Team Manager

Monika A. Paris is the Business/Team Manager for the FISH; she ensures that coaches can focus on providing the best possible training and that the FISH continue to be among the premier swim teams in the US. Her responsibilities include but are not limited to public relations, fund raising, recruitment, and daily operations that come along with running a swim team.

Monika holds a BS degree in business, with specialization in hospitality, from the University of Houston. She brings a diverse set of experience and talents to the management of the FISH: she owned and operated a web design company in the early days of the Internet and more recently worked in recruitment and placement for legal professionals. Besides her business and professional skills, Monika is an accomplished artist. She has shown her abstract paintings in the US and Europe and her paintings are part of private collections in America, Germany, Tunis, and France.

Monika's primary connection to swimming is through her oldest daughter who has been swimming competitively for the FISH for ten years.

Monika lives with her husband and three children in McLean, VA. When she has time, she works hard to remain physically fit.