in 1968 as a communications officer for a Pennsylvania squadron. He holds a master rating in communications and cadet programs, and served as commander of the Northeast Region Communications School for several years. He served as commander of New Jersey Wing from March 1987 through December 1991, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal upon completion of his command.
He joined Northeast Region staff in 1992 and He has served as Communications Officer, Cadet Programs Officer, for Northeast Region, and currently serves as Vice Commander

David A. Carlson
NER Assistant Operations Officer

Lt Col David A. Carlson

Bryan Cooper
Director of NER Staff College

Colonel Bryan Cooper joined CAP in 1975 as a cadet in the East Providence Squadron, Rhode Island Wing. He progressed through the cadet program to the grade of Cadet Lieutenant Colonel and was selected as the Rhode Island Cadet of the Year.

As a senior he has served in 13 wing staff positions. He was appointed Wing Commander of Rhode Island Wing in 1993. He is rated in 11 specialty tracks and has served in four positions on region staff. At the national level he served as Director of National Staff College. He is qualified in thirteen emergency services specialties and wears the ground team and observer badges. He is credited with 27 "finds."

Currently he serves at the NER Plans and Programs Officer as well as Director of the NER Staff College and Special Assistant to the National Chief of Chaplains.

Keith Davis
NER Transportation Officer

Captain Keith Davis

Jean Desmarais
NER Search and Rescue Officer

Colonel Jean Desmarais served as commander of the Rhode Island Wing before joining the region staff in 200_.

Sherman Fein
NER Legislative Affairs Officer

Lt Col Sherman Fein

Joseph Guimond
NER Glider Program Officer and Check Pilot

Colonel "Skip" Guimond went to college as an Army ROTC cadet at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry. He served stateside assignments prior to assignment to the Americal Division in the Republic of Vietnam. During his service in the Army he was awarded the Bronze Star and numerous other decorations.
Colonel Guimond joined CAP in 1980 and has served as check pilot, squadron and group safety officer, group commander, wing vice commander, commander of Pennsylvania Wing (1994-1995), and commander of Northeast Region (1995-1999). He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with clasp, the Commander's Commendation, and numerous others.
He is a command pilot with over 3,000 flight hours, an active FAA certificated flight instructor, and an FAA Aviation Safety Counselor As a glider pilot and glider flight instructor, he has been involved in several National Flight Academies (Glider Track).

Dale Hardy
NER Vice Commander-North

Colonel Dale Hardy joined in 1977. Starting in Alaska, he transferred to New Hampshire in 1980. He has held Wing Safety, Emergency Services, Deputy Commander, and Commander positions in New Hampshire. Currently NERCV North. He is a current mission pilot and IC.

Col Hardy joined the United States Air Force in 1960 as a 2nd Lt. He got wings in 1961 and flew helicopters C-130s and KC-135s. Col Hardy retired in 1980 as Lt Col.

Col Hardy as earned Commanders Commendations, the Yeager Award and the Wilson Award.

Fredrick Herbert
NER Historian

Colonel Fred Herbert is a past commander of the Connecticut Wing and has also served the Maryland Naval Militia, Army of the United States, Civil Air Patrol, Maryland ANG, USAF, and the Coast Guard Auxiliary. He received commendations from the Army for contributions in the retrofit of electronic equipment during the Korean War, and from the Air Force for service in Libya, North Africa, in 1957.
He holds a Commercial Pilot certificate and has been a CAP Mission pilot continuously since 1981. He serves as an FAA Aviation Safety Counselor and Aerospace Education Counselor. Colonel Herbert retired from Eastern Connecticut State University where he served as an Administrative Dean.

Peter Jensen
NER Assistant Finance Officer

Major Peter Jensen joined CAP in 1998. At Prince William Composite Squadron in Manassas, Virginia, he served as finance officer, historian, and webmaster. He is also a CAP transport pilot and aircraft owner.

Major Jensen joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980. Past assignments include Brussels, Johannesburg, Taipei, Ankara, The Hague, and Geneva. He is currently assigned to the United States Mission to the UN in New York.

Milton Josephs
NER Deputy Chief of Staff for Aerospace Education

First Lieutenant Milton Josephs

George Kelly
NER Chaplain

Lieutenant Colonel George Kelly

Peter Koch
NER Inspector General 

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Koch joined CAP in New York City in August 1980. He was active through May 1986 and rejoined CAP in March 1989. He holds master ratings in the Inspector, Finance, and Emergency Services tracks; a Senior rating in the Command track; and Technician ratings in the Administration, Standardization-Evaluation, Communications, Aerospace Education, and Plans & Programs tracks.
He completed his Gill Robb Wilson award in 1995 and served as New York Wing Inspector General before joining the Northeast Region Staff in 2001. He attended National Inspector General College in 2000 and served on staff in 2002 and 2004. His past units include Falcon Squadron, Queens Group, Brooklyn Group, Leonard Legion Cadet Squadron, New York City Group, and New York Wing.

