Winter 2020 Scholarship Winners
The Captain Richard Phillips Lane Kirkland Maritime Trust is pleased to announce our scholarship recipients! We are honored to assist these deserving and very hardworking students with their dreams of…
Test of Ready Reserve Force Exposes Need For Newer Ships, More People
Reprinted from U.S. Naval Institute News, January 16, 2020 ARLINGTON, Va. — When U.S. Transportation Command tested the ability of the nation’s maritime Ready Reserve Force to set sail on…
Amazing Show of Support at This Year’s Gala
Thank you to everyone… sponsors, honorees, attendees, families and friend, for your presence and dedication at this year’s Gala. There was tremendous support for the funding of our scholarships and…
2019 Washington, DC Fall Trust Gala
You are cordially invited to The Captain Richard Phillips and Lane Kirkland Maritime Trust Fall Gala and Scholarship Fundraising Event Our menu will include the following dinner choices: Filet Oscar…
Honoring a Great Military Leader and Advocate of U.S. Maritime Industry
The Phillips Trust wishes to acknowledge the passing of a great military leader and also an advocate on behalf of a strong U.S. Maritime Industry. The International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO…
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Our Board of Directors
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Klaus Luhta
As a licensed mariner who sailed aboard U.S. merchant vessels for a decade, Klaus Luhta has traveled around the world by ship. Coming ashore to study and practice law, Klaus…...
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Captain Richard Phillips
For five days in April 2009, Captain Richard Phillips became the center of an extraordinary international drama when he was captured by Somali pirates who attacked and boarded his ship.…...
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Captain Steven E. Werse
Captain Steven E. Werse is currently serving his second term as International Secretary-Treasurer of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P), a position to which he was first…...
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Rear Adm. Leendert “Len” Hering Sr.
Rear Adm. Leendert “Len” Hering Sr. USN, (retired), is a prominent military and civilian sustainability leader with a broad background in energy and environmental issues. His passion in sustainability is…...
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Tony Chatman
Tony is a recognized leader in the areas of personal transformation and workplace relationships. He has devoted his adult life to understanding what makes people tick, how to bring out…...
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John D. Baker, Jr.
John D. Baker, Jr. has extensive family heritage in the maritime industry and with labor, with both his father and brother sharing similar careers. He grew up around the Great…...