As a 32-year veteran of the New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol Unit, Captain Tim Dunleavy has been the unit’s Commander and NH Boating Law Administrator for the last ten years. Overseeing 75 sworn and civilian employees, Dunleavy’s oversight includes law enforcement operations, the boating education program, patrol fleet maintenance, and aids to navigation deployment and repair. Dunleavy also serves as the unit’s legislative liaison where he has served on various legislative commissions. Most recently, he was a member of the state’s Commission to Study Wake Boats and the Study of Shoreland Structures.

Captain Dunleavy is currently a member of the New Hampshire Port Security Committee and Sector Northern New England’s Area Maritime Security-Executive Steering Committee. He is currently serving his third term as a member of the Nation Boating Safety Advisory Committee (NBSAC) and is the chair of NASBLA’s Executive Board.

Chris Bischoff has been in the water sports industry for nearly 25 years. He started out as a competitive wakeboarder in the late 1990’s. He was a professional wakeboarder for six years, and then started exploring other areas of the wakeboarding industry. Over the years, Bischoff has worked as team manager for companies such as Reef Footwear, Obrien Wakeboards and Tige Boats. He has also been the chief judge and tournament director for the Pro Wakeboard Tour.

Bischoff currently works as an operations consultant for the Pro Wakeboard Tour and for the World Wake Association in addition to his job at the WSIA handling Waterway Access Issues and Government Relations.

When Bischoff is not dealing with some angry lake association about wakesurfing, he spends his time with his wife and two boys in Orlando, Florida, where they spend their free time racing dirt bikes or out on the lake!

Pam is a Certified Association Executive currently serving as Paddlesports Trade Coalition staff under a service agreement with NASBLA. Pamela Dillon previously staffed the National Boating Education Standards Panel and the Education Committee. She co-authored the Third Edition of “The Guide for Multiple Use Waterway Management.” With her husband, Virgil Chambers, she is Program Co-Manager of the Inland Boat Operation and Marine Patrol Fundamentals Train-the-Trainer course and Methods of Instructor course under NASBLA’s Boat Operation and Training (BOAT) program.

Previously, Dillon served as boating law administrator for the state of Ohio, retiring in 2011 as chief of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft. Dillon served as executive director of the American Canoe Association from 2002-2007. In addition, Dillon served two terms as an appointed member of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council is a recipient of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service Award.