Carisa Harris was a two time NCAA All-American and National Champion at Tuffs University and fifth place at the 1996 US Olympic Sailing Trials. She previously managed and coached one of the top Youth Programs in the Bay Area.  She is a PhD Candidate at the School of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences at UC Berkeley.  Carisa is currently an Assistant Professor at Samuel Merritt University and serves as Director of Research & Development for PreCare Inc., a company dedicated to lowering companies costs associated with work related injuries.

Bill Hoehler is a past Commodore of the Tiburon Yacht Club, past Officer of the Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco with the Hanson Bridgett firm in San Francisco. Bill Hoehler is also on the Laguna Honda Hospital Volunteers Board of Directors.

 

Chris Cole has been enthusiastically involved with TISC even since he entered his first Big Team Regatta in 2003. Chris is currently Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager of Private Banking for Mechanics Bank. Mr. Cole brings a wealth of experience in working with non-profits over the past 15 years, as a board member for Little Kids Rock and as an advisor to numerous non-profits in the Bay Area.

 

Tom Allen is a past Vice President and Director of US Sailing, the sport s National Governing Body. He is also a past President and Director of the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association (PICYA), an association of 95 boating organizations in Northern California promoting boating safety and environmental education programs. He is currently on the Board of the Bay Planning Coalition, representing the interests of boaters in planning the effective use of Bay and Delta waterways. He has successfully raced his own boat on San Francisco bay for more than 40 years. Mr. Allen recently retired after 32 years in marketing at IBM.

Robert Tennant is the Chief Executive Officer at Recommind, Inc. the leading provider of search-powered information risk management software. Prior to joining Recommind he served as the managing director of Swiftsure Capital and in senior positions in the Java Software divisions of Sun Microsystems, where he led the marketing of the Java platform into consumer electronics. Mr. Tennant came to Sun through acquisition of Beduin Communications, a company he co-founded and where he served as CEO and President until its acquisition. He has sailed for many years in the San Francisco Bay Area and is currently active in the Melges 24 and 505 classes. Prior to moving to San Francisco, he sailed on the Canadian Sailing Team and has medaled at many national and international championships. Mr. Tennant is a board member of several successful young companies, including Carbonnetworks, the leading company in the emerging field of carbon management software. Mr. Tennant is a graduate of the University of Victoria, the University of California at Berkeley, and Columbia University, from which he has an M.B.A.

Alex Mehran Jr. is a Vice President at Sunset Development Company, developer of Bishop Ranch in San Ramon, California. Prior to joining Sunset, Alex worked at Goldman, Sachs & Company in their $6.5bn Infrastructure Private Equity Fund. Alex grew up sailing on San Francisco Bay and competed in numerous Junior Olympic, National and North American Championships in a variety of classes. Sailing for Brown, Alex competed in three ICYRA National and four NEISA New England Championships. Alex was the winner of the single-handed and double-handed legs of the Bermuda 1-2, the Marblehead-Halifax Ocean Race and Ida Lewis Distance Race aboard the Class 40 “Cutlass” and has completed over 10,000 miles of offshore sailing. Alex grew up sailing at the St. Francis Yacht Club and is a member of the New York Yacht Club and Royal Offshore Racing Club.

Jim is a tax senior manager with more than 20 years of experience providing tax advisory and compliance services to individuals, closely held partnerships, corporation and not-for-profit enterprises. Jim Currently works  for Deloitte Tax LLP in the Private Company Services. He has also held positions at Ernst & Young LLP, San Francisco, CA and U.S. Peace Corps – Thailand. Jim’s education background includes a Masters in Business Administration from Santa Clara University, Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Georgia, CPA licensed in California, Oregon and Ohio, and is a Member of the AICPA and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Jim has provided his expertise by serving on the board for Oregon Trout operated out of Portland, Oregon, University Club of Portland, and MACLA.