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Nikola Girke
Nikola Girke, a two-time Canadian Olympian, and a five-time Canadian Women's Windsurf Champion is among the few athletes who have made the transition from one sport to another and to have competed in two different events at the Olympic Games. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Nikola crewed on the two person 470 sailboat, finishing 13th. In 2005, Nikola switched to RSX windsurfing, launching another — yet completely different — Olympic campaign for Beijing 2008. A respectable 17th place finish at the 2008 Olympic Games inspired Nikola to continue in pursuit of bringing home an Olympic Medal for Canada at the London 2012 Olympic Games in women's windsurfing. Website: www.nikolagirke.com
Nikola Girke, a two-time Canadian Olympian, and a five-time Canadian Women's Windsurf Champion is among the few athletes who have made the transition from one sport to another and to have competed in two different events at the Olympic Games. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Nikola crewed on the two person 470 sailboat, finishing 13th. In 2005, Nikola switched to RSX windsurfing, launching another — yet completely different — Olympic campaign for Beijing 2008. A respectable 17th place finish at the 2008 Olympic Games inspired Nikola to continue in pursuit of bringing home an Olympic Medal for Canada at the London 2012 Olympic Games in women's windsurfing.
Website: www.nikolagirke.com
Sandra Testo-Michaud
Sandra Testo-Michaud is a mother, a water safety advocate, and the founder of The Katelyn Foundation. Website: www.katelynfoundation.org
Sandra Testo-Michaud is a mother, a water safety advocate, and the founder of The Katelyn Foundation.
Website: www.katelynfoundation.org
Camille Langston
Camille Langston is the founder and writer at makeitworkmom.com Website: www.makeitworkmom.com
Camille Langston is the founder and writer at makeitworkmom.com
Website: www.makeitworkmom.com
Yosina M. Lessebeck
Yosina M. Lissebeck is a mother of two and practicing attorney. Yosina and her family live in San Diego, California. Yosina is the President of the San Diego Coalition of Safe Kids USA and the Drowning Prevention Task Force Chair. Website: www.usa.safekids.org
Yosina M. Lissebeck is a mother of two and practicing attorney. Yosina and her family live in San Diego, California. Yosina is the President of the San Diego Coalition of Safe Kids USA and the Drowning Prevention Task Force Chair.
Website: www.usa.safekids.org
Erik Loots
Erik Loots, is a professional speed surfer. When the wind blows and water is unfrozen in the Netherlands Erik goes windsurfing improving his skills, and having a lot of fun in the water! In July 2010, Erik achieved 4th position in the GPS-speed surfing world ranking with speeds over 44kn (50mph). His goal for 2011 will be going as fast as possible and try to attempt landing new records and placing even higher in the world rankings. Website: www.speedsurfingblog.com
Erik Loots, is a professional speed surfer. When the wind blows and water is unfrozen in the Netherlands Erik goes windsurfing improving his skills, and having a lot of fun in the water! In July 2010, Erik achieved 4th position in the GPS-speed surfing world ranking with speeds over 44kn (50mph). His goal for 2011 will be going as fast as possible and try to attempt landing new records and placing even higher in the world rankings.
Website: www.speedsurfingblog.com
Gerald Dworkin
Gerald Dworkin is a professional Aquatics Safety and Water Rescue Consultant for Lifesaving Resources Inc. (lifesaving.com), a private company dedicated to drowning and aquatic injury prevention and emergency management. Dworkin serves on the Executive Board of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (ndpa.org), and serves on advisory committees for the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the American Red Cross. He has written and published over 40 articles, and regularly consults as a Forensics Expert in drowning and aquatic injury cases. He is currently a Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician for the Harrisville (NH) Fire and Rescue Department, and has worked as a Firefighter/EMT for over 40 years asa both a volunteer and professional. Dworkin is responsible for the development of Educational Curriculums for Lifesaving Resources in the areas of Aquatic s Safety; Lifeguard Training, Operations, and Management; Water Rescue; Swiftwater Rescue; and Ice Rescue. The company conducts these training programs throughout North America, and they currently conduct an annual International Ice Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy, as well as an annual International Water Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy. Lifesaving Resources Inc.~ Harrisville, NH ~ 603.827.4139 Website: www.lifesaving.com
Gerald Dworkin is a professional Aquatics Safety and Water Rescue Consultant for Lifesaving Resources Inc. (lifesaving.com), a private company dedicated to drowning and aquatic injury prevention and emergency management. Dworkin serves on the Executive Board of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (ndpa.org), and serves on advisory committees for the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the American Red Cross. He has written and published over 40 articles, and regularly consults as a Forensics Expert in drowning and aquatic injury cases. He is currently a Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician for the Harrisville (NH) Fire and Rescue Department, and has worked as a Firefighter/EMT for over 40 years asa both a volunteer and professional. Dworkin is responsible for the development of Educational Curriculums for Lifesaving Resources in the areas of Aquatic s Safety; Lifeguard Training, Operations, and Management; Water Rescue; Swiftwater Rescue; and Ice Rescue. The company conducts these training programs throughout North America, and they currently conduct an annual International Ice Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy, as well as an annual International Water Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy. Lifesaving Resources Inc.~ Harrisville, NH ~ 603.827.4139
Website: www.lifesaving.com
Janice Jaicks
Janice Jaicks is a seasoned water fitness professional and a respected authority in the field of Aquatics. The founder of an expanding twice-per-year fitness convention, Janice is an Aquatics group exercise instructor and Personal Trainer, as well as a nationally-recognized author and presenter. In 1985, Janice founded Waterworks On Wheels, Inc., an organization which offers backyard swim lessons to the entire East Valley and Ahwatukee areas of Arizona, and provides year-round indoor lessons at three health club facilities. Waterworks also serves hundreds of clients with safe and effective water aerobic exercise at assisted living facilities, apartment complexes, and community pools where homeowner associations provide classes for their residents. Even with Waterworks' growing number of participants, one of Janice's goals is to provide personalized service to the organization's varying clientele. Janice is also the Fitness Director at Fitness Forum Health Club in Chandler Arizona. She has authored and edited Aquatic instructor manuals and published numerous Aqua fitness articles. Janice's certifications include AEA, AEA Personal Training, AFAA Personal Training, ACE Group Fitness, Arthritis Aquatic and PACE, and W.S.I Website: www.waterworksonwheels.com
Janice Jaicks is a seasoned water fitness professional and a respected authority in the field of Aquatics. The founder of an expanding twice-per-year fitness convention, Janice is an Aquatics group exercise instructor and Personal Trainer, as well as a nationally-recognized author and presenter. In 1985, Janice founded Waterworks On Wheels, Inc., an organization which offers backyard swim lessons to the entire East Valley and Ahwatukee areas of Arizona, and provides year-round indoor lessons at three health club facilities. Waterworks also serves hundreds of clients with safe and effective water aerobic exercise at assisted living facilities, apartment complexes, and community pools where homeowner associations provide classes for their residents. Even with Waterworks' growing number of participants, one of Janice's goals is to provide personalized service to the organization's varying clientele.
