Nolan Gary Whitesell

Background

Whitesell, Nolan Gary was born on March 12, 1953 in Pittsburgh. Son of Calvin and Beverly (Rhode) Whitesell.

Education

Bachelor of Science Food Technology/Business Management magna cum laude, University Georgia, Athens, 1975.

Career

With management, Hyatt Corporation, Atlanta, 1975-1978; search consultant, Whitesell & Associations, Atlanta, 1979-1984; chief Executive officer, Canoes by Whitesell, Ltd., Atlanta, since 1983; chief Executive officer, Nantahala Riverside, Inc., Bryson City, North Carolina, since 1991. Consultant Mohawk Canoe Company, Longwood, Florida, 1983-1989, Western Canoeing, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, since 1984. Consultant, promoter Save the Payette, Boise, Idaho, since 1987.

Achievements

• Nolan Gary Whitesell has been listed as a noteworthy canoe manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Organizer river clean-up Rabun County Chamber of C., Clayton, Georgia, 1986. Promoter Whitewater Pre-Worlds Championships, Savage River, Maryland, 1988. Lecturer various canoe and conservations organizations, since 1985.

Member Georgia Canoeing Association (board directors since 1985), North America Paddlesports Association, American Whitewater Association, American Canoe Association, National Association for River Sports, Piedmont Paddlers asns., Atlanta Whitewater Club, Coastal Canoeists (Richmond, Virginia).

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, swimming, hiking, canoeing, cycling.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Harden, October 25, 1975 (divorced July 1989). 1 child, Alexandra Eve.

Father:

Calvin Whitesell

Mother:

Beverly (Rhode) Whitesell

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Harden

child:

Alexandra Eve Whitesell