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Mark Carroll

Steve McNulty

Mark Carroll - M: 773.354.6311
mark@rowinggroup.com

Mark has been involved in rowing since he was a freshman at Loyola Academy. Over the years he has been an oarsman, a coach, a volunteer, a director, a salesman, and always an advocate for rowing.

Recent accomplishments include acting as expedition boatman for the circumnavigation of Lake Michigan by Jenn Gibbons for Row4ROW.org. Mark's duties included running land-based logistics and support, communicating frequently with Michigan State Police, as well as carrying all needed supplies and provisions for the entire crew. Mark's on-road commitment spanned over three weeks continuous and over 2000 on-road miles. However his work with Row4ROW started years earlier with performing repair and maintenance work on Liv, Jenn's 19 foot ocean-class rowing boat, in preparation for her 1500 mile on-water expedition.

Mark frequently works with the majority of rowing programs in Chicago, including volunteering for Recovery on Water, acting as the boatman for the Chicago Training Center, and coaching the club program for the Chicago Rowing Union. He is a USRowing Level III Certified Coach, he has a Substitute Teaching Certification from the Illinois State Board of Education, and he has been certified by National Catholic Risk Retention Group (VIRTUS). Mark is also an advisory member of the Millennium Reserve Initiative and is a current member of the Lincoln Park Advisory Council. Mark learned rowing shell repair at Klinger Engineering of Whatley, Massachusetts and holds a safe boating certificate from the State of Connecticut.

Mark handles boathouse development, boat brokerage, carbon fiber repair, rowing in Chicago, and transportation for the Rowing Group. He is a product of the Chicago rowing community, having first become a junior member of the Lincoln Park Boat Club in 1994. He was also born and raised in the City of Chicago.

Coaching Experience

  • Chicago Rowing Union - Skokie, Illinois - 2011-present
  • Loyola Academy Rowing Association - Wilmette, Illinois - 2010-2012
  • Robert Morris University - Chicago, Illinois - Spring 2009
  • Lincoln Park Boat Club - Chicago, Illinois - Summer 2006
  • St. Ignatius High School - Chicago, Illinois - 2005-2006
  • Norwalk River Rowing Association - Norwalk, Connecticut - 1999-2002

Rowing Work

  • Resolute Racing - 2012 - Midwest Regional Representative
  • Row4ROW - Expedition Planning Committee Member - 2009 to present - maintenance, logistics and safety
  • Loyola Academy Rowing Association - 2010-present - Boatman
  • Lincoln Park Boat Club - 2010-2011 - Rowing Director
  • WinTech Racing - 2006-2009 - Midwest Regional Representative and National Transportation Director
  • Carroll Boat Brokerage - 2007-2009 - Used boat trade-in program, Midwest and New England
  • Committee member of the Chicago International Regatta, Summer 2005
  • Norwalk River Rowing Association - 2002 - Interim Youth Program Director

Rowing Experience

  • Unaffiliated - Chicago, Illinois - 2011-present
  • Lincoln Park Boat Club - Chicago, Illinois - 2007-2011
  • Norwalk River Rowing Association - Norwalk, Connecticut - 1999-2002
  • Fairfield University - Fairfield, Connecticut - 1998-2001
  • Loyola Academy Rowing Association - Wilmette, Illinois - 1994-1997

Education

  • Fairfield University, BA History, minor Judaic Studies, 2001
  • Loyola Academy Jesuit College Preparatory High School, 1997
  • Queen of All Saints, 1993

Steve McNulty - M: 847.372.0772
steve@rowinggroup.com

Steve has been involved in rowing since he was a high school rower at Loyola Academy. Since then he's raced, coached, been a member on a rowing board of directors, and is one of the only people in country who have the experience and knowledge to install a full buoyed race course.

Steve has been the person behind the Chicago Indoor Rowing Championships for close to a decade, helping to make the indoor rowing race one of the largest in the region. He was also one of the driving forces to establish the Southland race course on the Cal Sag Channel in Blue Island, IL, which is now Chicago's only fully buoyed 2k race course.

Steve handles race timing, regatta management, and finances for the Rowing Group.


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