Luxine Smith joined TISC in 2014 and was made Program Coordinator in 2015. As Program Coordinator, Luxine over-sees logistics for our programs, liaises with SFUSD schools for the Set Sail Learn program, works with TISC volunteers for our special events, and manages the associated metrics for our database. She has a BSc in Kinesiology (University of Waterloo) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (University of Hong Kong). Prior to joining TISC, Luxine worked primarily as a Science Technician in high schools in Hong Kong and New Zealand, where she supported laboratory teaching in physics, chemistry and biology.

Over the past 20+ years, Gresha Wallace has been a critical member of educational leadership teams responsible for curriculum development, staff training, and parent engagement. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Child Development and Human & Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University. Originally from Panama and bilingual in Spanish/English, Gresha enjoys the outdoors and staying fit. She joined the TISC family three years ago as a parent and volunteer and looks forward to connecting with the community and being of service to others.

Rosie has 20 years experience in the global sports, media and entertainment industry. She has an established reputation for envisioning, building and scaling up global events, venues and projects from start-up phase to execution. In the Bay Area, Rosie has held leadership roles with several major sporting events including Super Bowl 50, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the 34th America’s Cup.
Born and raised in the U.K, Rosie has always had a passion for being in, on and around the water. Having started her career as a marine biologist, her first role in the sports industry was developing the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy into a world-class performance center, Olympic venue and community hub for sailing and watersports.
Rosie has lived in Northern California for the past 13 years, with the latest addition to the family being their first boat, a Moore 24!

Lyn Paleo, Dr.PH has over 25 years of experience in program evaluation. Her skill set includes Designing and implementing practical program evaluations that fit the agency’s need; Creating engaging visual data displays; Advanced Excel formula for dashboards and automated reports; Developing and analyzing online surveys; GIS mapping using client data the Census; Participatory and community-based evaluations; and Evaluation capacity-building through coaching and training. For ten years she taught the graduate-level course on evaluation at the School of Public Health, UC Berkeley. She has sailed three-masted square-rigged ships as trainee-crew from NYC to Bermuda and from South America to the Antarctic then to South Africa.

Amanda has been a Treasure Island resident for the past six years and is involved in many of the local programs the island has to offer. She specializes in systems integrations and data automations to provide insight for organizations to make informed decisions with ease and solid metrics to measure results. Being outdoors and travel are huge parts of her life as well (to balance out all that computer time). While her sailing experience is limited she is eager to learn and develop her skills.