2026-2027
ROSTER OF MEMBERS
MEMBERSHIP ACRONYMS MEMBER ROSTER
SOCIETY OF MARITIME ARBITRATORS, INC.
President
Robert C. Meehan
Secretary
Molly McCafferty
Vice President
George J. Tsimis
Treasurer
James J. Warfield
Board of Governors
Muge Anber-Kontakis
Daniel Gianfalla
Daniel J. Schildt
Austin L. Dooley
Molly McCafferty
Robert G. Shaw
Evangelos Venturas
Louis Epstein
Bruce Richards
Anne P. Summers
Office Manager
Patricia E. Leahy
pleahy@smany.org
Headquarters: 127 West 30th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001
All Correspondence: 157 New Hyde Park Road, Franklin Square, NY 11010
Telephone: (212) 786-7404
Website: www.smany.org
General E-mail: info@smany.org
Office Manager E-mail: pleahy@smany.org
Past Presidents
1963-1965 – John M. Reynolds*
1965-1967 – Eric A. Skoglund*
1967-1969 – John P. Besman*
1969-1971 – Ferdinand E. Sauer*
1971-1974 – Michael A. van Gelder*
1974-1975 – Donald E. Zubrod*
1975-1979 – Jack Berg*
1979-1982 – Michael A. van Gelder*
1982-1985 – Donald E. Zubrod*
1985-1986 – Charles F. Nisi*
1986-1988 – Alexis Nichols*
1988-1993 – Manfred W. Arnold*
1993-1995 – Henry E. Engelbrecht*
1995-1997 – A. J. Siciliano
1997-2001 – Lucienne C. Bulow
2001-2005 – David W. Martowski
2005-2009 – Klaus C.J. Mordhorst *
2009-2013 – Austin L. Dooley
2013-2017 – James J. Warfield
2017-2019 – Robert G. Shaw
2019-2021 – Nigel J. Hawkins
2021-2025 – LeRoy Lambert
Deceased*