Member of the Month: Wendy Northup

Member of the Month: Wendy Northup

Meet Wendy Northup the July 2024 Member of the Month! Meet the NWSA Member of the Month, Wendy Northup. Wendy’s local sailing club is Women’s Sailing Association (WSA) of Santa Monica Bay in sunny Southern California. She joined the board of WSA in 2016 and continues...
Meet Kris Self, NWSA’s October 2023 Member of the Month

Meet Kris Self, NWSA’s October 2023 Member of the Month

Kris Self, founder and owner of Island Computer Consulting in St. Pete Beach, a “technology concierge,” Self, 64, is a former Apple systems engineer and specializes high-end home automation, entertainment and video surveillance systems. She also works with small...

Betsy Alison, August 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month

Betsy Alison, who has a long bowing shelf of sailing trophies and a large wall of yachting honors, has made my major goal as NWSA’s president closer to realization. With the belief in the value of women teaching women to help achieve equity, I dreamed of helping more...

Anne Bryant May 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month

Anne Bryant the May 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month, sails a 27’ Thomas Gillmer-designed wooden sloop out of Brooklin, Maine. Bryant occasionally produces a podcast, The Water Society. In general she considers herself to be a storyteller working through...

President’s Member of the Month for April 2021, Laura McCaleb

Laura McCaleb jumped in with both feet to help NWSA on our fundraising efforts. Laura grew up in Northern California loving all sports related to water. She learned to sail and race on the waters of San Francisco Bay. In 2004 she purchased a Ranger 28 and enjoyed...

President’s Member of the Month of February 2021, Sara Vey Ortiz

Meet Sara Vey Ortiz, the February 2021 NWSA President’s Member of the Month. Sara is a new NWSA member. She will be a panelist for the February 12th Girls + Coaches panel. As a matter of fact, speaking with Sara to welcome her to NWSA gave me the idea for the panel. I...