PHOTO COURTESY BOATUS FOUNDATIONAlan Dennison, supervisor of the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water program, was elected chairman of the National Safe Boating Council.
A Chesapeake Bay boater, Denison started at the BoatUS Foundation in 2015 and joined the NSBC board as secretary two years later.
“I have to thank outgoing chairman Robert Newsome for his mentorship, which helped lead me to this important boating safety post,” Dennison said in a statement.
Newsome, NMMA senior vice president of operations, will stay involved with the NSBC as immediate past chair.
Dennison hopes to strengthen the BoatUS Foundation/NSBC partnership and to grow the curriculum for on-water training.
“One of the important items required for expanding the availability of affordable on-water boat handling training is to ensure we have a consistent curriculum coast-to-coast,” Dennison added.
