Meet The Board

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 Lauren joined CIWSA in 2016 and has served on the Board in 2017-18 as Membership Chair, 2022-24 as Rear Commodore, and 2025-26 as Commodore. 

Lauren learned to sail as a child on the Chesapeake Bay, lived aboard the famous s/v FINISTERRE with her family in Miami, and cruised the Caribbean as a teen. She sailed and raced in San Diego for 20 years with the Women's Yacht Racing Fleet (WYRF).  

Lauren is a recently retired pre-school teacher and has been an ASA 201 Sailing Instructor and member of Fairwind Yacht Club (FYC), Channel Islands, since 2021. She frequently races and trains FYC members on BANDALOOP, a J/24, teaches small boat sailing to kids from the Boys and Girls Clubs through FYC, and is the Adult Sailing Instructor at Westlake Yacht Club.  

 Gina  joined CIWSA in 2021 and has volunteered to join the CIWSA Board and to serve as CIWSA Vice Commodore for 2026.  
As a native Californian, Marina Del Rey drew her to boating and sailing as a young adult. Leo Robbins, Fairwind Yacht Club, CIWSA and Channel Island Yacht Club membership have provided more time and experience on the water, building her confidence as a skipper.
She has had various roles volunteering with CIWSA, FYC, CIYC and the Boys and Girls Club.
She looks forward to assuming the role as Vice Commodore, focusing on member and community participation and the endless lessons sailing provides. She will be primarily working on shoreside activities, eg, finding speakers, videos, and field trips. 

Jane co-founded CIWSA in 2010 and served as its Commodore in 2013 and 2017-24, transitioning to Junior Staff Commodore, Secretary, and Treasurer in 2025.  Jane holds a USCG 50T Captains License, lives on a cruising sailboat in Channel Islands Harbor, and races her 33' sloop WAILANI, usually with an all-female crew.  Jane is a racing member and Race Chair for Channel Islands Yacht Club and a member of Ventura Sailing Club.  She currently sits on the Boards for the Association of Santa Barbara Channel Yacht Clubs (ASBCYC), and Mystic Ocean Adventures (MOA) for the tall ship MYSTIC WHALER and served on the Pacific Corinthian Youth Foundation (PCYF) Board from 2019-25.   

Michele Ackerman  is a lifelong sailor and a special-ed teacher who joined CIWSA in 2017.  She has served on the Board continually since 2020, as Treasurer from 2020-24, and Rear Commodore in 2025.  She is an active member of Fairwind Yacht Club, Channel Islands, and teaches small boat sailing to kids from the Boys and Girls Clubs with Lauren through FYC.  As Rear Commodore in 2026 Michele will continue to coordinate CIWSA on-the-water activities.   

Tina  joined CIWSA in 2021 and has been a CIWSA Director and Webmaster since 2023.  Her IT skills helped us launch our new website in 2023. Check it out at www.CIWSA.net!  

She is also the Port Captain and a skipper for Fairwind Yacht Club, Channel Islands. Since retiring in 2022, she has loved cruising to the Channel Islands and Mexico as well as more exotic places in Europe and the Caribbean.  Tina will continue her role as a Director and Webmaster in 2026.