At its annual meeting on Sept. 27 at Calhoun’s, the Oak Ridge Rowing Association elected its board of directors for the 2026-27 year.
Karen Clark, a healthcare consultant, will serve as president. Amy Henry, Tennessee Valley Authority's director of Innovation & Research, is vice president. Debbie Stinson, a USRowing referee and contract manager for the real estate data company Redistribute, will continue as treasurer. Rhonda Bostick, a retired dental hygienist, will continue as secretary. Melina Pahigianis, project management office business manager for Consolidated Nuclear Security, will serve as the immediate past president.
Directors-at-large are J.R. Black, a program manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and an Atomic Rowing coach; Rob Burgin, founder, B&B Interconnects LLC; Brooks Clark, a lecturer in the University of Tennessee's School of Journalism & Media; Hope Conner, technical support specialist for contractor assurance at Y-12; Tiffany Cortazzo, a ReMax real estate agent; Mark Dorsett, a lead software developer for CNS Y-12; Andy Grenier, principal advisor, fire protection engineering, for Coffman Engineers; Jason Hill, a senior project manager with ORNL; and Nancy Schay, a retired UT associate professor of audiology.
Founded in 1978, the Oak Ridge Rowing Association, based at 697 Melton Lake Drive, is a 501c3 organization supporting the sport of rowing in East Tennessee. ORRA’s juniors (high school) program, known as Atomic Rowing, competes in national regattas and sends rowers to many college programs. The masters’ (adult) program offers coached programs for adults of all ages and competes in regattas at home and elsewhere. ORRA hosts local, regional, and national rowing regattas at one of our nation’s most popular rowing venues, thanks to the efforts of volunteers from the organization, the Oak Ridge community, and the city of Oak Ridge.
For more information, go to www.orra.org.
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