Staff

Club Manager

Erik Kaarla: Erik is new to BTC this summer as Club Manager. He comes with a passion for tennis having spent previous summers as the tennis director at Burlington Parks & Rec, Quarry Hill, and Colchester Recreation Dept. During the winter, Erik is an English instructor at CCV, Champlain College, and St. Michael's College.

Meet the tennis coaches

	Kevin Lizzo: Kevin has been on the BTC tennis staff for six years. He is currently the men's head coach at St. Michael's College and assistant girl's coach at Burlington High School. Kevin played four years of Varsity tennis for St. Michael's College. During the winter months, he is a tennis pro at the Sports and Fitness Edge.
	Jeanne Hulsen: Jeanne has been the head tennis pro at BTC for 7 years. She has been teaching and coaching tennis for over 30 years. She has coached highschool boys and girls and collegiate men's and women's teams. She is currently the head coach of the Burlington High School Girls Varsity Team. Jeanne competes in tournaments across the US and is a Nationally ranked senior player. In addition she has represented New England in national and International team competitions.
	Kristin Hartley: Kristin is a long time board member of BTC and now become the club co-manager. She teaches tennis and skiing to children and adults as well as actively promoting tennis events in the area. She is currently the Boy's Varsity assistant coach. Kristin competes in tournaments across the US and is a nationally ranked senior player. In addition she has represented New England in national and international team competitions. Jeanne and Kristin teamed together and completed the 2009 national circuit with top 10 rankings in women's 35 and 45 doubles. They combine their team work to provide creative tennis programming that is fun, skillful, challenging and dynamic for all ages and abilities.

Meet the swim coaches

	Cora Cummings Gauvin: This is Cora's nineth year returning as the head coach at the Burlington Tennis Club. She was also a volunteer coach for the past two years with the UVM Women's Swim Team. Cora teaches in Special Education in Math and Science at South Burlington High School. She loves returning to the Tennis Club each year, as she spent her summers in the pool here as a young swimmer. Her love of the sport grew from her former coach, Sam Jacobs and her father, Allen Cummings. Both of whom have special awards named after them handed out at the annual end of the year swim team banquet. Cora has a passion for all things water. She can't wait to pass on her love for the sport and enjoyment of being a part of the Burlington Tennis Club Swim Team to swimmers of all ages.
	Marcella Melloni:
	Kailey Gardner: Kailey Gardner has been involved with competitive swimming for over a decade. She has competed in both national open water and pool swimming championships. She is a current member of the UVM women's swimming and diving team. This is her first year coaching with BTC and she is excited to be involved with the program and to be able to share her passion for swimming.
	Tom Buzzell: Tom Buzzell has been involved in competitive swimming for over 3 decades. He was a varsity swimmer at the University of Pittsburgh in the mid 80's, then went on to coach high school swimmers in Frederick Maryland. In 2001, Tom became the assistant men's and women's coach at Middlebury College where he has coached several Division III All-Americans on both the men's and women's squads. This is the Buzzell's second season with BTC and he looks forward to another great year of fast swimming.
	John McNeil: John McNeil has been a member of the BTC swim team for 5 years and was previously a member of Quarry Hill's swim team for 2 years. John attends Colchester High School and is a member of their cross country, basketball and track and field teams. This is John's first year intern coaching and he is looking forward to the season.
	Jeffrey Smith: Jeffrey Smith has been competitively swimming since he was 6 years old. This is his second year intern coaching at the Burlington Tennis Club and is excited to come back this summer and have a good time with all of his friends. Jeffrey came to the team 4 years ago and has enjoyed every minute on the team. This summer he is excited to meet all the new people on the team and have a great summer with everyone.