Janice is also the Fitness Director at Fitness Forum Health Club in Chandler Arizona. She has authored and edited Aquatic instructor manuals and published numerous Aqua fitness articles. Janice's certifications include AEA, AEA Personal Training, AFAA Personal Training, ACE Group Fitness, Arthritis Aquatic and PACE, and W.S.I
Website: www.waterworksonwheels.com
Jenelle Lockard
Jenelle Lockard is an adjunct faculty swimming instructor for Penn State- Altoona and a do sales for Greenwood Pools. She is a Lifeguard/Cpr/First Aid Instructor, Pesticides Applicator in PA, and a Certified Pool Operator. She enjoys teaching swimming lessons, water aerobics, and work with local companies and pools in water safety and compliance issues.
Mario Vittone
Mario Vittone has nineteen years of combined military service in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. His writing on maritime safety has appeared in Yachting, SaltWater Sportsman,On-Scene, Lifelines, and Reader's Digest magazine. He has lectured extensively on topics ranging from leadership to sea survival and immersion hypothermia. He is a marine safety specialist with the U.S. Coast Guard. Website: www.facebook.com/watersafety
Website: www.facebook.com/watersafety
Megan Merchant
Megan Merchant, M.S. is a professional fitness educator and founder/author at www.meganmerchant.com, an online resource “to help you move more and have fun doing it!" Megan holds a B.A. in Dance and M.S. in Physical Education (Exercise Science and Sport Administration) from UNM. She has worked as a Presenter and Fitness Instructor at OASIS, an Exercise Specialist at Presbyterian Healthplex, a Personal Trainer at Fifty ‘n Fit, and an Instructor and Program Director for PregnaFit at New Mexico Sports and Wellness. She resides in New Mexico with her husband and two daughters. Website: www.meganmerchant.com
Website: www.meganmerchant.com
Rachaelle Lynn
Rachaelle Lynn serves as Online Marketing Manager for PoolGearPlus.com, the Internet's #1 choice for discount swimming pool supplies, swimming pool chemicals, chlorine tablets, pool toys, pool filters, swimming pool pumps, automatic pool cleaners, pool heaters, above-ground swimming pools, pool cleaning supplies, and all other swimming pool accessories. Website: www.PoolGearPlus.com
Rachaelle Lynn serves as Online Marketing Manager for PoolGearPlus.com, the Internet's #1 choice for discount swimming pool supplies, swimming pool chemicals, chlorine tablets, pool toys, pool filters, swimming pool pumps, automatic pool cleaners, pool heaters, above-ground swimming pools, pool cleaning supplies, and all other swimming pool accessories.
Website: www.PoolGearPlus.com
Tim Smalley
Tim Smalley, has been the boating safety education coordinator for the Minnesota DNR for almost 30 years has contributed in countless ways to the recreational boating safety community. In that time he has changed the face of boating safety outreach and education, not only in Minnesota, but across the country. The innovative television and radio public service announcements and other boat and water safety public outreach campaigns he worked on, have won numerous regional and national advertising awards, including the Oscar of advertising, the CLIO award. In addition, they have been used since the 1980’s by over 30 U.S. states, a number of federal agencies and in Canada. In addition to writing the state of Minnesota’s official boating safety course, he has also collaborated on a number of books and publications on boating safety; survival, water rescue and ice rescue for Minnesota, the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. He also contributed to the NY Times best-selling, “Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbooks”. Smalley is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with degrees in psychology and mass communications and also attended the US Coast Guard’s boating law enforcement training academy. He was inducted into the National Safe Boating Council’s Boating Safety Hall of Fame in 2010. Website: www.mndnr.gov
The innovative television and radio public service announcements and other boat and water safety public outreach campaigns he worked on, have won numerous regional and national advertising awards, including the Oscar of advertising, the CLIO award. In addition, they have been used since the 1980’s by over 30 U.S. states, a number of federal agencies and in Canada.
In addition to writing the state of Minnesota’s official boating safety course, he has also collaborated on a number of books and publications on boating safety; survival, water rescue and ice rescue for Minnesota, the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. He also contributed to the NY Times best-selling, “Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbooks”.
Smalley is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with degrees in psychology and mass communications and also attended the US Coast Guard’s boating law enforcement training academy. He was inducted into the National Safe Boating Council’s Boating Safety Hall of Fame in 2010.
Website: www.mndnr.gov
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