Officers:

President, Jessica Hardy
Bio to come shortly....

Vice-President, Bridget Olp
Bridget grew up in Catonsville, Maryland, where she played many sports including lacrosse. In 1995 she attended the University of Illinois and played on the first women’s club lacrosse team. Playing center all four years, she provided leadership in the role of captain for three years and club president for two years. After graduating from Illinois, Bridget moved to Chicago and began umpiring high school lacrosse. She also played a vital role in reviving the only post collegiate team in Chicago, the Chicago Women’s Lacrosse Club. Currently, she is umpiring at the collegiate and high school level, as well as playing with the Chicago Women’s Lacrosse Club.

Treasurer, Traci Hudson

Secretary, Vacant

Committee Chairs/Members:

Marketing Chair, Angela Kaake
Angela, better known as Angie, started playing as a junior at the University of Washington.  Angie was exposed to lacrosse relatively late in life. Lacrosse was pretty new on the West Coast and there were no high school teams when she was growing up. That didn’t stop her from getting involved. She served as Vice President of the Washington Women's Lacrosse Club at UW for two years. After graduation, she started the second post-collegiate club team in Seattle, currently known as Breakaway Women's Lacrosse Club (a lacrosse retailer Breakaway Sports is the sponsor).  Angie has served as President since its founding in 1994 and through team mergers and countless name changes (f.k.a., Laxon, Redhook, Relax).

Angie also has served as the co-President and league scheduler for the Northwest Women's Lacrosse League, which includes club and college teams from Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and served on the board of her local Washington USL chapter in that capacity. Angie has also been a referee since 1990 and helped start and coach the first middle school girls' club (non-school affiliated) team in the Seattle area back in 1998. Despite her leadership positions, Angie remains active as a player. She has played at numerous PCC tournaments, including Vail, Hawaii, Lax Vegas, Mardi Gras, Lake Tahoe, and Victoria.

Events Chair, Vacant

Website Co-Chair, E-Newsletter Chair, Katie Lavin
Katie played at Cornell University and graduated in 2003 with a degree in Applied Economics and Business.  During her tenure at Cornell, the team made strides within the Ivy League and national rankings. Cornell won the ECAC Championship in 2000 and 2003, had its first ever NCAA appearance in 2001, and the year after, 2002, advanced to the NCAA Final Four.

Upon graduation, Katie has become a member of the New York Athletic Club Woman's Lacrosse team (NYAC) and the Crease Monkeys club team.  She has played in tournaments across the US including:  Vail, Hawaii, Lake Placid, Ocean City MD, NYC (The Big Apple), and Las Vegas. 

Katie worked with The Dalton School, a Manhattan private school, to establish a middle school girl's lacrosse program. The prgram was initially developed as a clinic to teach the students the game and basic skills as a feeder to the High School team.  The growth of lacrosse in New York City and the administrative support has helped the Middle and High School programs to succeed and grow.  In addition, Katie has become involved in the Millburn-Short Hills, NJ - Girl's Lacrosse Club. She dedicates her winter Sunday afternoons, along with several other post-collegiate laxers, to teaching weekly clinics to girls ages 5-18.  She has also worked as a consultant with Building Blocks Lacrosse Program (based in Millburn, NJ) to develop and refine the girl's program and development.

Katie looks forward to dedicating her time to strengthen the WDPCC, to create opportunities for players, and to increase the number of woman's teams at tournaments throughout the year.

Website Co-Chair, Melissa Montefusco
Melissa began her lacrosse career at Chatham High School in Chatham, New Jersey. She then continued on to Bucknell University where she was a two sport athlete, playing both lacrosse and soccer. While at Bucknell Melissa earned a spot on the All Patriot League team three consecutive years and was co-captain of the Bison squad her senior year. She is also owner of the Bucknell career assist record. In 2002, Melissa’s senior year, she won the Bison Club Award, presented to senior athletes "who best exemplify the winning spirit of the University's athletics program."

After graduation, Melissa continues to stay involved with lacrosse. She coaches youth teams ranging from 3rd to 8th grade in Chatham, NJ and is also a member of the post-collegiate team, Gotham Women’s Lacrosse, in New York City. Melissa works as a civil engineer consultant in New Jersey.

Players At-Large Chair, Marilyn (Lyn) Reitenbach
Marilyn, better known as Lyn attended Cornell University and played first home from 1981-1985. Lyn is currently a school social worker and entrepreneur in Ithaca, New York. She is also a coach. She has been the varsity girl's coach at Ithaca High School since 1999. She has organized and played on various teams at the Lake Placid Summit tournament each August since the inception of the Women's Division many years ago. Lyn has been attempting to launch a Women's Masters Division for the last three years, which led her to the WDPCC. She also has a beautiful family, consisting of her husband, Peter, and three children, Kristen 25, Marley 14, and Paolo 11.

Website Committee Member, Raissa Wilson
Bio to come shortly.

Board of Directors Representative, Traci Hudson
Bio to come shortly.

Immediate Past President, Ayana Green-Oliver
In her own words, "I admit it, I am addicted. I simply love the sport." Ayana has been involved with the sport of lacrosse since her days back in high school at the George School. She played lacrosse for three years and during her senior year she was a key defense wing on her Friends League Championship squad.  Ayana went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania majoring in both Economics and Communications.  She participated on the JV team for two years.  Rather than continue her lacrosse career, she decided to pursue the once in a lifetime opportunity to study abroad in Durban, South Africa.  Upon graduation, she was compelled to get involved again.  She soon founded Gotham Women's Lacrosse, a post-collegiate team based in New York City. 

Gotham has had tremendous success – winning several tournaments, features in US Lacrosse Magazine, consistent participation and more.  Ayana was even invited to participate as a guest columnist for AllLacrosseAmerica.com chronicling her experience building Gotham.  The most fulfilling accomplishment is that under new leadership, and close to six years later, Gotham continues to be a place for women to bond on and off the field. Gotham has also been a way for Ayana to get more involved with the game on a national level.  She is President of US Lacrosse Women's Division Post-Collegiate Council, where she is charged with the task of promoting and strengthening women's post-collegiate lacrosse across the country.  She is on the US Lacrosse Board of Governor's where she represents the interests of the post-collegiate community.

Ayana is passionate about promoting the diversity of the game not only across gender lines, but cultural lines.  Ayana is the former Communications Co-Chair of the B.R.I.D.G.E. committee.  She is also the former Women's Coach of the Brooklyn Admirals, a B.R.I.D.G.E. team based in New York.  In an effort to combine the two, she founded and continues to Chair the US Lacrosse B.R.I.D.G.E. Girls Play Day.  This one-day event brings together 100 girls, clinicians, program administrators and parents to share in a full day featuring an exhibition, clinic, and round robin play. 

Ayana is committed to giving back to the sport that has and continues to give her so much.  Plus she just loves it!