We join the Lawrence family and larger shipping community in mourning the loss of our CMA Foundation Director and friend, Jim Lawrence. Jim loved the maritime community, and he loved building community. He valued people, supporting education, making personal connections, sharing ideas, conversations, stories and knowledge. His boundless positive energy and enthusiasm were contagious. As we remember Jim’s impact on each of us, let us be reminded to “Be the things you loved most about the people who are gone. “
What a Splash!
Thank you to all splash makers who helped us raise money for student scholarships.
We are very grateful to our generous sponsors who made the event a huge success: Dorian LPG, MTM Maritime, MOL Chemical Tankers and Mystic Lane Partners (Wave Sponsors) Thomas Maritime, Clear Ocean Partners, Easterly, and Womar (Splash Sponsors); The American Club, Cozen O’Connor; Flagship Management; The Marshall Islands Registry; Marine Money; Monjasa; Moran Towing; and (Ripple Sponsors); Tim and Irene Brennan and a match from Maersk Tankers, Jack and Kathy Noonan, Sean Durkin, Jake Scott, Ben Padilla, Archie Morgan and Lorraine Parsons. Our thanks to the following who donated to the silent auction: Moran Towing, Norton Rose Fulbright, Kevin Breen, Patrick Bahr, Sterling Farms Golf Authority and many restaurants including Columbus Park Trattoria, The Stillery, The Royal Green, Kouzina and the Water’s Edge at Giovanni’s. Thank you to the generous winners of the silent auction John Lindquist, Molly McCafferty, Brad Berman, Todd Clough, John Lycouris and Jason Defoor.
Scholarships
My personal thanks to Molly McCafferty who chaired the Scholarship committee and continues to read each application and essay since inception. The Board is pleased to announce that the CMA EF is awarding $50,000 in scholarships this year. We couldn’t do this without the generous support of our many donors and the tremendous efforts of our volunteer Board. You should all be proud! We present the 2025 scholarship recipients comprised of high school, undergraduate and graduate students, representing 17 states and attending 9 different schools providing a maritime related education.
High School Seniors
Atticus Blue
Brady Newton
Bryce Porter
Colby Townsend
Emma Borlie
Gabriel Henley
Jack Laliberte
Jack O’Brien
Molly Stiltner
Nathan Trocchio
Paul Karcsay
Samuel Travis
Sawyer Kinney
Tristan Chmielewski
Undergraduate Students
Alysse Stasio
Andrew McCarthy
Boyd Curt White
Braima Diabagate
Brandon Chavez
Brian Zakarevicz
Charlie Ernst
Daniel O’Leary
Guadalupe Garza
Joshua Graubard
Leith Elize
Lucas Taormina
Nicholas Christiano
Nicole Ostapowicz
Remington Gray
Robert McDonough
Robert Wieczotek
Ryan James
Sarah Shank
Tyler Mordosky
Walter Wolfe
Zachary Nisenbaum-Lamadore
Graduate Students
Beauty Adzo Ahadzi
Jackson Fox
Morgan Bissett-Tessier
Calling all host companies!
Summer is that time of year when students are seeking internships. To date we have 8 interns registered this summer. If you are hosting a summer intern that you would like the CMA EF to help financially support or you would like to host a summer intern, please reach out to Beth@cma-edu.org. More information on our internship program is available at https://cma-edu.org/maritime-internship/.
CMA Picnic on July 17!
At the picnic there will be a 50-50 raffle with an opportunity to support the Foundation and our summer interns working at maritime companies. Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Cash or checks made out to CMA Education Foundation are appreciated for purchasing raffle tickets, but credit cards will also be accepted. Last year’s winner went home with over $1,400! Try your luck and all for a great cause.
Cheers to Jim Lawrence, dads, grads and summer!
Sincerely,
Beth Wilson-Jordan
Executive Director
Beth@cma-edu.org
www.cma-edu.org
