Bridge Officers
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Commander
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Cdr Otis White, P
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Otis retired as Faculty Chair for Business, Management, and Public Administration at Rio Salado College and continues as a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University where he teaches Public Sector Leadership online. For over 25 years he has taught classes in entrepreneurship, business statistics, human resources, public leadership, and a wide variety of management courses in both the community college and university setting. Before joining academia, he created and ran two companies. One in the advertising and public relations arena and the other in strategic planning for large family-owned companies. His entrepreneurial career spanned over 21 years and his academic career has continued for an additional 25 years. The family includes his wife Barbara, son Robert and daughter Heather. Between the son and daughter, there are 5 grandchildren. Three are in Minneapolis and two are in Palmyra, VA. His boat is a completely rebuilt classic 22’ Shamrock inboard named Potential II. Barbara and Otis moved to Wilmington permanently in 2016 after retirement but have been traveling here regularly since 2011 to visit grandchildren and family. His local interests include boating on the NE Cape Fear River and the ecology of the river environment as well as the history of the Cape Fear area. He received the grade of Piloting in 2019. Otis and Barbara joined the squadron in 2017 and Otis has served as Member Involvement Chair (1-year), Administrative Officer (1-Year), Executive Officer (1 year), and Commander for 2 years. 2022 is his 3rd year as Commander.

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Executive Officer
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Lt/C Rocky Favorito
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Rocky relocated to Wilmington from the National Capitol Region in August 2018 following a 30+ year career in the United States Air Force. In his final assignment, Colonel Favorito served as the Commander of the 844thCommunications Group and Director of Communications for the Air Force District of Washington, Joint Base Andrews, MD. His group provided Information Technology and Cybersecurity support to the Pentagon, Joint Base Andrews, and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. Currently, Rocky manages Information Technology and Cybersecurity for the North Carolina State Ports Authority. His educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, a master’s degree in Computer Systems, and various certifications in Information Technology and Project Management. Rocky and his wife Jennifer joined the squadron in May of 2022 and they enjoy taking their children Seairra, Zoe, Sophia, and Little Rocky out on their 19’ Sea Ray.

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Educational Officer
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Lt/C Ned Rhodes, SN SEO
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Ned relocated to the Wilmington area from Northern Virginia a few years ago to get away from all the traffic and to be near the beach. With his wife Arleen and golden retriever Katie, they enjoy cruising on their Sea Ray 410 Express, Impulse, and their 13-foot Boston Whaler. Ned holds a 100-Ton USCG Captains license and often brags that he has never run aground when anyone else was around (so there is no evidence). He is President of Software Systems Group that develops custom software for corporate clients.
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Administrative Officer
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Lt/C Barbara White, AP
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Barbara is originally from Richmond, Virginia, where she graduated from the Medical College of Virginia with both Baccalaureate and Master of Science degrees in Nursing. Having held a variety of positions in health care she retired from Arizona State University as Professor Emerita of Nursing and Health Innovation after teaching there for 20+ years. She is now enjoying being around the water after all those years in the desert and has been the Foghorn photographer and the Assistant Secretary in the past. She received the grade of Advanced Piloting in 2020. For family information see Cdr Otis White’s, P information above.

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Secretary
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Lt/C Jim Blair
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I moved to Wilmington with my wife Christy in August of 2020, relocating from Long Valley, NJ. Having recently retired from a 30+ year career in supply chain/ logistics at BASF, preceded by 6 years in the US Marine Corps as a supply officer, I’m really happy settling here in our house in the historic district of Wilmington! We have three grown kids, a boy and two girls, who are making their own way in the world. We just bought our second sailboat, a 41’ Morgan Out Island Classic, DaBlairs, (so we have two money pits – an old boat and an old house!). We cut our teeth sailing on a 1967 Pearson Commander that was moored up at the Nyack Boat Club. That experience helped us to decide to make boating a key part of our lives going forward. Looking forward to getting the boat shipshape and going cruising! As far as other interests go, I love to cook, travel, listen to music and walk around the downtown neighborhoods.

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Treasurer
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Lt/C Dawn Buboltz-Hottes
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Dawn was raised in Southern California and lived there for over 50 years. She earned her BA in mathematics from North Dakota State University, then moved back to Southern California to teach high school mathematics. She taught for 23 years with various leadership positions including Department Chair and Mentor Teacher. This led her to earn a master’s degree in education administration and to move into administrative positions within her District. She became Principal of the adult school in her District which led her to receive the Adult School Administrator of the Year Award for the State of California. Her last administrative position was Principal of a large high school with 3,700 students in Ontario, California. She retired from that position in 2015. However, she was not done working. She worked in Long Beach, CA for her husband’s business becoming a business broker and then Vice President of Operations for 10 offices throughout the US, finally retiring for good in 2019. She has two sons and six granddaughters. Her husband, Ron Hottes, has four children and 11 grandchildren. They moved from Long Beach, CA to Wilmington three years ago to be able to boat on the Intercoastal Waterway and to be closer to all the grandchildren. They enjoy the Wilmington area and are incredibly pleased to have made the move. In the past she has been the Squadron's Assistant Treasurer.
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Past Commander
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Cdr Otis White, P
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Otis retired as Faculty Chair for Business, Management, and Public Administration at Rio Salado College and continues as a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University where he teaches Public Sector Leadership online. For over 25 years he has taught classes in entrepreneurship, business statistics, human resources, public leadership, and a wide variety of management courses in both the community college and university setting. Before joining academia, he created and ran two companies. One in the advertising and public relations arena and the other in strategic planning for large family-owned companies. His entrepreneurial career spanned over 21 years and his academic career has continued for an additional 25 years. The family includes his wife Barbara, son Robert and daughter Heather. Between the son and daughter, there are 5 grandchildren. Three are in Minneapolis and two are in Palmyra, VA. His boat is a completely rebuilt classic 22’ Shamrock inboard named Potential II. Barbara and Otis moved to Wilmington permanently in 2016 after retirement but have been traveling here regularly since 2011 to visit grandchildren and family. His local interests include boating on the NE Cape Fear River and the ecology of the river environment as well as the history of the Cape Fear area. He received the grade of Piloting in 2019. Otis and Barbara joined the squadron in 2017 and Otis has served as Member Involvement Chair (1-year), Administrative Officer (1-Year), Executive Officer (1 year), and Commander for 2 years. 2022 is his 3rd year as Commander.
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