The Team
Skip DeBrusk – President/ Board of Directors
sd@fossf.com
Retired at 3M after several years as Area sales Manager for Medical Imaging products. Responsible for Sales and Marketing from Eastern Canada to Washington, D.C.
Served as the President of Scituate Library Foundation, Scituate Arts Association and as a consultant to several area businesses.
Author of the book Codfish, Dogfish, Mermaids and Frank which has been on the Patriots Ledgers best seller list for several months.
Tom Clark – Vice President/ Board of Directors
tclark@stratagia.com
Frank Mirarchi – Board of Directors and Fishing Industry advisor
fm@fossf.com
Born in London, England and graduated from Boston College in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology
Married to Grethen Peters and has 2 Sons Chris and Andrew
Full time Fisherman since 1965
Capt./Owner, F/V Kathleen A. Mirachi, 1967-1976
Capt./Owner, F/V Christopher Andrew, 1976-2005
Capt./Owner, F/V Barbra L. Peters, 2005 to present
Member, Mass Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission, 1977-1991, Chairman 1987-1991
Member, New England Fishery Management Council, 1991-1994
Current Board Memberships – Point Club (Insurance Coop), Mass Fisherman’s Partnership, Mass Bay Permit Bank and The Friends of South Shore Fisheries (FOSSF)
Coop Research Projects: Water quality monitoring, MWRA outfall, Dredge Spoil Site (Damos) monitoring, Fishing gear impact on EFH, 10 Conservation Engineering (gear design) projects, fish tagging, fish DNA collection and marine debris recovery fishing industry socio-economic studies.
Chris Putnam – Board of Directors
cp@fossf.com
Over 20 years experience in the Financial Services industry with extensive background in retirement plan design, administration and project management relating to defined contribution, employee stock ownership, defined benefit and non-qualified plans. Currently Vice President and Account Executive for ACS Human Capital Management Solutions. At Mellon Human Resources and Investor Solutions he was Vice President of Total Benefits Outsourcing Product Manager. Chris has also worked for CitiStreet, Putnam Investments (Mercer), Fidelity and Nationwide Insurance Company.
Chris has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Finance from Boston University.
Chris is our Public Relations person at FOSSF.
Chuck Badzmierowski – CTO/Board of Directors
cb@fossf.com
Chuck has over 30 years of Sales and Business Development experience. With 20 years at Philips Consumer Electronics in the Northeast including stints as Senior New Business Development Manager of new Digital Products, Key Account Director, District and Regional Sales Manager. After leaving Philip’s Chuck has been a member of many new start ups including Vice President of Sales for Community WISP (Wireless Internet Solutions Provider), Northeast Account Development Manager for SchoolSoft (Computer Software), Business Development Manager for Hitachi Mobile Computing and Senior Account Development Manager with STSN, which was one of the first companies to bring high speed internet service to the Hospitality industry.
Chuck networks extensively and has been a member of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce, Cape Cod Technology Council, Massachusetts Technology Council, South Shore NetWorx as well as several others.
Chuck handles our Web site coordination and advises on Technology issues as well as marketing and sales strategy.


