North Shore  MA

Rick is a lifelong sailor and lover of anything on the water. Rick and his partner Amy VanDoren are supporters and involved with the City of Salem resiliency program. He is a volunteer captain for Sail Beyond Cancer North Shore, as well as President of Sail Salem Community Sailing. Rick is also a referee and Salem’s Ambassador for the US Pickleball Association. He recently retired from Mass General where he was a neurology nurse and managed the marketing for the orthopedics department. Before that, he had a career in marketing and strategic planning in Boston and New York. He’s originally from Vermont where he learned how to paddle and sail on Lake Champlain.

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Sang is a Thermal Systems Engineer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, a member of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, designing NASA funded space-borne telescopes. He lives in Swampscott enjoying his life on and near the water. He is an avid sailor, accomplished skier, and a dad always motivating his two daughters to be active and creative. He also creates amazing meals for the family, dear friends, and a very special person in his life.

Sang is actively involved and has contributed to many other community services as a tireless volunteer for most of his life. 

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Maureen O’Hare Mercer is a life-long learner and community activist. She welcomes involvement in volunteer organizations where those are in need, especially children and families. As a two-time cancer conqueror, she dedicates much of her free time to women’s cancer causes and supports those individuals fighting the disease. Maureen is blessed with endless energy and enthusiasm for all things family as well as celebrations, special events and fundraising for her various Board commitments over the years. She has served on many boards of Garden Clubs and Park and Playground Restoration Projects. These days you can find her trying to perfect her perennial garden and becoming a crew member of any boating adventure. Maureen says, “Being on the Board of SBCNS is allowing her to learn sailing while doing projects and giving back to the cancer community!” 

Catherine has been a cancer caregiver and clearly appreciates the opportunity for patient and caregiver to be on the water in an effort to   escape the challenges of the disease. As an ambassador for SBCNS, she enjoys engaging guests on carefree North Shore sails. For a number of years, she raced on a J130 in Marblehead and was also  fortunate enough to have “friends with boats” with whom she raced Block Island and cruised the Caribbean. Professionally, she is an attorney with prior careers as a flight attendant and educator. Her passions include sailing, traveling and foreign languages. She can never be far from the water and currently volunteers for  race committee in Marblehead. As one of the founding members of Seaglass Village, which serves the Marblehead, Swampscott and Nahant communities, she appreciates the power of volunteers to accomplish lofty goals.