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    Bill Yeargin, CEO, Correct Craft, to present Day-2 Keynote Speech at MRA Educational Conference see more

     
    September 28, 2021
     
    For Immediate Release
     
    Bill Yeargin, CEO, Correct Craft,
    to present Day-2 Keynote Speech at
    MRA Educational Conference 
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    The 2021 Annual MRA Educational Conference & Trade Show scheduled for October 11 – 13, 2021 at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines Resort in La Jolla, California, in partnership with the California Association of Harbor Masters & Port Captains, will bring together two pivotal marine industry organizations with an expanded theme, Climate for Change focused on coastal and inland climate change issues, enhancing guest services and customer satisfaction, improving operations and regulatory compliance, and optimizing fiscal results for private and municipal marinas.
     
    This year’s Conference is very honored to welcome Bill Yeargin, President & Chief Executive Officer of Correct Craft as Keynote Speaker on Wednesday October 13th at 8:30 AM to kick-off the final day of the Conference.
    A 96-year old company, Correct Craft’s subsidiaries include eight boat brands, three engine brands, three water sport parks, and an entity devoted solely to innovation. The company has manufacturing facilities across the U.S. and sales in 70 countries. Under Mr. Yeargin’s leadership, Correct Craft has developed a dynamic culture of “Making Life Better”. They have won all of the boat industry’s major awards and been recognized as the industry’s “Most Innovative Company” by a major boating publication.
     
    Bill served both the Obama and Trump administrations on cabinet-level advisory councils and was appointed by the Governor of Florida to serve on the Board of the University of Central Florida. A prolific Writer, he has been published hundreds of times and authored four books, including the best seller Education of a CEO: Lessons for Leaders, and his Keynote presentation will no doubt be most interesting and informative.
     
    The 3-day Conference will feature seminars and round-table meetings covering key industry management, operations, and marketing concerns, along with an extensive Trade Show exhibiting the latest technology and engineering with a broad range of products and services from leading industry vendors and contractors focused on innovation, growth, and profitability as the marine industry evolves in today’s rapidly changing world of new challenges and potential.
     
    Registration and event information for the 49th Annual MRA Educational Conference & Trade Show, in partnership with CAHMPC, is available now on the MRA website at www.marina.org and on the CAHMPC website at www.harbormaster.org
     
    For additional information about the MRA and all of its activities and interests contact Mariann Timms by phone at (209) 334-0661, email at mra@marina.org or go online at www.marina.org
     
    The Marine Recreation Association is a professional organization that represents marina owners, operators, and other marine industry professionals located throughout the western United States, with additional members in Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Created more than 50 years ago, the MRA actively promotes and represents recreational boating interests while providing educational management and operations seminars and information for marine industry owners, operators, and staff.
     
    The California Association of Harbor Masters and Port Captains, Inc. was established in 1948 by a group of Harbor Masters in order to promote and exchange information relative to development, construction, maintenance, operation, regulation enforcement, administration and management, pertaining to boats, marinas and harbors. One of CAHMPC’s guiding tenets is to keep in mind at all times that our basic purpose is to serve the boating public and to keep each other informed.
     
     September 28, 2021