N. Nick Cretan, age 71, has more than 30 years of management experience, including as the chief operating officer of the non-profit Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey, a trade association to develop and promote the Port of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Cretan retired from this position in 2004. He also serves as the president of Friends of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island Foundation, president of Friends of Gateway National Parks Foundation and Trustee of the United Seaman�s Service. Previously, he served as deputy director of the San Francisco Marine Exchange, as staff assistant at the National Federation of Independent Business and as Executive Director of the American Merchant Marine Memorial Foundation |