THE TEAM
Team
Our talented Team of Instructors at LTS is what makes the summer so special. Our instructors are USSailing Level I certified and a number of our instructors are graduates from the LTS program. Our team strives to build lifelong sailors, by offering fun and safe opportunities to learn on-the-water sailing skills at all levels.
David Gerber
Executive Sailing Director
Though a Traverse City native, David comes to us from Chicago Yacht Club where he has been running their nationally recognized sailing school. David is an accomplished World Champion pro sailor with experience in many classes of boats.
From Farr 40s to 420s, David has coached high school sailing for the Traverse Area Community Sailing group and works in sales at Quantum Sails. David has a passion for the sport of sailing that started here at LTS where he was a junior sailor.
David Gerber is USSailing Level 1,2 and 3 certified along with Keelboat Instructor and Program Manager certifications. A father to 6 kids who all know how to sail, David loves being on the water with young sailors!
John Riordan
Instructor
Meredith Moran
Race Team Coach
Meredith has participated in the LTS program since she was 13, first as a student and as an instructor for the last three years. It was through LTS that she first developed her love for sailing. She has extensive experience in dinghy racing around the country as well as offshore keelboat racing on the Great Lakes.
Meredith brings a passion to sailing that is evident in her enthusiasm for instruction both on and off the water. She is U.S. Sailing Level 1 certified. Meredith currently is a sophomore at Cornell University and a skipper on Cornell’s Varsity Sailing Team.
Caroline Grin
Director
Elizabeth Grin
Instructor
Kate Moran
Green Fleet Head
Nik Korzeniewski
Instructor
Abigail Hackman
Program Administrator
Cade Miller
Director
Oliver Lehmann
Instructor
William Rogier
Instructor
Aisling Sullivan
Race Coach
Aisling grew up sailing at Chicago Yacht Club, and competed in Club 420s for the Christchurch Sailing Team in high school where she earned 2nd place at Club 420 Nationals, 1st at the CJ Buckley Regatta, and won the Triple Crown. She has 5 years of experience coaching Club 420 racing at various programs in the Chicagoland area, and is thrilled to give back to the programs that led her to success in youth sailing. Aisling is completing her final year studying Psychology at Dartmouth College, where she is also on the sailing team, achieving 4th place in the 2022 Open Fleet Race Nationals. Outside of college sailing Aisling competes in various one design classes, including J70s, Farr 40s, and ic37s. She also has extensive experience in match racing, most recently finishing 3rd in the 2021 US Sailing Women’s Match Race Championship. Aisling is extremely excited to be coaching at Little Traverse Yacht Club this summer, and is looking forward to a wonderful couple weeks!