Accomplishments

Sailing Accomplishments and Leadership

• New York Yacht Club, “Yachtsman of the Year” 2012
• First-ever disabled person to skipper an America’s Cup 12-metre boat, “Easterner” at the 2009 12-metre World Championship
• Seahorse International Sailing magazine Hall of Fame
• First disabled person to skipper to finish 1^st in an able-bodied regatta in the USA, Sailing World/NOOD Regatta, 2009
• U.S.A. Sailing Paralympic Sailing Team (Skipper), 2000 (Sydney, Australia)  and 2012 (London/Weymouth, England)

Current Leadership

• Chief Executive Officer and serves on the Board of Directors of Sail To Prevail
• Member of United States Olympic Sailing Committee
• Member of the Membership Committee and Sailing Committee of the New York Yacht Club
• Serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the U.S. Sailing Center, Miami
• Serves as Lead Independent Director of the Board of Trustees for Immaculata La Salle High School, Miami, Florida
• Serves as an Investment Advisor with Sumnicht & Associates, LLC, Appleton, Wisconsin

Previous Sailing and Leadership

• Board of Trustees of the New York Yacht Club
• President of the United States Optimist Dinghy Association
• Executive Board of U.S. Sailing, the national governing body of sailing in the USA
• Top 100 Most Prominent Irish Americans in the USA
• Director with Paris Capital Partners, Ltd., and Paris Capital Holdings, Ltd., United Kingdom, Cayman Islands, and the USA