Who's Who

Spencer Garrett, PRC General Partner - Managing Partner
Spencer is a fourth generation Venturan who, with his brother Scott, began developing the PRC in 1975. A graduate of Pomona College (B.A. Mathematics) and Northwestern University (MBA), Spencer taught high school and then served as a US Naval Officer prior to starting the PRC. He has been actively involved with the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura, United Way of Ventura County, The Ventura Music Festival, Interface Children Family Services and the Museum of Ventura County. He is also a former board member of IHRSA, The International Health Racquet & Sportsclub Association. Married to Nancy with two children, Cameryn and Cory, his hobbies include golf, basketball, tennis and traveling.

Scott Garrett, PRC General Partner
Scott is a fourth generation Venturan who, with his brother Spencer, began developing the PRC in 1975. Scott served six years in the Navy with training in nuclear power and electrical engineering. His service included a year in Antarctica. Scott attended the University of Utah. In 1983, Scott moved to Albuquerque where he oversaw the development and later sale of PRC's 5 sister clubs. He has been actively involved with the issue of unfair competition both on a local and national level. Married to Pam with three boys, Christopher, Sean and Evan, his hobbies include squash and mountain biking.

Kerrie Anderson, Club Manager and Wellness Director
Kerrie is a native Californian. She graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a B.A. in Physical Education/Exercise Physiology. She is Certified in Community Fitness with a minor emphasis in Business. She is also a Red Cross CPR and First Aid Instructor. She has been in the fitness industry since 1976 and has been a part of the PRC since 1986. She is married and has two children. Her hobbies and special interests are running, water sports, gardening and physical fitness and sports for children.

Kati Escallier, Assistant Manager/Membership Director
Kati Escallier was born in Budapest, Hungary and came to America as a small child with her parents and two sisters. She studied art at Santa Monica City College, then went on to pursue a career in fashion after attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles. Kati then started a design and manufacturing business in women's swimwear and sportswear that was featured in the Sports Illustrated annual swimwear issue. She moved from Santa Monica to Ventura 19 years ago with her husband, Gerry, and her two children, Krisztina and Thomas. Wanting a positive and fun place for herself and her family, Kati started working part time as Pro Shop Manager at the Pierpont Racquet Club while her children were young. Now Kati is enjoying full time work as Membership Director and Assistant Manager at the PRC along with playing on Interclub and USTA teams at the Club. She enjoys also walking, art and singing.

Laurie Lowder, Bookkeeper
Laurie Lowder was born and raised in Ventura and has lived here most of her life. She graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Business Management with a concentration in Financial Management. Laurie has worked in the hospitality industry at the Pierpont Inn for the last 12 years. She has a husband, Trevor, and loves to spend time with her family, which includes six nieces and nephews. Laurie enjoys pilates, rollerblading, and going to Dodger games.

Nancy Garrett, Special Projects Advisor
Nancy was born in Berkely and moved to Ventura at age 5. She graduated from UC San Diego (B.A. Sociology) and has a California Teaching Credential from USIU. Nancy began working for the PRC in 1978 and has served as Swim Director, Service Desk Manager and Assistant Manager. She now works part-time at the PRC in Human Resources while being involved full-time with Cameryn & Cory, volunteering in their schools as well as for other civic organizations.

DaLauna Lipp, Aerobic Director
DaLauna was born in Holbrook, Arizona. She moved to Ventura in 1977. She met her husband at Bringham Young University and has two children, Gary, 26, and Jennifer, 21. She has been teaching aerobics for 24 years. She is AFAA Certified, a certified personal trainer, Fitness Counselor Senior Fit Instructor, kickboxing instructor, yoga fit instructor and a Certified Water Aerobics instructor. Her hobbies include sewing, reading and dancing.

Donna Ledford, Service Desk Manager
Donna Ledford was born in Ventura and raised in the San Joaquin Valley with her six siblings (she's a famer's daughter). She now has two girls of her own: Cassie and Raya. Prior to the PRC Donna worked 2 1/2 years as the Front Desk Supervisor at the Embassy Suites at Mandalay Bay and priot to that, she spent seven years managing the front desk at St. Stanislaus Golf Course. She also has 24 years of food service experience. Donna enjoys playing golf and softball. She recently was inspired to take up tennis and she would describe herself as a "beach bum" because she finds it a wonderful place to relax and hang out.

Dennis Jenks, Courtside Cafe Manager
Dennis Jenks is a fourth generation resident of Ojai, an avid surfer and tennis player. A graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo he also has spent more than 25 years in restaurant management. Dennis was the Service Desk and Assistant Manager at the PRC in the late 90's. He is excited to return "home" and looks forward to reaquainting himself with old friends and making new ones. He has two kids, Ashley, 23 years old, and Brendon, 21 years old.

Angela Moore, Child Care Director
Angela grew up in Auburn California, the oldest of six children. After graduating from high school, Angela spent five years in the US Navy as a diesel mechanic stationed in Puerto Rico, Sasebo and Okinawa, Japan and Port Hueneme. While studying in San Jose, Angela worked for the City of San Jose as an inclusion aid for autistic children and as an ESL tutor for children ages 5 to 10. Currently she resides in Ventura with Thomas Brinkhoff and their child Madison. Besides running the child care department, she is working on her Masters's degree in English at Northridge. Angie has few hours of spare time, but when she does she likes to knit and sew, read, and play tennis.

Tania Hoff, Human Resources
Tania Hoff is a Ventura native. Although she has lived in many of California's great cities, including San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, she has always felt the need to return home to Ventura. She graduated from Ventura High School, studied at Ventura College, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a double major in English Literature and Education. She now has a husband and two sons to keep her occupied and happy here in Ventura. She is excited to be working at the Pierpont Racquet Club.

Greg Haywood, Tennis Director
Greg Haywood was born in England and grew up in Vancouver Canada. He was a top ten junior player in Canada and also played many other sports seriously. Greg played professional soccer in Europe for 4 years after graduating from high school and continued to play semi pro soccer for 14 more years. He has been coaching tennis part time since 1983 and full time since 2000. He is a USPTR Professional category coach as well as a graduate of the USTA High Performance Course. He continues to complete course work each year and is involved in professional development with High Performance. He has a Bachelor of Education with 12 years of high school teaching experience. He has been featured in International Tennis Magazines as an instructor on 3 occasions and has written coaching manuals.

Thu Huynh, Martial Arts Director
Thu was born in Saigon, Vietnam. He has lived in Ventura for most of his life. He is a graduate of Cal State Northridge with a B.S. in Business Management. Thu began working for the PRC in 1993. In 1997, he began PRC's popular Tae Kwon Do Karate program for juniors and adults. He is married to Nicole and has two daughters, Abigail and Olivia. His hobbies include Tae Kwon Do (in which he has won a national title), tennis, surfing and basketball.

Jeff Ross, Racquetball Director
Jeff, a native Californian, was one of the PRC's first group of employees. He later left for a career in the computer industry, but recently realized his mistake and high tailed it back to the Club for a second time. He also sells real estate, loves mountain biking, fishing, racquetball (naturally) and writing his personal bios.

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