He is a co-founder and board member of the Village Community Boathouse, on Pier 40 in Manhattan, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, and a co-founder and steering committee member of the New York City Water Trail Association. Last winter he served as a member of the Maritime, Infrastructure and Permitting subcommittee of the Mayor’s Waterfront Advisory Board. Working with local schools and businesses, he recently began a community rowing and boatbuilding program on Wallabout Channel in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, a few blocks from the Navy Yard.