James Linker
NER/DOC

Colonel James Linker has served in anumber of positions to include Suqadron Commander for the Augusta-Gardiner Composite Squadron; Legislative Liaison, Chief of Staff, and Wing Commander for Maine. He has also served as the NER Counter Drug Director and NEADS Coordinator

Col Linker served in the United States Marine Corps from September 1966 to October 1968.

Col Linker is a Mission Pilot, Mission Check Pilot, CD Pilot, and Orientation Pilot. He has been awarded the Distingushed Service Award in September 2002.

Mary Lynch
Director Emeritus of NER Staff College

Lieutenant Colonel Mary Emeline Twomey Lynch joined CAP in 1978 and has served on Northeast Region Staff since joining. She has served as Assistant DCS of Aerospace Education, DCS of Senior Training, and Region Chief of Staff She served as deputy director of the National Staff College. She is the Director Emeritus of the Northeast Region Staff College after serving 21 years on the college staff, 18 as its director

Her military education includes Academic Instructor and Allied Officer School, which she attended in 1972 as guest of the Commandant of the Air University. As a CAP member she completed Squadron Officer School, Air Command & Staff College, and Air War College. She has been awarded the Commander's Commendation, the Meritorious Service Award, and the Exceptional Service Award. Her service to the Air Force ROTC has earned her the Outstanding Service Award. She holds the rank of major in the Arnold Air Society and is an honorary colonel in the Alabama Militia

She retired as dean of Manhattan College (Bronx, NY) where she is a Professor Emerita of biology. She earned her Ph.D. in Biology at Fordham University in 1952. Post-Doctoral Studies were completed at Oak Ridge, Tennessee under the sponsorship of the Atomic Energy Commission. Her research interests included solid-state docimetry, hyberbaric oxygen studies, and individual instruction. In 1977 she earned an M.A. in media studies and in 1980, an M.B.A. Dr. Lynch was elected to membership in Sigma Xi, Beta Beta, Delta Nu Delta and Alpha Sigma Lambda honor societies.

Richard Mangione
NER Standardization/Evaluation Officer and Check Pilot 

Lieutenant Colonel Rick Mangione

Anne Melrose
NER High Frequency Radio Net Control Officer

Major Anne Melrose

Joseph Melrose
NER High Frequency Radio Net Control Officer

Colonel Joseph Melrose

Constance O'Grady
NER Director of Public Affairs

Lieutenant Colonel Connie O'Grady joined Civil Air Patrol in 1983 soon after receiving her private pilot certificate. She was appointed Public Affairs Officer for the Raritan Valley Composite Squadron and earned her Mission Scanner and Mission Observer qualifications.
She worked at New Jersey Wing as Assistant to the Director of Operations from 1985 to 1988. She has served on the Northeast Region staff as Assistant Counter Drug Officer, Counter Drug Officer, and Public Affairs Officer.
In 2001 she was the NER Representative to the National Staff College Alumni Association, and was elected Vice President of the association in 2002.

John O'Grady
NER Public Affairs Assistant

Lieutenant Colonel John O'Grady joined CAP in 1983. He has become qualified as a pilot, scanner, observer, ground team leader, and cadet orientation pilot before becoming NER assistant public affairs officer in 2002, he served as deputy squadron commander, squadron ES officer, squadron communications officer, and region safety officer He holds a master rating in Safety.

Thomas Opalack
NER Disaster Preparedness Training Officer

Major Thomas Opalack

Gene Pfeiffer
NER Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications

Lieutenant Colonel Gene Pfeiffer  was "drafted" into CAP in November of 1974, as member of Suffolk Cadet Squadron 9. He served as commander of that squadron and later of Suffolk Cadet Squadron 5. He served as Communications Officer at Suffolk County Group and qualified as a SAR pilot and a Cadet Orientation Pilot He served as Director of Communications for New York Wing before transferring to Northeast Region Staff in 19__ as Assistant DC/Technical Officer. He was appointed NER DCS of Communications 8 years later.

