Managing Team Director
Monika A. Paris is the Managing Team Director for the FISH; she ensures that the 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.
USA Swimming:
- 2010 Western Zone Select Camp (Phoenix, AZ) - Head Manager
- 2009 National Open Water Camp (Ft.Meyers, FL) - Assistant Manager
- 2008 Olympic Splash Bash at George Mason University - Organizer
Monika lives with her husband and her daughter Lillie (Mini FISH) in McLean, VA. She has two older children; Antonia Paris who attends the University of Berlin and Benjamin Paris who attends George Mason University and plays on the Mason soccer team.
In her free time, she likes to paint and she enjoys training for upcoming climbs.
Her most recent major summit was Mount Kilimanjaro; October 11th, 2011.
