WOODEN YACHTS - Key Persons
Our founder, Earl McMillen III, graduated with a degree in history from Columbia University and is passionate about restoration and historic preservation. He is an Emeritus Board Member at the International Yacht Restoration School, in Newport. Earl also serves on the board of the historic Redwood Library in Newport and the Middleton Place Foundation in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to restoring yachts, Earl and his wife Elizabeth share a love of historic preservation and have restored and lived in numerous historic houses in Newport. Elizabeth is active in the business and oversees the responsibilities of interior design and crew training. She is a graduate of Hollins College, majoring in Art History and worked in New York as a buyer for Gucci & Bergdorf Goodman. She managed the Lexington Avenue shop for NYC decorator Charlotte Moss and later took a American Arts course at Sotheby's.