Ken Petretti joined the Auxiliary in August 2005 as a member of Flotilla 10-20. Ken, who has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts, as well as an Associate degree from the Ridgewood School of Art and Design, received an honorable discharge after six years of service with the US Coast Guard Reserve (USCGR). After graduating from training in Cape May, NJ, where he served in the USCG Training Center Band, Ken was stationed at Base Miami Beach, FL, 40 foot boat crew and Office of the Captain, USCG Base Miami Beach and then at Governor's Island, NY, USCG Public Affairs. After working on staff for several large corporations including ABC Television Network, Public Relations and Bantam Books, Promotion/Advertising/Marketing, Ken created his own company. KP Productions, LLC which is entering its nineteenth year creating video and print digital media presentations for large corporate clients, including Disney, ABC, Random House, Janome America and many others.

Ken was named 10-20s first New Auxiliarist of the Year for 2006 and is Air Crew and Boat Crew qualified.

Ken resides in Maywood with his wife and four daughters.

Fred Simmons has been a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary since January, 2004. Fred has been retired from the hospitality industry since 2000. He has been a pilot for the last 33 years accumulating several ratings, including commercial, instrument, single land and sea, multi land and sea, glider and helicopter. As an auxiliarist, Fred is an Air Craft Commander having flown over a thousand hours of operation. Fred has held several positions in the organization including FSO-PA, FSO-PS, Division Chairman of Aviation, ADSO-SP and recently elected Vice Commander of Flotilla 10-20. Fred has been a long time resident of Lake Hiawatha.