Flotilla Commander

Daniel Godfrey

Daniel Godfrey proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years and has been a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since 1998.  He holds the rating of Coxswain, serves as the Flotilla Operations staff officer and was previously the Marine Safety staff officer, he also is an Aids Verifier and Instructor.  Dan has received 24 awards, citations, and commendations.

Vice Flotilla Commander

Dennis Cherney

Dennis Cherney is a newer resident to Southwest Florida only living here since October 2007.  He currently works as a Systems Administrator for a local telecommunications company.  Dennis joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary in mid-2008 and has been very active.  He has become crew qualified and has served as staff officer for two positions, Public Affairs and Communications Services. 

Immediate Past Flotilla Commander

Donna Stull

Donna Stull, held various position in the educational field including Science Specialist for Broward County Schools; after 40 years in education she retired, moved to Cape Coral and joined the Auxiliary. She has served as FSO-MT, SO-MT, FC and currently AQEC-W (Area QE Coordinator); she completed training as AUXOP, QE, IT, AV, VE, etc.

Navigation Systems (FSO-NS)
Formerly Aids to Navigation (FSO-AN)

Vincent Abbatiello

Biography Coming Soon

Communications (FSO-CM)

Dan Kasper

Dan Kasper is a native of Chicago, Ill.Dan is a retired car salesman. Dan was a member of the National Ski Patrol, Professional Ski Instructor of America, and served as an advanced First Aid Instructor. Dan's pastime was flying and is a Private Pilot. Dan served in the U.S. Navy for two years during the Korean Conflict. Dan has lived in Florida for the past 20 years, was a part time Lee County Deputy Sheriff and has been a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since Dec 2001 and currently serves Flotilla 9-10 as the Communications Officer. He is a qualified Radio Watch Stander and Boat Crew Member.

Communication Services (FSO-CS)

Dennis Cherney

Dennis Cherney is a newer resident to Southwest Florida only living here since October 2007.  He currently works as a Systems Administrator for a local telecommunications company.  Dennis joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary in mid-2008 and has been very active.  He has become crew qualified and has served as staff officer for two positions, Public Affairs and Communications Services.  Dennis is also the Vice Flotilla Commander for our Flotilla.

Finance (FSO-FN)

Gary Crittenden

Gary Crittenden grew up in Northeastern Ohio and graduated Kent State University. He spent three years in the Air Force where he learned to fly and operate air defense radar. After his tour of duty he spent four years in real estate development. In 1965 he was offered a job flying for United Airlines. The next 28 years he enjoyed flying for United and accumulated nearly 20,000 hours of flying time. Retiring in 1993, and then moving to Florida in 1996, he learned that if he joined the Auxiliary, he could use my Cessna as a facility and get paid to fly for the Coast Guard. Since he sold my aircraft, he have taken on the duty of Flotilla Finance Officer, and also radio watch stander.

Information Systems (FSO-IS)

Richard Huczek

Biography Coming Soon

Materials (FSO-MA)

Marianne Conti

Marianne Conti moved to Cape Coral from North Eastern Ohio in 1988. She has been employed at Skyline Elementary School since 1989, currently in the position as Secretary to the Vice Principal. She also is a student at Edison State College pursuing a degree in Childhood Development. She has been a member of the Auxiliary and Flotilla 9-10 since October 2001. She is a qualified Instructor, Vessel Examiner, Aids Verifier, Public Visitor and a Coast Guard Academy Partner. In addition to her Flotilla duties as Materials Officer she also serves as the Recording Secretary for Division 9.

Marine Safety (FSO-MS)

Joe Macri

Joe has been a member of the Auxiliary since September 2005 and is a qualified crew member and qualified instructor.  He is a member of Flotilla 14-03, D 9CR but is proud to serve with the crew of 09-10 when he is at his home in Fort Myers.  In D9 he is FSO-PB, ADSO-MS and District Contingency Planner.  In addition to participating in 09-10 activities he assists at Station Fort Myers Beach several days a week.
 

Member Training (FSO-MT)

Raymond Knoll

Ray Knoll has been a member of the Auviliary for 5 years.He has served as instructor, vessel examiner, boat crew. and FSO-VE. He now acts as Flotilla Training officer and as Division 9 Chief of Prevention.

