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Board of Directors

Tony Andrews, Vice-President  2008 – 2010
Tony has 28 years of experience in the computer industry, graduating in 1981 from Purdue University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He has worked at IBM, Burroughs, Tandem Computers, and Microsoft. He currently works as a consultant for Microsoft and develops a rowing application for the iPhone in his spare time. Tony began rowing as a novice with SRA in 1996, and has been rowing competitively with SRA ever since. He has served several terms on the Board, served previously as President for one year and in 2007 was elected board president again. He has a Level 1 coaching certification from US Rowing. Updated January 2010
Steve Isaac,  2009 – 2011
Steve is currently serving his fifth term on the board. A graduate of the University of Buffalo with a degree in Computer Science in 1979, Steve is current Vice President of Product at Earth Class Mail. He has previously worked at Microsoft, GO Corp, Sun Microsystems, Burroughs and NCR. He has been a club member/rower at SRA since 1999 and has previously served as Board President for four years. He presently chairs the New Boathouse Committee.   Updated February 2010
Becky Sells, Treasurer  2008 – 2010
Becky joined the SRA Board in 2007. She is a graduate of the University of Washington.  Her professional career began at Touche Ross (now Deloitte) where she primarily worked on the Boeing account.  Most recently she has worked for a non-profit supporting two Seattle School District elementary schools.   She is married and has one daughter at Santa Clara University and two daughters in the Bellevue School District.  Becky has been a volunteer in her daughter’s schools in a number of roles ranging from PTSA President to Grant Chairman. Becky rows at 9 am.   Updated January 2010
Theresa Knakal, President  2009 – 2011
Theresa has been a member of the Board since 1998. She has served as Head Sculling Coach since 1998, and has been the Staff Liaison since 2005.  Theresa graduated with a BA in Information Systems from Kansas State University in 1986 and is presently employed at Microsoft  She has also worked at a few small software companies in Seattle and was previously employed by EDS, MacDonald-Douglas, and Southwest and Bell Telephone Co prior to moving to Seattle. She is a also a certified Project Management Professional through the Project Management Institute. Theresa has been coaching since 1987; she coached college novice women at Washington University in St. Louis as well as founded the sculling program at the St. Louis Rowing Club in 1988. A midwest transplant to the Eastside in 1996, Theresa originally volunteered to develop the SRA sculling program and has served as Co-President of the Board, Chair of the Sculling Committee, Co-Chair of Regatta Planning, and Member of Boathouse Planning Committee and Advanced Sculling Committee. She also volunteers her time with youth sports organizations in Mill Creek and previously served as a Big Sister in the Big Brother/Big Sister Program.  Updated January 2010
Sally Struzyna, Staff Liaison  2009 – 2011
Sally is serving her second term on the Board. She’s a Seattle native, attended the University of Washington and then pursued a career in dentistry – first as a hygienist, then as a dentist and most recently as a periodontist (dental surgeon).  She ran her own surgical practice in downtown Seattle for 16 years until she retired from dentistry in 1999 to become a full-time mom.  Since then Sally has served as president and head of marketing for a women’s health club, was active as an SRA junior parent, (both her daughter and son rowed at SRA), was chairperson of the SRA publicity committee, has been updating and revising SRA documents and manuals, and is currently the Staff Liaison for the SRA board.   Inspired by her kids, Sally learned to row at SRA in 2006.  She thoroughly enjoys the recreational and competitive aspects of rowing and thinks it’s the best exercise around.  Sally is co-captain of the Masters 5am team, holds a Level 1 coaching certification from US Rowing, and has coached Masters Learn to Row. She’s married to Dieter (who also rows at SRA), and their children now row for the University of Washington, where Hans is a junior and Allie is a freshman. Sally is also the Husky Crew parent coordinator and contact for the 2010 season.  Updated March 2010
Hanna Floss, Secretary  2008 – 2010
Hanna has been on the Board of Directors since September 2007, and was elected Secretary in January of 2009. Hanna has a background in Culinary Arts. She attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY earning her Associates degree with a major in Baking and Pastry. After graduating she moved to Seattle and after a few years purchased a bakery in West Seattle. Five years of sole proprietorship were gratifying, however, Hanna was ready to have  a family and chose to sell the bakery to raise her two kids. She became actively involved in volunteering at their schools. She  joined the PTSA and was the Legislative Chair for several years. Hanna discovered her love of rowing in 2001 after she took a LTR class here at SRA. Her competitive side was sparked and she has had great success winning gold medals in many events including the World Masters Games in 2005 and US Masters Nationals in 2006 in the pair. Hanna was the chairperson for the Masters Committee for several years and is currently  actively involved in volunteering for the Junior program. Hanna’s daughter, Maggie is in her 3rd year of rowing, and just attended US Junior Nationals and US Club Nationals this past spring/summer. Hanna’s son, Ben, just finished the summer sessions and is beginning his first fall season as a Novice rower.   Updated January 2010
Deliene Sellers, Junior Parent Chair  2008 – 2010
Deliene brings to the position of Junior Parent Chair (JPC) a deep commitment to serving the youth and their parents of the SRA community. Organizing, planning and communicating are skills that Deliene has honed throughout her professional career in the project management field and applies those talents to coordinating the many parent volunteers during the fall and spring regatta seasons. Deliene started her career at Boeing and after 20 years moved into the project management consulting arena leading projects for clients in the online marketing, retail, banking, transportation and IT industries. Deliene and her husband Bob have been married 27 years and their son Dane is a senior in high school and finishing his third year rowing at SRA. Besides supporting SRA rowing activities, the family enjoys fly fishing together and spending time in Eastern Washington where they own property and hope to retire in the future.    Updated January 2010
Patrick Eames  2009 – 2011
Patrick is serving his first term on the SRA board, elected in 2009.  Patrick is an Eastside native, graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in Applied Computation Mathematical Sciences and from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with a Master of Science in Technical Management.  He currently works at Boeing as an computer scientist, heading to work after his daily row at 5:00am.  Patrick has travelled five times to the Head of the Charles regatta with his teammates from the 5:00 Masters Team class, earning a third-place medal in the Men’s Master Four in 2009.    He brings technical knowledge, analytic skills and a long historical prospective of SRA rowing to the Board.  He has been the head launch volunteer for the past two years, spending much of his free time dedicated to fixing and maintaining our safety boats.  Patrick is married and has three children.   Updated February 2010