Jess started her rowing career as a coxswain at Newport Rowing Club in 2013, while she was a junior at Padua Academy. She was recruited to cox for the Women's Rowing team at Saint Joseph's University in 2015, where she studied International Business and Marketing. While at SJU, she was a four year varsity coxswain on the women's rowing team, and a two year Varsity 8+ coxswain. Jess led the varsity boats to top finishes at Kelly Cup, Murphy Cup, and the Dad Vail Regatta each year. During the summers of 2015-2017, Jess coached the Developmental Sculling Program at Crescent Boat Club on Boathouse Row and assisted with the summer rowing program at SJU. After graduation in 2019, she coached for Conestoga Crew Club on the Schuylkill as the Head Novice Coach.

Jess was named Head Coach of Newport Rowing Club in August 2020. Over the past 3 years, she has developed NRC into the premier high school rowing club in Delaware, and helped the team bring home medals from nearly every race in the 2022-2023 season. Under her guidance, NRC was almost undefeated in the Women's Youth 1x, winning the Philadelphia Youth Regatta, Navy Day, Head of the Schuylkill, the Steve Neczypor Regatta, Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships, and finally placing 8th at Youth National Championships. During the summer, Jess coaches the junior program at Fairmount Rowing Association on Boathouse Row. In 2023, she helped guide their women's U19 4x to win Henley Gold at Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St. Catherine's, Ontario. Jess is a USRowing Level 2 Certified Coach and also works in Marketing in Philadelphia, PA. 

John began rowing on the River Thames, at Hammersmith, for St. Clement Danes Grammar School and Furnivall Sculling Club, in 1964. He continued rowing with great success at Reading University in both four and eight-oared events. In 1974, drawn to the area by its established rowing community, he came to Philadelphia and Temple University to study for a Ph.D. in organic chemistry. John rowed at the Vesper Boat Club representing the club at national and international regattas. He also coached intermediate and senior programs each summer between 1979 and 1985. In July 1986, he was named Rowing Team Leader for the US Olympic Sports Festival in Houston ,Texas. In August 1986, he became the Team Leader for the US lightweight team to the World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England. He subsequently led US Teams to regattas and World Championships in Copenhagen (Denmark), Luzern (Switzerland), Amsterdam (Holland), Hazewinkel (Belgium), Zeged (Hungary), and Milan (Italy). In 1991, he was Team Leader at the Pan Am games in Cuba, and the following year in Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics.

His affiliation began with Newport when his daughter, Lanie, started rowing there in 2016. John Tierney, known to the athletes as "Coach JT,"  joined the NRC staff in the spring of 2019. He is also an active rower and cyclist, and still occasionally gets in a boat to row with former crewmates.

Isabella started her rowing career in 2012 at the San Silvestre School in Lima, Peru. She was a member of the Peruvian National team from 2012 - 2016. Her accomplishments include winning the Women's Youth 1x and 2x at the Peruvian National Championships in 2014 and the Women's Youth 4x in 2016, as well as placing 6th in the Women's Youth 4x at the World Rowing Championships in 2016.  She was also the South American Women's Youth 1x Champion in the same year.

Isabella was recruited to row for Saint Joseph's University, where she was a 4-year member of the Varsity 8. In 2017, she won a bronze medal in the Varsity 8 at the Dad Vail Regatta, and competed with the boat at the Henley Women's Regatta in England. In 2019, Isabella was a member of the Women's Collegiate 4+ that took home bronze at Head of the Charles. She began coaching at NRC in 2023 and also works at JP Morgan & Chase in Wilmington, DE.

As a native of Wilmington, Dom is excited to lead the novice team and work to continue to grow NRC for future generations of athletes. He started rowing the summer before freshman year at Concord High School in Wilmington. While at Concord, Dom was a four-year rower and captain for two. After graduating, he rowed at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. 

As a four-year athlete on the team, Dom competed at the prestigious Dad Vail, ECAC and Head of the Charles. Being shorter than most on the team, he had to be very versatile rower sitting in bow in the 8, multiple 4s and the pair. While at WC, he was a Student Athlete Mentor for two years, and Captain his senior year. After graduating with a degree in Business Management & Economics, Dom began work as a Human Capital Consultant living in Chicago and later Washington, DC. 

While living in Washington, DC he coached for the Holton-Arms School on the Potomac River as the Assistant Varsity Coach. Most recently, he coached for Unionville High School as the Novice Boys Coach and lead the Boys Novice 8 to 2023 PSRA Champions - first time in program history. Currently, Dom works as an HR Consultant living in Media, PA with his partner and two golden doodles Penny and Gracie.  

An NRC alumna, Erin first cultivated her love for rowing as a sophomore at Padua Academy in 2010. Beginning as a non-competitive rower, she quickly moved up to compete in varsity competitions by her senior year. In 2013, she raced in the Women’s Lightweight 4+ at the USRowing Youth National Championships, and earned the highest ranking for the club so far at the time.

She graduated from the University of Delaware and returned to NRC in 2017 to continue her rowing career as the middle school coach, hoping to inspire the same love for the sport that she found as a young athlete.  In 2023, her novice crews won the Women's Novice 4x by open water at Mercer Lake Sprints and also earned medals at the Steve Neczypor Regatta, Cooper Cup, and Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships. Erin also teaches 4th grade at Austin D. Baltz Elementary School in Wilmington, DE.

Emma was first introduced to rowing as a 12-year-old through WYRA’s Row-For-It summer camps, and fell in love with the sport right away! She joined WYRA as a novice in 2004, and rowed varsity for her four years of high school. In the summers, she coached at Row-For-It as an assistant and then head coach for several years. 

In 2009, Emma continued rowing at the University of Richmond for their club team and was elected a club officer for several seasons. At Richmond, she helped to coach new rowers without prior experience who wanted to try the new sport. 

After graduating in 2013, Emma moved back to Wilmington, Delaware and now teaches 7th and 8th grade at Wilmington Montessori School. She loves working with middle-schoolers, and had a blast this fall teaching rowing fundamentals and helping everyone build confidence and skills before they begin racing as competitive rowers.

Grace began rowing in 2016 through the Novice program at Crescent Boat Club on Boathouse Row. She joined the middle school program at Newport Rowing Club in 2017. She was a four-year varsity athlete while attending Padua Academy, both as a coxswain and lightweight rower. While at NRC, Grace coxed the Women's Lightweight 4+ to a 3rd place finish at Bill Braxton in 2019, and also placed 1st rowing in the Women's JV 4x at the same regatta. As a senior in 2021, Grace placed 4th in both the Women's Youth 2- and Women's Youth 4- at Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships, earning bids to the USRowing Youth National Championships, the club's first since 2018. 

She is currently a junior coxswain on the Men's Crew team at Temple University and recently led the Varsity 8+ to a 5th place finish in the Collegiate 8+ at Head of the Charles in Boston, MA. In the spring of 2023, Grace became a Dad Vail Regatta Champion and coxed the Junior Varsity 4+ to a gold medal, an impressive feat. Grace began coaching Learn-to-Row camps at NRC in the summer of 2021 and currently assists in coaching the middle school rowers throughout the school year.