Bernard Rath

In addition to being the only person to have served as the Executive Director to both of North America's booksellers' associations from 1979 to 1997, the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) and the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Bernie has been a pioneer internet retailer and has achieved sales of over $2.0 million on the internet from its very first days. An avid sailor he has sailed a small boat down the uninhabited west coast of Florida to Marathon in the Florida Keys on two occasions. He made his virgin Gulf Stream crossing from east to west in 2016. He has traveled the world and is a member of the American Airlines Million Mile Club (though not of the mile high club). Since 2005 he has been walking and kayaking the beaches of Collier County as an adjunct to working as a beach shuttle tram driver at Clam Pass Park in Naples Florida. As of 2016, he's worked as a bouncer at a members only beach bar on the north side of Clam Pass that closes at 8:30 and caters to financially secure seniors.