Coaches and Directors
Lisa has been coaching on LAC since 2010. She has coached JO Champions and Far Western finalists, Pacific All-Stars, and the developing athlete. In 2018 Lisa was nominated for USA Swimming's Age Group Coach of the Year after having coached 2 swimmers to several USA top 10 performances. Lisa's passion is to use swimming to help each individual grow to their fullest potential; she inspires young athletes to excel in and out of the water. Lisa is highly skilled at coaching the Pre Comp through Senior Elite athlete and is able to challenge athletes while seeing them for the unique human beings they are.
Jen has been coaching with LAC for 4 years and she loves witnessing the transformation of her students into their best selves, both within and beyond the pool.
Having been a competitive swimmer and instructor during her high school years, Jen has remained deeply connected to the sport, continuing her own swimming journey with US Masters for over 25 years. This personal experience provides her with an understanding of the challenges and rewards of swimming.
As a retired middle school math and science teacher, she recognizes the importance of fostering both physical and mental development in young athletes. She has an understanding of individual learning needs and is patient with new swimmers, ensuring that each receives personalized guidance and support.
Jen is the mother of two grown children (also swimmers) and lives in Livermore with her husband.
Alex has been coaching with LAC since 2014. He is and has been an avid masters swimmer for over 30 years. His daughters, Haley and Gabi, swam in the LAC program and Haley swam for the UC San Diego swimming and diving team, setting the school record in the 1650. His wife, Wendy, can be found swimming at Masters workouts as well. He is a scientist with LLNL in the fields of materials science and surface science. Currently, he is learning about the applications of 3D printing. Alex has been instrumental in building our Varsity group to the point where they consistently place athletes at the NCS championships. He also has experience coaching the Senior Elite group. In 2021, Alex will be heading to Omaha to coach at his first Olympic Trials.
Jamie has been a competitive swimmer since she was a young child. At the age of 12 her family moved to Hawaii, which offered a great opportunity to swim in the pool as well as open water. At the age of 14 Jamie set a record for being the youngest and only person to swim a 6 mile open water swim on the Big Island of Hawaii. This set the stage for many years of competing in Triathlons, open water races, marathons as well as representing the state of Hawaii on a national level in various long distance freestyle and butterfly events. Jamie swam competitively through high school and first two years of college then transitioned into triathlons where she represented Team USA Age Group division in New Zealand. In recent years Jamie has become more involved in yoga and considers it an important part of her training as well.
Jamie has coached various groups of ages in swimming, triathlons
and running clubs. She really enjoys seeing our athletes train hard
and support one another and most importantly remembering to have
fun!
Jamie is a mental health clinician working with all ages, and is especially interested in the well being of athletes from a whole person perspective. She enjoys the challenge of not only coaching athletes in the water, but also focusing on positive mental health which in turn fosters growth and success as an individual and competitive athlete. Jamie trains our athletes in Dryland as well, which focuses on the core and overall body strength and balance. She has completed her dryland training with Surge Strength Academy.This is fundamental for improving and a nice balance to being in the pool!
Jamie is a United States Marine Corps Veteran. She attributes a lot of her discipline and understanding of the value of resiliance from her experiences in the military.
Jamie currently lives in Livermore with her husband and three children. When not training herself or helping her children train, she enjoys traveling with her family, cooking, reading and finding new places to hike and explore!
Coach Jackie works with our PreComp swimmers. Jackie started
swimming at the age of 6 and has been in love with the water ever
since. She swam competitively until the age of 19 and played many
other sports as well. She taught swimming lessons for 10 years to
all ages: 6mo - adult and enjoys sharing the joy water can bring
with people. She believes fostering kindness and integrity in
children will serve them well in the future. Jackie graduated from
UC Santa Cruz (GO SLUGS!) where she studied linguistics, languages,
and history. She works as a certified sign language interpreter and
has 3 children, a cat, and a dog. When not on the pool deck, she
can be found hiking or biking around town.




