Dena Evans, Vice Chair
Dena has three decades of experience in coaching and education. A track and field All-American and varsity soccer player, she became a middle school teacher after graduating from Stanford. A collegiate coaching career followed from 1999 to 2005, including leading the Stanford Women’s Cross-Country team to an NCAA Championship and becoming the 2003 NCAA Coach of the Year. Since then, she has been a member of eleven Team USATF international meet coaching staffs, worked with the Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative (BAWSI) in East Palo Alto and Redwood City, and directed the Bay Area Running Camp. Dena is Club Director and Coach for the Peninsula Distance Club (2007 to present) and represents the Long Distance Running division on the USA Track & Field Board of Directors. She has also served on the Playworks Silicon Valley Regional Board and the Pacific Association of USATF Board of Athletics and Foundation Board.