our leadership.

​Susan joined Red Tide in 1994 while serving as Creative Director of Publications at Sesame Street, with the rare privilege of being able to walk to work after morning practice. In her early competitive years, she focused on pool events. She later spent 15 years competing in triathlons before shifting her focus to open water swimming. Over nearly three decades with Red Tide, Susan has served on the board twice previously and has built a remarkable community of lasting friendships within the team.

Maggie joined Red Tide in 1990 after brushing up on her swimming skills with Doug Stern’s “Different Strokes for Different Folks” and a freestyle clinic and hasn’t looked back. She can count the years she has been on the team by subtracting 1 from her daughter’s age as she joined when her daughter was a year old. Said daughter will soon by 37. Shortly after joining the team she was elected to the board and subsequently served as the Team Coordinator. Through Red Tide she has participated in numerous swim meets, traveling to regional meets at Harvard and Rutgers and to Nationals in Florida and Indianapolis. Red Tide gave her the world of open water swimming. With amazement she realized that the ocean is only a subway ride away. Her deepest friendships outside her family are with Red Tiders with whom she has gone to open water swims in the Northeast and to Swim Treks abroad. Swimming is living!

David built his entire career, creating fully integrated technology and business intelligence solutions to drive company planning, development, operations, global expansion, and long-term profitability.

Most significantly, he has recruited, trained, and led both the technical and analytic talent who have transformed organizations – Yieldmo, Shutterstock and TheLadders.com – into data-driven cultures and dominant global business players.

David's teams have delivered tens of millions of dollars in new revenues, cost savings, and productivity improvements, along with information-rich reporting as the essential foundation for business growth and transformation.

Mel Hyde joined Red Tide in 2022 after moving to New York. She grew up swimming club team in California and went on to swim for Drexel University's Club Swim Team where she was on the board as VP. Her events are 100 fly and 50 free, but she also enjoys swimming open water, her favorite swim being Alcatraz. Outside the pool she works in Film and Entertainment, specializing in camera, event photography, and as a set medic. She works on commercials, red carpet events, and the occasional web series or TV show. Ask her about her favorite films and be prepared to share yours!

Sarah joined Red Tide in 2024 after over a decade of masters swimming in CT. She is an avid knitter and reader and an active participant and teacher in CT and NYC NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) chapters. She to enjoys swimming for the journey more than the destination and has embraced the experience of being a caboose or leader in lane 4 depending on the day. She marvels at the diversity of life experiences other Red Tide members have and our shared love of the water and socializing on land.

Hayley is a former President of Red Tide and currently works as Human Resources Director, Global M&A. When she is not traveling for work or spending time with her family you can find her at morning workouts. 

Amanda joined Red Tide in 2015 after moving to New York and New Jersey for a teaching opportunity. Amanda is a Professor and Medical Illustrator/Animator at Rowan University, where she teaches Biomedical Art and Visualization (Medical and Scientific Illustration) and serves as the Program Coordinator for the BFA Program. Early on Amanda swam on the middle and high school swim teams. Since joining Red Tide, her teammates encouraged her to swim more distance in open water swim events. She now enjoys exotic swim vacations and events around the world, most notable locations include Croatia, Italy, and Greece. Her favorite body of water is the Mediterranean sea and any body of water that is not too cold.

Jessica joined Red Tide nearly a decade ago to get back into swimming and to improve her physical fitness but stayed for the Red Tide family. It was with Red Tide where she completed her first ever open water swim in the waters at Coney Island Beach but later went on to complete a 10,000K swim in Vermont with the support of her teammates. However, her heart is in the pool and swim meet competitions where you will find her working on her butterfly and breaststroke. 

Nicola joined Red Tide in early 2025. Though a newer addition to the team, she has quickly embraced life in the party lane, and has worked her way up to a few double practices here and there on Saturday mornings. When she's not in the pool, she can be found singing in different rehearsal rooms and on stages across the country, and has performed under the baton of several renowned conductors - most notably Yannick Nezet-Seguin and Sir Simon Rattle.