Commodore Mike Burd
WindSwept; Bavaria 32 at Kent's D-30, wife Nancy, two children, two dogs, Morgan and Nina, starting learning to sail when I was 12 years old (still learning) We have been members of BLSA for 8 years. I have been a past board member, held social director of BLSA, currently work on the Hanna Creek Silting committee and am a founding member of BLACK ( Brookville Lake Association
of Canoeists and Kayakers) I have participated in many extensive cruising trips and have had the fortune to sail all of the Great Lakes, most of the Eastern Coast, the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, and Caribbean. As Vice Commodore, I am looking forward to increasing membership and communications with in and outside the club.
Vice Commodore & Membership Director Mike Chrisman
I am a Cincinnati native who fell in love with sailing as a young kid during a few memorable summers in Maine. Growing up, my dad and I enjoyed sailing together on the family boat he kept at Brookville. My first boat was a wooden Optimist pram that I bought when I was 12. The experience made me a big fan of fiberglass keelboats. I got back into sailing as an adult about 2001
when I decided
I missed being
on the water and
wanted a boat. Bill Ralston and I purchased a 24 ft O’Day, spent year on a buoy at Fairfield and ended up at Hanna Creek the following year. Never having sailed before, Bill has been a good sport and a fast learner. We currently sail the Catalina 250 WK Escape from Hanna Creek slip 68. I am a graduate of Miami and have an MBA from Xavier. Early in my career I worked in several areas related to IT, but ultimately found a home in the insurance industry. My other hobbies include kayaking, photography
and hiking.
Treasurer Rick Ege
I grew up on the west side of Cincinnati and spent a lot of time helping my dad work his 300 acre farm near Sunman IN, raising corn, cattle and pigs. I had my own canoe and did numerous trips on the Whitewater River, including some overnights that ended in the Great Miami. During that time I watched Brookville Lake come about. I graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1969 and went to work for a Big Eight Accounting firm. I spent 2 years in the Army Artillery, as
luck would have it, in Colorado Springs. I became a CPA in 1973. In 1974 I went to work for a client as controller. On Cathi and my first vacation together, in October 1984, she introduced me to sailing, and after having the tiller in my hand for 5 minutes I was addicted. We came home and Cathi bought a Hobie 16. In the next 2 years we sailed “The Banana Republic” in Lake Erie, The Atlantic off Hilton Head, and up and down both coasts of Florida and the Keys. We joined BLSA and made Brookville Lake our sailing
home. In 1989, I gave up accounting to become a winter time, warm weather sailor. Having spent 11 winters on our Hunter 36, “Tiger Lily”, we took a 9 year break from sailing. In January 2008 we bought our MacGregor 26, rejoined BLSA, and have been totally enjoying everything about being back at Brookville Lake, Hanna Creek and BLSA.
Secretary Cathi Ege
While my husband Rick and I were on vacation to SW Florida in Oct. 1984, I was watching Hobie Cats and thought how cool to have the wind take you someplace. As soon as we came home I bought a Hobie 16 and spent the next 2 years sailing it everywhere we could. That was when we discovered Hanna Creek. In 1987 we bought a MacGregor 26, kept it in the parking lot at Hanna Creek and joined BLSA. In
1989 we moved up to a Hunter 36 and sailed away. We spent the next 10 years sailing and cruising the warm tropics
during the winter, summers here working on our rental properties. After selling Tiger Lilly in 1999, we went sailboat less until January 2008. We just missed the sailing so much so we bought another MacGregor 26 and came back to Brookville Lake. The 2nd week at Hanna Creek parking lot we re-joined BLSA. I really look forward to being on the Board. Besides being landlord and Property Manager, I play the guitar and sing and I love to cook. Rick and I enjoy traveling and hope
to get back into kayaking.
Harbor Master Cory Chadwick
I was born in Graham, Washington and received my undergraduate degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Washington (Go Huskies) in Seattle. My Masters, in Environmental Management, is from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. I retired from the Air Force in 1989 after 21 years of service. Before I was commissioned, I spent six years as an electronics
radar repairman. After commissioning, I worked as a weather officer, I.G. Inspector, and finally an
environmental manager for the last four years of my military career. I was first introduced to
sailing in Colorado on Pueblo Reservoir (1978) which is just south of Colorado Springs, Colorado which is also
where I met my wife Lin, who has most of the family sailing experience (she grew up with sailboats). Our first boat was a 23 foot Watkins we sailed on Tampa Bay, Florida (1980). We purchased a new 27' U.S. Yacht in 1982. Our current and last boat is a 31'
Tartan. Lin and I enjoy our three granddaughters, Ella and Morgan
from our Son Bret and Kendall from our daughter Kym. We also have a brand new puppy (West Highland Terrier). Other interests include: attending first run movies with Lin, reading fiction in the winter time,
playing tennis, riding my motorcycle, and listening to music through a high end stereo system (audiophile).
