Twelve years ago, I developed the idea to publish a cruising powerboat magazine as a result of my own search for a trawler. With my wife, Laurene, we were in the midst of switching to a cruising powerboat after years of sailing.

We decided to launch the magazine to help the growing number of people who shared this same interest in joining the wonderful cruising under power lifestyle.

(See Philosophy of PassageMaker for the whole story!) Cofounder of PassageMaker Magazine, I am now the Editor-in-Chief. I spend most of my time aboard trawlers and passagemakers, writing and photographing interesting new boats around the country and visiting builders around the world.

You'll find me at most large boat shows and Trawler Fest events, as I continue to look for new products that are helpful to trawler owners.

I continue to follow my bliss, and hope you are as well.

I have been a reader for a some time now. Never thought I'd become part of the PMM internal staff community, it's a terrific brand that truly defines every aspect of power boating and crusing under power.

Sharon joined PMM as a freelance copy editor in November 2000 after working as a newspaper editor and an entertainment reporter. She grew up in suburban Philadelphia and has spent time sailing at the New Jersey shore, the setting of her first novel. In her free time she enjoys running, writing, and watching her children grow.

I joined PassageMaker in the Spring of 2006 and handle classified advertising sales for the magazine and exhibitor registration for PassageMaker Events. It's been an extremely rewarding experience working with such a passionate, energetic team and meeting our advertisers and readers at events all over the country!

Laura joined PassageMaker Magazine in May 2007.  Laura grew up in Larchmont, NY and spent many years working and living in Manhattan before moving to Annapolis with her husband in the Fall of 2006.  Laura handles all web advertising as well as classified advertising for the magazine.

Vicky joined the team here at PassageMaker in July 2007. She was born and raised in Harrisburg, PA, where she grew to love many of things; music, theater, travel, and the great outdoors, among many others. She graduated from Arcadia University in Phila, and now resides in Annapolis, where she works with one of the friendliest, energetic crews she's found.    

   Lisa joined PassageMaker Magazine in July 2007.  She will welcome and assist our readers with their subscriptions, back issue orders, and will handle registrations for both PassageMaker University classes and Trawler Fest events nationwide.

   Lisa was born in Washington, D.C., but her home state is Maryland where she grew up just minutes outside of Annapolis.  She has a very diverse background, and has been a business owner, worked in human resources as an office manager, as well as working for years in Washington, D.C. in environmental law firms where she resided, as well as Virginia and Florida.  She has loved being near the water her whole life, boating and jet skiing, and is now enjoying the beautiful view she has of the Chesapeake Bay, the marina, and the Chesapeake Bay bridge right outside her window.  It is amazing!

   During her spare time, Lisa stays active with her daughter Morgan's busy horseback riding schedule, and looks forward to her time with her family, good friends, plans to travel more often, and the beach is her favorite escape.

   Lisa is very excited about her future with PMM, and getting to know her new colleagues, as well as interacting with people outside of the office celebrating their lives, adventures, and sharing them with us at  PMM from all over the world.

Pamela comes to Passage Maker as the Office Manager and she has a strong background in management and finance.  After Graduating from UMUC in 2004 with her MBA she became the VP of finance and operations to a contracting company here in Annapolis.   Prior to that she has had a great deal of experience in many areas of business from accounting, operations, human resources, contracting, and management.

Pamela was raised in Forestville, Maryland and decided with her husband and three children to move here to Annapolis.  When she isn’t working she keeps busy with her children Thomas, Joseph and Catherine and all of their pets.  Try to manage this group of 3 dogs (Deno, Tea & Bruiser), 4 cats (Milo, Smokey, Snickers, & Tiger) and 3 rabbits (Lucky, Ode, & Strip), what a challenge.  She has a diverse background of hobbies from gardening, Music, dance, working out, reading, sewing, and dog training.  For all you Redskin fans she was a Redskins cheerleader long time ago.   She is excited to have joined PMM and she is happy to be a part of a really great team.

Danny comes to PassageMaker with quite an unusual background. After completing college at Jacksonville University he pursued a career in dance. Throughout his dance career he has always been involved with graphics and web.  After five  years of dancing, Danny comes to PassageMaker to fill the very large shoes as the Technology Integrator.

Outside of dance and work, Danny teaches Yoga around Annapolis and is currently a Marine Science Technician in the Coast Guard Reserves. Also on a comical note, if you have ever seen "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" you can gain a better understanding of Danny's upbringing.

He hopes in time to make everyone's web experience with PassageMaker even better than it already is.

I am a contractor for the U.S. Army Office of Senior Leader Development and President and CEO of Intuition Enterprises, an information technology consulting company. Previously, I held the position  of Technology Integrator with PassageMaker Magazine and continue to work with the current Technology Integrator to improve users' experiences on passagemaker.com.

I am a graduate of Nova Southeastern University with a master's degree in computer science and am a current doctoral student in the same field. I enjoy learning about almost anything and am usually enrolled in at least two continuing education classes at Anne Arundel Community College per semester in subjects including cooking, acting, technical theatre production, and business. I can also occasionally be found in front of the classroom teaching classes in computers and technology. My professional and social organizational affiliations include the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Project Management Institute (PMI), Boy Scouts of America, AACC Moonlight Troupers, and Maryland Mensa.

When I'm not in the classroom, office, theatre, library, gym, pool, or passed out exhausted in bed, I can usually be found at the bar. =)