"Providing hope to the underprivileged and disadvantaged through the character-building discipline of sailing and seamanship."
Life Sail was established to promote a character-building experience through sailing & seamanship. We educate students of all ages in theory and practice, in small craft sailing along with dinghy handling equipped with outboard engines.
Life Sail is a non-profit 501(c)(3) registered organization.
MATT SCHULZ
President / Founder
Matt is a popular lecturer, instructor and consultant in the Marine industry. In 1980 he crossed the Atlantic in a 29' sailboat! He served in the German navy from 1969 to 1977 and has been a licensed skipper since 1974.
Mr. Schulz is the owner of Schulz Surveyors, a premier marine surveying company, since 1987.
He is a craftsman with a vast and varied European & American experience. He has served many technical & nautical apprenticeships.
Mr. Schulz is the owner of Schulz Surveyors, a premier marine surveying company, since 1987.
He is a craftsman with a vast and varied European & American experience. He has served many technical & nautical apprenticeships.
Email: Matt@LifeSail.com
Website: http://www.SchulzSurveyors.com
JIM FRAZIER
VP / Co-Founder
Jim Frazier
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Jim was the manager of the five largest privately held mortgage companies Senior VP Production Mgr. for 11Y 24 branches 400 employees (now Nation Wide Bank)
He is a publisher in Oxford Who’s Who and is 1993/94 Who’s Who top 200 mortgage and finance in the USA.
Jim began writing motion picture screen plays and has garnered eight prestigous screen writing awards. He has written for such directors as Ridley Scott and Ang Lee and for such actors as Tommy Lee Jones and Vin Diessel.
He has been involved in boating since 13 years of age and now owns a 58’ Spindrift MY.
Jim is VP & Cofounder of LifeSail Inc.
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Jim was the manager of the five largest privately held mortgage companies Senior VP Production Mgr. for 11Y 24 branches 400 employees (now Nation Wide Bank)
He is a publisher in Oxford Who’s Who and is 1993/94 Who’s Who top 200 mortgage and finance in the USA.
Jim began writing motion picture screen plays and has garnered eight prestigous screen writing awards. He has written for such directors as Ridley Scott and Ang Lee and for such actors as Tommy Lee Jones and Vin Diessel.
He has been involved in boating since 13 years of age and now owns a 58’ Spindrift MY.
Jim is VP & Cofounder of LifeSail Inc.
Dr. TERRANCE THOMPSON MD
Secretary / Primo alui altum
Dr. Thompson and his lovely wife Alison reside in Northridge,
California. He is a board-certified Family Physician in a group
practice in Lancaster, California. Dr. Thompson graduated Magna Cum
Laude from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine and
completed the Family Practice Residency at Northridge Hospital. As an
undergraduate at UCLA he was very active with UCLA UniCamp, a summer
camp for financially underprivileged children in the Los Angeles area
and was a student member of its board of directors for a few months.
He currently serves as a co-chairperson for the local council of the
Christian Medical and Dental Associations and is a local representative
to its national House of Delegates. Dr. Thompson and his wife also
volunteer their time with medical missions to South America and are
active with their local church. He holds a private pilot's certificate
and is learning to sail in preparation for his participation in
LifeSail.
1997 Lillian P. Feitsive Humanitarian Award.
Started his Family practice 2004
Dr, Thompson is the Treasure of LifeSail Inc.
In the years prior to LifeSail’s incorporation Terrance helped with international student and children’s sailing activities
Terence Thompson, M.D.
Northridge, CA
California. He is a board-certified Family Physician in a group
practice in Lancaster, California. Dr. Thompson graduated Magna Cum
Laude from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine and
completed the Family Practice Residency at Northridge Hospital. As an
undergraduate at UCLA he was very active with UCLA UniCamp, a summer
camp for financially underprivileged children in the Los Angeles area
and was a student member of its board of directors for a few months.
He currently serves as a co-chairperson for the local council of the
Christian Medical and Dental Associations and is a local representative
to its national House of Delegates. Dr. Thompson and his wife also
volunteer their time with medical missions to South America and are
active with their local church. He holds a private pilot's certificate
and is learning to sail in preparation for his participation in
LifeSail.
1997 Lillian P. Feitsive Humanitarian Award.
Started his Family practice 2004
Dr, Thompson is the Treasure of LifeSail Inc.
In the years prior to LifeSail’s incorporation Terrance helped with international student and children’s sailing activities
Terence Thompson, M.D.
Northridge, CA
Buzz Park / US Navy retired / Pilot
Advisory Board Member
Brian Kellington Park (a.k.a. Buzz) has been serving as an Account Executive at CBS Radio in Los Angeles for the past three years. Buzz builds localized and regional marketing strategies for small and medium-sized businesses in Southern CA. Buzz developed a love for sailing at the U.S. Naval Academy where he graduated in 1990 with a Bachelors of Science degree in General Engineering. Buzz served in the Navy until 1999 as a helicopter pilot, flight instructor, division officer, and lastly, a tactical instructor where he earned the coveted Master Training Specialist designaiton. After the Navy, he worked as a pharmaceutical represetative for Pfizer where he was awarded District Representative of the Year 2002 and the Circle of Excellence Award. After Pfizer, Buzz served on the board of directors and as Associate Pastor of Morning Star Christian Church, San Diego. Prior to CBS, Buzz gained extensive business experience working with a start-up technical solution company in Los Angeles as Director of Sales.
Buzz Park
Sherman Oaks, CA
Buzz Park
Sherman Oaks, CA
Laura Frazier
Advisory Board Member
Mother of thee children, Business owner, General Manager of major designer custom clothing store in Beverly Hills, CA
Dr. Michael F. Mellman, M.D.
Advisory Board Member
Teambuilding Supervisor
Teambuilding Supervisor
MICHAEL FRANK MELLMAN, M.D.
DATE OF BIRTH
July 4, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH
Los Angeles, California
Sailing experience:
Built a sabot with my father at the age of 8 and sailed it at Marina Del Rey and Mission Bay in San Diego until entering college. Also crewed on power boats for family and friends until college. Left sailing until this past year when I returned and learned large boat sailing from Matt Schulz. Owner of a Dufour 40'.
I am introducing my three children, Aaron age 23, Kelsey age 20 and Kirsten age 19 to sailing so that they can realize the same life enhancing benefits that I did which include self reliance, teamwork and the beauty and unpredictability of nature and the chance to be part of something is better felt than described.
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DATE OF BIRTH
July 4, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH
Los Angeles, California
Sailing experience:
Built a sabot with my father at the age of 8 and sailed it at Marina Del Rey and Mission Bay in San Diego until entering college. Also crewed on power boats for family and friends until college. Left sailing until this past year when I returned and learned large boat sailing from Matt Schulz. Owner of a Dufour 40'.
I am introducing my three children, Aaron age 23, Kelsey age 20 and Kirsten age 19 to sailing so that they can realize the same life enhancing benefits that I did which include self reliance, teamwork and the beauty and unpredictability of nature and the chance to be part of something is better felt than described.
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Email: TeamMD@LifeSail.com
