Advisory Board Members
Meet the Air and Marine Family Foundation (AMFF), Advisory Board Members. The AMFF is dedicated to support the people of Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO). AMO is an organization with a widely diverse mission made up of a dedicated workforce with equally diverse skill sets. With these uniquely defined AMO characteristics in mind, AMFF has chosen a talented group of individuals to represent the AMO community at large. This group of individuals all have a personal connection and passion for AMO, its people and its mission. The AMFF Advisory Board Members, in part, shaped the AMO we know today. They will now help to shape how the AMFF provides for AMO and its people.
Nick Doucet
Mr. Doucet is a retired federal law enforcement agent with 28 years of law enforcement experience. His last assignment was as a Senior Executive with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations responsible for foreign and domestic operations.
Catharine Oliver
Catharine Oliver is a former attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel at Customs and Border Protection. She currently resides in Greenville, South Carolina with her husband Bill, son Max, and dog Rascal.
Pete Phillips
Mr. Phillips served in the U.S. Navy as a helicopter pilot for 22 years (9 years active, 13 years reserve), retired as O5. Served as a Border Patrol Agent for five years and Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Air Interdiction Agent for 15 years.
Patty Todaro
Ms. Todaro Bolin is a senior business leader with more than 30+ years of experience in government and industry. She has designed, developed, and directed multifaceted transformational projects, programs, resources, staffing, and budgets; and has provided full-scope strategic support for large, complex, multi-agency collaborative efforts across complex regional and national organizations.
Dean Williams
Mr. Williams is a professional leader with extensive experience in Congressional engagement at every level of Customs and Border Protection. His understanding of Congressional processes, networking, and the importance of developing relationships directly contributed to national security with multiple Congressional committees.
Pete Hermes
Mr. Hermes, entered on duty as a Customs Pilot with U.S. Customs Service, Tucson Air Branch, March 30, 1987. He retired September 30, 2012, as a Supervisory Air Interdiction Agent with Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Tucson Air Branch.
John Parkey
John Parkey’s Federal Law Enforcement career spanned 30 years, beginning with the United States Coast Guard in 1982 and ending with his retirement from Customs and Border Protection in 2012. Mr. Parkey spent his entire career as a member of marine law enforcement. He began in South Florida as a field agent, then supervisor before being named Director of Marine Operations while stationed in Washington, D. C. in 2007. As Director of Marine Operations, Mr. Parkey stood up the National Marine Training Center in St. Augustine, Florida, becoming its first Director in 2009.
John Stanton
Mr. Stanton retired from AMO as the Director, National Airspace Security Operations. He was a Plank owner: Caribbean Air Branch - Flying Mofongo Brother. Air Interceptor, marine patrol, and helicopter pilot with United States Customs Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection.
John Weicht
Mr. Weicht retired in 2021, after 18 years with Air and Marine Operations (AMO), having proudly served in both Mission Support and in Training, Safety and Standards while supporting aviation and vessel maintenance. Prior to his career with AMO he worked for eight years as a maintenance and logistics contractor for the former U.S. Customs Service aircraft fleet and is honored to be an AMFF Advisory Board Member.
Russell Wright
After 22 honorable years of serving in the United States Air Force, Mr. Wright doubled down on his patriotism and joined the former U.S. Customs Service in April 1996 serving at the then Domestic Air Interdiction Coordination Center, Riverside California. Over the next twenty-three years, Russ served in a myriad of multi-inter/intra agency Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance initiatives. In 2019, Mr. Wright established an LLC that continued to provide dedicated support to multi-agencies devoted to enhancing and maintaining the Air and Marine Operations' Domain Awareness portfolio.