A quick Google search is all you need to see Louisa's impact on rowing, not only here in the PNW with PRC/GPRF, but nationally and internationally as well. She regularly competes at the HOCR & the San Diego Crew Classic.She earned her PhD in Communications from the UW in 2010, Her MA in Communication from the UW in 2016 and her BA in Comparative Literature from Cornell University in 1991 where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Louisa rowed at Cornell and in 1990 was honored at the end of the Ivy League Championships with a second team All-Ivy award. In 1993, at the WORLD ROWING CUP VI - ROTSEE/LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND Louisa competed in the women's 8 for Lookout Rowing Club that took silver, second to Germany who took the gold. But wait, that's not all. From 1999 - 2012 Louisa worked at Craftsbury Sculling Center where she supervised a staff of coaches and interns at an intensive summer rowing camp for adults, providing feedback to clients on rowing technique and improvements in skills and speed.