Our Coach Daniel Udeanu is a first class, competitive World Champion rower, having medalled first place in the 1996 World Championship in a junior four and pair as well as the 1998 World Championship in a senior four. From 1993 through 2002, he rowed for the Romanian Olympic National Team, achieving more than thirty–five medals in regional and international competitions.
Daniel has a university degree in sports with a rowing specialty from his homeland. For more than eight years he has coached with great success youth and masters both in sculling and sweeping at rowing clubs in Romania and as a visiting coach for the Sarasota Sculls and Dundee Rowing in the United States. Presently, he is also the Head Coach of Don Bosco Prep Crew and Assistant Coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Daniel is coaching all levels of our classes at North Jersey Rowing.
Laurie Howard comes to rowing as a rowing mom who volunteered with her daughter to spearhead a high school level team. Howard initiated and set up Ridgewood Rowing to compete on the high school level. Since leaving that directorship, she has been involved in many different areas of the sport: organizing and recruiting rowers as former rowing officer of the Nereid Boat Club; volunteering and traveling to many local, national and international level regattas; and understanding the college recruitment process. Previously Howard was a marketing and public relations executive in the publishing industry. During her successful career in the corporate world, she was responsible for planning and execution of large scale events, and directing business staffs, communication and marketing campaigns. She brings this skill set to her volunteer work for Girls Scouts and other volunteer organizations.
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