Trish Brubaker is the Lincoln Park Boat Club Executive Director and Head Coach. Under Brubaker’s direction, the club’s membership has increased by 30%, as its teams and class offerings have expanded substantially, and LPBC has expanded operations to a second location in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.

Brubaker coaches the High Performance Group and Competitive Team, and both teams have consistently sent athletes to National Team selection regattas, reached the medal podium of USRowing’s Club National Championships, the Head of the Charles, and been a top ranking team at USRowing’s Masters National Championship Regatta.

Brubaker restarted the club’s junior program in 2013 and created numerous new programs at LPBC, for all skill levels and for all boat categories. Brubaker also started the Chicago River Marathon, an international event that takes rowers through the heart of the city.

Prior to taking the helm at LPBC, Brubaker served as the Head Coach of Lafayette College Men’s and Women’s Crew, in Easton, PA from 2005 – 2012. Under Brubaker’s coaching, Lafayette’s team roster grew from 24 athletes to 70 and the team went on a previously unprecedented run of competitive success, consistently earning top placements and bringing home medals from the Dad Vail Regatta, Head of the Charles, Knecht Cup, Head of the Schuylkill, and many other regattas.

Brubaker’s own competitive background includes rowing under the coaching of Igor Grinko and Sean Hall, along with 20 other athletes training and competing for spots on the United States National Team in 2003 and 2004, training and racing coast-to-coast, and bringing home gold at USRowing’s Club National Championship.

Brubaker also serves as the Head Coach for the University of Chicago, coaching the UC Varsity Men’s Team and overseeing the development of both the men’s and women’s programs.