Riptide Leadership

Meet the Board

The San Francisco Lacrosse Club is run by an all-volunteer Board of Directors. If you are interested in volunteering for the program, or joining the Board, please email: clubpresident@sfriptide.com

Steve Dini grew up in the Bay Area and played lacrosse in CO and CA growing up. He spent 20+ years coaching High School and College lacrosse. He is a parent to Anne and Louisa in 4th grade and is current Chair of the Board and works in education.

Matt Eccleston grew up in New England and played lacrosse in highschool and college at Brown before relocating to San Francisco. With his two daughters, he's been learning the women's game and coaching girls' teams with Riptide for the past three years, joining the board last year. Matt is a technology advisor and investor.

Mark Guthrie grew up playing lacrosse on the East Coast through college and has coached boys teams in the Bay Area for 10+ years. He is an economist working in biotech.

Marc Chaput grew up in CT and had never picked up a lacrosse stick until his kids asked if they could try lacrosse. He is a parent of a Riptide player. He is the current Treasurer and works in medical device investment banking.

Julie is a native of Philadelphia, PA, where she played all sports as a kid. In high school, she was a 4-year varsity letter athlete for both the field hockey and lacrosse teams. Julie came west to the Bay Area, where she attended and played on Stanford University's Women's D1 lacrosse program all four years. Since graduating from Stanford, Julie has been working in the renewable energy industry and is currently working in Procurement at a small energy storage developer, Plus Power LLC. She has coached Riptide U12A girls for two years now and is actively involved in coaching the fall ball program as well. This past spring (2023), she was assistant coach at International High School for their first-year girls program.

Chuck grew up in Mill Valley, CA and fell in love with Lacrosse at a young age. Upon moving back from the east coast, he started coaching for All West Lacrosse (2014-2019) and Marin Catholic high school (2014-2018). He also was Director of training for Ross Valley Grizzlies (2019-2023), Director of Operations for ADVNC Lacrosse (2019-present), and Head Varsity coach at Casa Grande High School (2019-2023). Chuck believes in having "PMA" (Positive Mental Attitude), and coaches with "RAE" (Respect, Attitude, Effort). He is committed to the growth of Lacrosse in San Francisco.

Brian Galvin is originally from the Greater Boston area, where he played lacrosse growing up and in college at Bentley University. During and after college, Brian coached club and high school teams in the Boston area, before moving to San Francisco. He currently coaches Boys U10 and kindercrosse for the Riptide. He has a son and two daughters and works in finance for a technology company.

Robin Brinckerhoff grew up in Massachusetts playing several sports, but he never picked up a lacrosse stick until his daughter started playing Kindercrosse for Riptide. Robin now has two daughters and a son playing for Riptide, and after years of supporting his children from the sidelines, he has joined the Riptide coaching team and board. Robin is a financial planner and investment advisor.

Originally from Cleveland, Joni played at Shaker Heights where she was named to the All-Ohio team, and continued her career at Ohio University, where she played and was president of their women's club team. Joni has two boys, and for the past three years has been coaching with Riptide. Off the field, Joni manages clinical operations at a concierge primary care group.

Preston Becker is the father of twin girls who play U-12 for Riptide. A Bay Area native and Cal grad, he’s also an avid golfer and psychotherapist in private practice.

Joe Gelbard grew up in Baltimore, playing lacrosse his whole life. He's been coaching at Riptide for the last 8 years and has one son currently in the program and a daughter who graduated.

Mary grew up in Sacramento, California and played four years with the UCSC Women’s Club Lacrosse team, serving as president and captain while earning Team MVP and First Team All-League honors. She has coached at Los Gatos High School and with the Red Hawks U14 program, focusing on player development, teamwork, and confidence. Mary is preparing to attend physical therapy school and is excited to bring her passion, leadership, and energy to the Riptide community.

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