Peter A. Mello

Current

Board Member (volunteer) at Quadequina Company
Editor at Weekly Leader
Board Member (volunteer) at New Bedford Port Society

President at Sea-Fever Consulting LLC
Overseer at Sea Education Association

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Past

Director of Institutional Advancement at Northeast Maritime Institute
Executive Director / CEO and Board Member at American Sail Training Association
President, COO and Board Member at Mariner Management Group

Vice President at Mariner Management Group
Assistant Vice President - Regional Manager at International Marine Underwriters
Assistant Secretary at Skandia America Reinsurance Company

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Education

Connecticut College
Tabor Academy

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Industry

Management Consulting

Peter A. Mello’s Summary

Sea-Fever Consulting LLC was founded by Peter A. Mello following a 25 year career in the social and business sectors including experience as executive director and ceo of an international nonprofit and president and coo of a national insurance management company. Peter is committed to helping organizations that want to change the world.

Peter A. Mello’s Specialties:

Leadership development, change management, marketing and communications, government relations, social media.

Peter A. Mello’s Experience

Board Member (volunteer)

Quadequina Company

(Management Consulting industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)

Board member of the Quadequina Company (aka Mattapoisett Casino) founded in 1888 and one of the oldest tennis clubs in the United States.
Editor

Weekly Leader

(Management Consulting industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Editor of Weekly Leader an online magazine and community on Leadership.
Board Member (volunteer)

New Bedford Port Society

(Civic & Social Organization industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Founded in 1830, the New Bedford Port Society renders aid to the spiritual and moral needs of seaman and their families and maintains the historic Seamen’s Bethel and Mariners’ Home. Located on top of Johnny Cake Hill, the Seamen’s Bethel is the “Whalemen’s Chapel” of the epic novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Next door to the Bethel, the Mariners’ Home provides a clean, comfortable place to stay for transient seamen who need shelter in the port of New Bedford.
President

Sea-Fever Consulting LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Sea-Fever Consulting LLC provides management consulting services to the nonprofit, private and and public sectors. We work with a wide spectrum of clients and are dedicated to helping organizations with strategy, execution and communication challenges and opportunities.
Overseer

Sea Education Association

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

2005 — Present (4 years )

Overseer of SEA Education Association (SEA) an educational institution that offers college students a study abroad program that challenges them intellectually and physically by combining a sailing adventure of a lifetime with the study of the deep ocean.
Director of Institutional Advancement

Northeast Maritime Institute

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)

Lead international youth maritime education and employment initiative.
Executive Director / CEO and Board Member

American Sail Training Association

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 2001 — December 2006 (6 years )

Responsible for all aspects of managing 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization focused on youth education, leadership development and maritime heritage preservation.
The American Sail Training Association's mission is to encourage character building through sail training, promote sail training to the North American public and support education under sail.
President, COO and Board Member

Mariner Management Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Insurance industry)

1994 — 2000 (6 years )

Responsible for all functions of $15m underwriting management company
including marketing, underwriting, loss control, claims and accounting.
Vice President

Mariner Management Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Insurance industry)

1992 — 1994 (2 years )

Hired to lead transition of company from reinsurance pool manager to
underwriting management agency specializing in marine insurance. Responsible for marketing, underwriting, loss control and claims.
Assistant Vice President - Regional Manager

International Marine Underwriters

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry)

1988 — 1992 (4 years )

Hired by insurance company to transform insurance agency into regional
branch office. Responsible for marketing, underwriting and claims functions for
Massachusetts, Maine New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island.
Assistant Secretary

Skandia America Reinsurance Company

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)

1984 — 1988 (4 years )

Assistant Secretary – Reinsurance Facultative and Treaty Underwriter responsible for U.S. and international facultative marine reinsurance portfolio ($4m) and U.S. property and casualty treaty reinsurance portfolio ($20m) for broker and direct insurance company clients.

Peter A. Mello’s Education

Connecticut College

BA , Economics , 1977 — 1981
Tabor Academy

High School , 1973 — 1977

Additional Information

Peter A. Mello’s Interests:

photography, sailing, travel, reading, marketing, new media

Peter A. Mello’s Groups:

Overseer - Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA
Headmaster's Council - Tabor Academy, Marion, MA
Association of Fundraising Professionals
American Society of Association Executive
CPCU Society (Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter), Invisible Hand Podcast