Operations (FSO-OP)

Daniel Godfrey

Daniel Godfrey proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years and has been a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since 1998.  He holds the rating of Coxswain, serves as the Flotilla Operations staff officer and was previously the Marine Safety staff officer, he also is an Aids Verifier and Instructor.  Dan has received 24 awards, citations, and commendations.  Dan is also the Flotilla Commander for our Flotilla.

Public Affairs (FSO-PA)

Harvey Wolfson

Harvey Wolfson has been a member of the flotilla for almost one year. He is a Floridian and has been involved with boating for most of his life. He is currently in training for crew status and has completed the Aids Verifier, AuxCom, AuxPat, and AuxSea classes. He proudly served in the U.S. Army for two years. Harvey has lived in Cape Coral for two years. He is Vice-Chairman of the City of Cape Coral Audit Committee. He retired from MedStar Health, in Colombia Maryland where he was the Information Systems Auditor for 12 years.

Publications (FSO-PB)

Fernando Licopoli (Assisted By: Henry Midgett)

Fernando Licopoli has had a number of careers in his life. He was a senior high school English teacher for 21 years, taught television production and writing at the college level, and worked five years as a corporate video producer,writer, and training developer. In addition he worked for several companies including Sprint, Sprint PCS and IBM Global Services. He raced cars in the Sports Car Club of America and is presently an independent contract instructor at the Skip Barber Racing School. Fernando is presently working on his Crew and ATON Verifier certification.

Public Education (FSO-PE)

David McDonough

David McDonough served 4 years with the United States Navy.  In 1987 he joined the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.  In June of 2009, David will have served 22 years with the Auxiliary.  Of this time, 22 years as Public Education Officer, 3 years as Flotilla Commander, 3 years as vessel operator, and 18 years as Coxswain.  David has also served as a VE and ITT.  David was awarded the Operational Merit Medal for his time given to Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook in the aftermath of 9-11.  David dedicates most of his time now to "Coastie" the Public Education robotic tug boat.

Personnel Services (FSO-PS)

Marianne Conti

Marianne Conti moved to Cape Coral from North Eastern Ohio in 1988. She has been employed at Skyline Elementary School since 1989, currently in the position as Secretary to the Vice Principal. She also is a student at Edison State College pursuing a degree in Childhood Development. She has been a member of the Auxiliary and Flotilla 9-10 since October 2001. She is a qualified Instructor, Vessel Examiner, Aids Verifier, Public Visitor and a Coast Guard Academy Partner. In addition to her Flotilla duties as Materials Officer she also serves as the Recording Secretary for Division 9.

Program Visitor (FSO-PV)

Armando Ingratta

Armando Ingratta has been a member of the Auxiliary since 1982. He transferred to Flotilla 9-10 in 1986 when he moved to Cape Coral from Chicago, Il. Armando is a proud veteran of World ll, serving in the U S Army. After the war he returned to his home town and went to work for the Chicago NW rail road until his retirement. He can be found several days a week at Lakes Park as the Engineer on the park railroad where he takes passengers for a train ride through the park and he maintains a model railroad at his home. Armando is a qualified Boat Crew member, Watch stander, Vessel Examiner and a Public Visitor. In addition to all this he maintains the Flotilla's Public Education trailer which is used at public boating events and he serves as the Special Events co-ordinator.

Secretary & Records (FSO-SR)

Virginia More

Virginia More has worked in the Coast Guard Auxiliary for 35 years. She served as FC in ’85 and ’86. She was active in many programs including Operations as crew & radio watchstander, PE as an instructor, and over 8 years in her favorite job as Membership staff officer in the Flotilla and Division. She started as Sec. in ’73 and returned to that position 9 years ago.

Vessel Examination (FSO-VE)

Jack Salis

Jack Salis is a retired banker from Cleveland, Ohio. Spending eight months a year here in Cape Coral and four months in Cleveland. He joined the Auxiliary in 2007 and became FSO-VE in 2008. Jack qualified for boat crew in 2008 and had his vessel accepted as a facility the same year.