James Porter
NER Glider Program Assistant

Lt Col James Porter joined the Lantana-Lake Worth Composite Squadron in Florida in January 1964 as a cadet. He advanced through the Cadet program achieving the Ira C. Eaker Award, the next highest award in the cadet program and attaining the rank of C/Lt Col While a cadet, he attended the National Flying Encampment - Glider in 1966, and the power encampment in 1967, and attained his Private Pilot Certificate for Glider and Single Engine Land, respectively. He went on to attend Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL and has earned numerous other FAA ratings including his A&P Mechanic Certificate; Turbo-Jet Flight Engineer Certificate; Sr. Parachute Rigger Certificate; and Certified Flight Instructor Certificate with airplane single and multiengine, instrument-airplane, and glider endorsements. He is a CAP Command Pilot with almost 7,000 flight hours. As a search and rescue pilot, he has flown numerous actual CAP missions and has earned the SAVE ribbon. He owned and operated his own Glider/Soaring business in Laconia, NH for two years. He served in the USAF form 1969 through 1973 seeing duty in Korea and Thailand, and then in 1986 re-enlisted in the USAFR as a Flight Engineer on the C-141B Globemaster serving at Charleston, SC and Andrews AFB, MD and attaining the rank of E-6. Lt Col Porter holds an Airline Transport Pilot license, with multi-engine land rating and has LR-JET, CE-500, BA-3100 and BA-4100 Type ratings.

Donald Prouty
NER Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

Colonel Don Prouty served as Commander of the Massachusetts Wing and later served as commander of the Northeast Region before accepting a position on CAP's National Staff in 2001.

Kathleen Prouty
NER Web Security Administrator

Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Prouty

Doreen Rae
NER Medical Officer

1st Lt Doreen Rae

James Ray
NER Aircraft Maintenance Officer

Captain Jim Ray (a.k.a. Master Sergeant James A. Ray, USAF (Ret.) was a Reserve Assistance Non Commissioned Officer for the CAP New York Wing and joined the Staff of the Northeast Region after retiring from the Air Force. Prior to his affiliation with Northeast Region, he was assigned to the CAP New York Liaison Office at Stratton ANGB, New York. His responsibility was to advise and assist the New York Civil Air Patrol Wing to ensure the capability of the Civil Air Patrol to perform missions assigned to it by the Air Force and function as a liaison between CAP, USAF and other Department of Defense agencies.

Ray enlisted in the USAF in October 1962 and graduated from Aerospace Ground Equipment Repair School in June 1963. He was assigned as a Ground Equipment Repairman to the 1611th Field Maintenance Squadron, McGuire AFB, NJ. He is a Vietnam War veteran, serving from April 1965 until April 1966, assigned to the 37th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Nha Trang Air Base, Republic of South Vietnam. After leaving the Air Force, Ray transferred to the New York Air National Guard, assigned to the 106th Air Refueling Group, Floyd Bennett Field, New York as a Ground Equipment Repairman. He was reassigned to the 102nd Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Suffolk County Airport, NJ as a C-130 maintenance technician in June 1970. Master Sergeant Ray then transferred to the 9004th Air Reserve Squadron (ARPC), Denver, Colorado in June 1988, where he presently serves in the CAP Reserve Assistance Program.

He is a graduate with an Associate of Arts and Science Degree in Aircraft Maintenance from the College of Aeronautics, Flushing, NY in June 1970. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education in June 1980 from the City University of New York and is presently working toward a Masters Degree in Technology at the City University of New York. Ray also holds an FAA airframe and powerplant certificate. Professionally, he teaches airframe and powerplant maintenance at a certified FAA Part 147 facility at the secondary school level.

Robert Seaton
NER Liaison to Westover ARB

Captain Robert Seaton

Arthur Stockhausen
NER Director of Logistics

Lieutenant Arthur Stockhausen

Esther Sturges
NER Testing Officer

Lieutenant Esther Sturges

Lloyd Sturges
NER Deputy Chief of Staff for Professional Development

Colonel Lloyd Sturges served as Squadron Commander 399th Composite Squadron DanburyConnecticutfor 12 years, while also serving Connecticut Wing as Emergency Services Training Officer. Became Connecticut Wing Commander 1993 tru 1996. Joined Northeast Region Staff as Director of Emergency Services, then Director of Operations. Now serving the Northeast Region as Director of Professional Development and additional duty to Connecticut Wing as Director of Emergency Service.

Joined the Connecticut Army National Guard 1953 while still in High School became active Army serving at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Attended OSC and was commissioned a 2nd Lt in 1959. Honorably discharged as a 1st Lt in 1964.

Eldon Vosseller
NER Current Operations Officer

Lieutenant Colonel Eldon Vosseller is a flight instructor in airplanes and gliders, and serves as a check pilot in New Jersey. He has instructed at National Flight Academies in both powered aircraft and gliders.