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Coaching Coordinator & Varsity Girls
Coach
Sue is a non-practicing Registered Nurse who
joined the Board in 2005. A parent of two, she became interested in the
sport of rowing when her son Jeff started with Pittsford Crew. She has
rowed competitively as a Master rower, and recently became involved with
coaching, serving as a volunteer assistant coach with Pittsford Crew for
the past two years. Sue completed her Level I Coaching Certification in
2006. She currently serves on the Health & Safety, Personnel
and the Facilities & Equipment Committees. Sue’s past volunteer
commitments include chairing Cultural Arts at both the elementary and
high school levels, coaching softball and soccer, and teaching Sunday
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Coaching Coordinator & Assistant Varsity
Boys
Coach
Andrew is Ph.D. Student at the Warner School
of Education and Human Development at the University of Rochester.
Andrew grew up in the Rochester area where he rowed for the Brighton
Rowing Club for four years. In 2002 he moved to Pittsburgh to attend
Duquesne University where he rowed for four years while earning his BS
in Secondary Education and his BA in History. In 2006 he began his
coaching career with North Allegheny High School Crew, as the women's
novice coach in the fall and co-coaching the varsity women in the spring
of 2007. In the summer of 2007 he moved back to Rochester, beginning a
career in education and completing his master's degree, while coaching
Brighton Rowing Club's varsity women. Andrew is also currently the head
women's coach for the Rochester Junior Rowing, summer rowing camp. |
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Varsity Boys Coach
Tom Webb brings ten years of competitive
rowing and coaching experience to Pittsford Crew. Webb started his
career in the sport at Brighton Rowing Club, 1999. In 2001, he attended
the Jr. National Team selection camp and placed 6th in the Jr. National
Team Selection Regatta. Webb continued rowing at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison where he placed in the Grand Final of the Men’s
Freshman Eight and Men’s Varsity Pair at the IRA, the Division I
National Championship Regatta. Coach Webb comes to Pittsford Crew with
over two years of coaching experience. He has worked at all levels,
including: Novice Coach at Brighton Rowing Club in the '07-'08 season;
Co-Head Coach of Skidmore Community Rowing, a nationally recognized
master's program in Saratoga Springs, in the '08 season; and acting
men's coach at Skidmore College in the '08-'09 season. |
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Novice Coach
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Novice Girls & Varsity Boys Assistant Coach
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Varsity Boys & Varsity Girls Assistant Coach
Andrew Lennox is a Pittsford Crew alum and
graduate of Pittsford Sutherland High School. Lennox went on to row for
four years at The George Washington University, where he earned his B.A.
in Geography, and finished out his collegiate rowing career in the
Petite Final of the Men's Second Varsity Eight at both the Eastern
Sprints and IRA National Championship Regattas. Andrew began coaching in
2005 as a Learn to Row Coach with Pittsford Crew. Lennox has also
coached two years of Intramurals and one year of Strength and
Conditioning at Pittsford. During the 2009-2010 season Lennox worked as
an assistant coach at The George Washington University with both the
Men's Varsity and Freshmen teams. This past summer in addition to
coaching Learn to Row, Lennox worked as an assistant coach with the
Rochester Junior Rowing Club (Rochester Navy), working with both the
Boy's and Girl's teams, as well as helping with Pittsford Crew's newly
launched Learn to Scull program. |
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Varsity Girls Coach
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Novice Boys Assistant Coach
Andrea Smith is a graduate of
Gates Chili High school where she was the captain of her varsity swim
team. She has long worked as a lifeguard and swimming instructor. After
high school she attended Rochester Institute of Technology where she
joined the RIT crew team. Her junior year she traveled with RIT crew to
England to row a women’s master four in the Women’s Henley. While
attending school she also worked for RIT Sports Medicine. She graduated
in 2009 with her degree in Nutrition Management. She works as a
dietitian at a nursing and rehab facility and also teaches indoor
cycling classes at local gyms. |
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Novice Boys Assistant Coach
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Pittsford Crew Board of Directors 2009-2010 |
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President
Suanne has been a pediatric nurse
practitioner at Strong and professor of nursing and pediatrics at the U
of R for nearly 30 years, but now spends most of her time volunteering
for the Pittsford School District, Boy Scouts, and Pittsford Crew. She
became interested in rowing when her older son David joined Pittsford
Crew in 2001 and began to serve on the Board of Directors in 2004. While
David went on to row for three years at Boston College, her younger son
Jared joined Pittsford Crew in 2007 and is beginning his second year on
the Varsity Boy’s team. During the past 8 years she has worked on the
Health and Safety Committee, coordinated Pasta Psych Parties, handled
registration for Learn to Row, chaperoned overnight regattas, and served
as Vice President for two years. She rows in Adventure Out’s and
Fairport Crew’s Women’s Recreational rowing programs and is certified by
U.S. Rowing as a Level 1 Coach. She and her husband Wade also enjoy
hiking the Adirondack High Peaks, kayaking, and skiing with their two
sons. |
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Vice President
Jill joined the Board in 2007, is a
non-practicing attorney and community volunteer, and the parent of three
children. Andrew, is a Pittsford Crew alumnus and Learn to Row coach who
rowed four years for the George Washington University, now Assistant
