Organization

About Us

Race Directors

Rusty Snow is a local physiotherapist, and coach of the Santa Barbara Running and Racing team with Mike Swan, owner of Elite Rehab. He is an outstanding athlete, qualifying for the Marathon Olympic Trials in 2000, and winning his age group category at the marathon Nationals, 2005. He has been a board member of the Santa Barbara Athletic Association since 2005.

June Snow , wife of Rusty, is at home with their boys, Miles, age 7 and Blaise, age 3. She was a 10 time All-American Athlete, while in College, and continued to compete at a high level from 1992-2000. From 2003-2005 she was an assistant track and field coach at Santa Barbara City College.

Technical Delegate/Chief of Course

Dan Campbell is Chief of Course and Technical Delegate. He has coached numerous Maine State and National champions in skiing, track and field and cross country, as well as Olympic caliber athletes. He also started the first triathlon series in New England, and has produced 65 races in 25 years.

Finish Line Coordinator

Wally Marantette is the Finish Line coordinator. He is a highly respected member of the Santa Barbara Athletic Association, and keeps many of the sports events in production: set-up, breakdown, course markings and timed in a controlled, timely, sophisticated way.

EXPO Coordinator

Joe DeVrees, owner of Santa Barbara Running, is EXPO coordinator. He is a local business owner who has grown with tremendous success in the 5 years he has been in business.

Barricade Company

Richard Penhallow, owner of RP Barricade, Thousand Oaks, is owner Barricade and Safety engineer. He will provide much of the equipment needed to produce the event. He will also provide designs and traffic strategies for the event.

Webmaster

Tamara Berndt is our website development director. She moved to Santa Barbara in 1996 to work at the corporate headquarters for Yardi Systems where she serves as the product manager to develop software for the residential marketplace. Tamara currently runs with Santa Barbara Running & Racing coached by Mike Swan and Rusty Snow and is a member of the Santa Barbara Athletic Association.

Medical Volunteer Coordinator

Dawna Ashton is the Medical Coordinator. She is the director of Safety and Preparedness at the American Red Cross, Santa Barbara Chapter. She will coordinate CPR and First Aid Certified staff for water and Aid Stations.

Volunteer Coordinator

Anita Ho, Volunteer Coordinating Superstar will be the head coordinator of all volunteer coordinators. She coordinates volunteers for many of Santa Barbara’s Events, including the Solstice Parade, SB Half Marathon, and SB Triathlon.

Editor-in-Chief

Maggie Mason is our Editor-in-Chief. She is an English teacher at Dos Pueblos High School and an active member of the Santa Barbara Athletic Association. She plans to run the inaugural SBIM as her 16^th marathon.

Program Editor

Kim Burnell is production editor, developing and producing our advertisement and athlete profile brochure. Kim is also a terrific local athlete.

Marketing Director

Elda Rudd is marketing director. Elda is an active member of the Santa Barbara Athletic Association and Santa Barbara Triathlon Club, both of which help her keep up with training for running and triathlons. Elda is Vice President of Marketing at 724 Solutions in Santa Barbara.

Elite Athlete Coordinator

Jeff Caronis an experienced athlete who currently resides in New England and competes for the New Balance Boston Elite Team. Following a successful career at the University of Maine, he won the New England XC Championships in 2007 to highlight the start of his post-collegiate career. While Jeff continues to travel around the country competing at high level races, he also works for the Greater Boston Running Company. His experience also includes being on the race staff for Boston's Run to Remember and helping with promotion of the NB Boston Twilight Series.