RADM WAYNE JUSTICE, USCG (RET)
The Propeller Club of Port Canaveral has named RADM Wayne Justice, USCG (Ret) as the 2023 Maritime Person of the Year.  At the Propeller Club Southeast Region conference held in April in Savannah, he was selected as the Southeast Region Maritime Person of the Year as well.  Justice currently serves on the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners. He was first elected to the Board in 2014 and is now serving his third term. He has served as Chairman twice, first in 2018 and again in 2021, leading the commission during the severe challenges of the pandemic. Port Canaveral is the world’s busiest cruise ship port and is a major economic engine for the Space Coast and Central Florida. Justice is a 1977 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and earned Masters’ degrees from Nova University and the U.S. Naval War College. His 37 year Coast Guard career culminated with command of the Fifth Coast Guard District which covers the Nations’s mid-Atlantic region from New Jersey to North Carolina. Other assignments included Assistant Commandant for Capability, Director of Response Policy, Seventh Coast Guard District Chief of Staff, and Coast Guard Aide to Presidents Bush and Clinton where his responsibilities included carrying the nuclear football. He commanded four Coast Guard cutters, three of which were homeported in Florida. Justice has served on the Propeller Club of Port Canaveral Board for over ten years. He also volunteers and serves with other community non-profits including Crosswinds Youth Services of Melbourne; the Military Officers Association of America, Cape Canaveral Chapter; and the Navy League, Space Coast Council. The Propeller Club of Port Canaveral is proud to recognize RADM Justice for his service to our nation, the maritime industry, Port Canaveral, and our community! The presentation was made by club President Kevin Jobes at the club’s annual ShrimpFeast fundraiser held on Friday, April 14, 2023.