Varsity Coach for the boys' and girls' teams; Lexi is a senior at Wake
Forest University and Brooke, a Pittsford Crew alumnus and now a
freshman at George Washington University. She currently works for the
Town of Pittsford as the Youth Court Coordinator. As Vice President,
Jill also serves on the Personnel, Ad Hoc Capital, Marketing and Conduct
and Discipline Committees. In her role as Chair of the Fundraising
Committee she spearheaded our successful Spring fundraiser, "Row for
Strong Kids!", which is now going into its fourth year. She served for
six years as a member of the Pittsford Central School District Board of
Education, as a Board member with the YWCA of Rochester and Monroe
County, and the Junior League of Rochester, where she is a past
President. |
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Secretary
Lorna is a software engineer with General Electric, and enjoys being involved with the activities of her children. She is the parent of three children, two of which,
Jack and Hannah are alumni rowers of Pittsford Crew. Lorna is currently in her fourth year on the Board, where she has served as Board Secretary, Volunteer Coordinator, as a member of the Personnel Committee and handles all email correspondence for Pittsford Crew. Other volunteer commitments include Boy Scout Troop 167, Pittsford PTSA and teaching Sunday School at Mountain Rise United Church of Christ in Perinton. |
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Treasurer
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Registrar
Larry is a certified computer infrastructure
architect with Sirius Computer Solutions and the father of Varsity rower
Brandon Cooper. As registrar he manages the online registration
process and web site, and also coordinates the launch drivers and
marshals for the Pittsford regattas. Being a Pittsford resident
since childhood, Larry has served in many volunteer capacities throughout
the community, schools, and his church, including 20 years as a
Pittsford Fire Commissioner and is still an active firefighter with over
30 years of service in the Pittsford Fire Department. |
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Hospitality Director
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Board Member,
Past President and Regatta Chairman
Betsy has been with the Pittsford Crew Board
since 2006. She has served as Fundraising Committee Chair and as
President of the Board of Directors. Parent of Pittsford Crew alumnus
Sam, who currently rows for UB, Varsity rower Maddie, and son James (who
'kind of' looks forward to rowing when he's old enough). She is an avid
rower as well, having taken the adult Learn to Row through Fairport
Crew, rowing with “Adventure Out!” and in the competitive Masters
program through Genesee Waterways. Her previous volunteer experience has
been with the Junior League of Rochester. Betsy also serves on the Board
of the Pittsford Indoor Rowing Center. |
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Board Member
Susan is the mother of Pittsford Crew alumni Benjamin (Ben), and Adam. She's been involved in fitness all her life, starting out with ballet (12+ years) and now runs, bikes, and works out at the JCC.
A former management consultant and trainer, she currently works part
time at Cooks' World in Brighton and is an avid vegetable/fruit
gardener. Over the years Susan has done a lot of volunteering at Mendon
Center Elementary School and at Calkins Road Middle School. |
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Board Member
Lisa is a free lance public relations
communications professional. She is the parent of three, Clara, a
college cross country and track runner, Audrey, a former coxswain for
the Varsity Boys team and currently a coxswain for the St Lawrence
University Men's Team and Rob, a Varsity rower.
She's assisted with the Rowers Revelry, served as VB Team Parent and
copy writer for team press releases. As a Board member she serves on
the Communications and Personnel Committees. She's also on the Gallery
Council at the Memorial Art Gallery. Her previous volunteer positions
include: Activities Chair at the Genesee Valley Club, Girl Scouts of
Genesee Valley Troop Leader, Secretary Junior League of Rochester and a
variety of family related activities |
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Board Member
Catherine is a non-practicing domestic
engineer who instead fills her days with volunteer activities and the
occasional paid marketing endeavor. She has been on the board for one
year and is the team Parent Coordinator, manages the team uniform and
apparel purchases (with lots of help) and is chair of the Communications
Committee. In addition she also serves on the Development and Facilities
committees. Catherine and her husband James have two children, Stephen
who is a senior on the Varsity team and Claire who is a sophomore and
coxswain for the Varsity boys team. |
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Board Member
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Board Member
Ken joined the
board of Pittsford Crew in 2009, and serves in the Health and Safety
Committee. He and his wife (Carol) moved to Rochester in 1999
after several years in Washington, DC. He is a neurologist who
specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and sleep
disorders, and has served on the board of the Epilepsy Foundation of
Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton since 2004. Until the summer
2008 his only experience with a skull was in surgery. Now his
older two kids row for Pittsford crew, and family life increasingly
includes time at the boathouse. When the snow falls and the canal
is frozen, you can find them on the slopes |
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Board Member
Phil is an ophthalmologist and father of 4 children, of which
daughter Hope and son Charlie are both Varsity rowers. When not working, you can usually
find him and his wife Lucy cheering for their kids' teams at sporting
events throughout the Northeast.
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Board Members Emeritus
Founders of "Friends of Pittsford Rowing", now operating as Pittsford
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