Staff

Malcolm Page

Chief of Olympic Sailing

MalcolmPage@ussailing.org

Two-time Olympic Champion and seven-time World Champion Malcolm Page is the Chief of Olympic Sailing, the head of the national team and overall U.S. Olympic sailing effort. Page is widely considered the most successful Olympic-class sailor in Australian history. He was honored with a place on the Australian Institute of Sport’s “Best of the Best” list in 2011, and in October 2016 was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Page served as Head of Media for World Sailing, and prior to that worked as a Communications Consultant at the Australian telecommunications company Telstra. Page also brings extensive experience in athlete management to his role, as he was the Chef de Mission for the Australian Team at the Pacific Games, served for seven years on the World Sailing Athletes’ Commission and was Captain of the Australian Sailing Team from 2005-2012.

Jim Campbell

Chief Business Officer of U.S. Olympic Sailing

JimCampbell@ussailing.org

Campbell is the first CBO in the US Sailing Team’s history, and is focused on connecting needed funding to athletes, building a new performance system and helping to transform the Olympic sailing program into a professional sports team. In early 2017, Campbell joined two-time Olympic Champion Malcolm Page (Newport, R.I.), who was named Chief of U.S. Olympic Sailing in late 2016, to form a restructured and focused leadership team.

Campbell’s business career has seen him contribute to several Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, The Walt Disney Company, Hewlett Packard, AT&T, Delta Airlines and others. As a sailor, Campbell campaigned for the 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the Men’s 470 class over seven years. Campbell qualified for the U.S. Sailing Team three times and consistently finished within the top 10 internationally during an era of notable U.S. success in the 470.

Leandro Spina

Olympic Development Director

LeandroSpina@ussailing.org

Following an extensive and distinguished early coaching career with experience at all levels of the sport, Leandro Spina joined the US Sailing Team in 2008 as a national team coach. In 2015, he was named Olympic Development Director, and is charged with running the Olympic Development Program (ODP).

Grant “Fuzz” Spanhake

Technical Director

grant.spanhake@gmail.com

“Fuzz” is a veteran of six America’s Cups and four Round-the-World Races. In 2004, he moved his knowledge and expertise into the Olympic realm where he has designed sails and coached several medal-winning teams.

Willie McBride

Coach

WillieMcBride@ussailing.org

Willie comes from a dinghy sailing background with top finishes in the 29er, I420, and 470 classes, and spent time campaigning in the 49er class.  With his calculated approach to coaching, Willie is the master of process design, and can help any team create a system for success.  Willie coached the 49er FX class at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janiero, and is currently a US Sailing Olympic Coach.

Luther Carpenter

Senior Olympic Coach

LutherCarpenter@ussailing.org

Luther Carpenter has been an Olympic coach at US Sailing for over 25 years and has attended eight Olympic Games with Team USA. He is the most successful Olympic sailing coach in U.S. history, and one of the best in the history of the sport, having guided athletes to five medals in an unprecedented four different classes.

Will Ricketson

Olympic Communications Manager

WillRicketson@ussailing.org

Martha Pitt Fortin

Commercial Manager

MarthaPitt@ussailing.org

Kate Drummey

Olympic Coordinator

KateDrummey@ussailing.org

Meredith Brody

Olympic Manager

MeredithBrody@ussailing.org