JERI HOWLAND is
an endurance athlete, multi-sport coach, entrepreneur, and fundraiser
who has been competing in triathlons across the globe for 30 years. In
2004, she had the race of her life and set an age group world record at Ironman Austria with
a time of 10 hours, 40 minutes. She’s completed 19 Ironman distance
triathlons and won her age group in seven of them. She has nine finishes
at the Hawaii Ironman World Championships in Kona and
has completed 25ultra-marathons, winning her age group all but twice.
Jeri is a two-time overall female champion of the Quadruple Dipsea,
a grueling Marin County favorite, and the 2009 Mt. Tam Triple Crown
Female Champion. She also competes at skate skiing, a passion that
enabled her to meet her husband, the “other” Jerry, also a top Dipsea
runner and former President of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition. To
fuel all of these activities, not to mention the work to raise
“millions” at her day job, she created Bungalow Munch Organic Granola, now a 5 year-old granola company with nation-wide distribution.
As a professional fundraiser for the past 26 years, there are two
current issues that truly matter to Jeri: inequity in public education
and the climate crisis. She has raised over $26 million for public
education reform. Today, Jeri's "day" job is Development Director at Rainforest Action Network, working at the intersection of forest destruction, the climate crisis, and human rights.
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SANDY LIAW is a Corte Madera-based endurance athlete who has been competing in triathlons, bike races, marathons and adventure races for 12 years. She has completed 10 Ironman distance triathlons of which three were at the Hawaii Ironman Wold Championships in Kona. In 2002, Sandy was one of the first board members for the San Francisco Triathlon Club and helped to develop their mentor/mentee and sponsorship programs. That same year, Sandy was chosen with 49 other Americans to compete for 5 spots to climb Mt Everest in one of OLN’s first reality competitions called Global Extremes.
In
2003, Sandy helped to develop a local NorCal women’s amateur bike
racing team, Arete Racing. When not training or competing as a weekend
warrior, Sandy works as a consultant for Genentech managing clinical
trials for new cancer drugs. Sandy can be found most weekends riding her
bike in Marin or running on the trails with her dog.
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NATALIE JACKSON is an triathlete and senior business executive who has been competing in Triathlons since 2007. Natalie has always been involved in athletics, having played field hockey in college. She dabbled in a few Olympic and Sprint distance triathlons prior to 2007 and had a great time and decent results without much training or even owning a bike! In 2007 she decided to train for and compete in the Vineman Ironman Triathlon. Natalie purchased a bike, followed a plan and finished 2nd overall female in her first ever ironman! She has since competed in 5 Ironman triathlons, earning a podium place in each (one age group win), including 2 trips to the World Championships in Hawaii.
Natalie
has also been successful in the ½ ironman distance, having podiumed in
each race she has competed in and earned a trip to the World
Championships in the ½ Ironman distance as well. Natalie is married to
Gardie Jackson, a Cat 1 cyclist and amazing athlete himself! Natalie is
a Vice President in Project and Structured Finance for BrightSource
Energy, based in Oakland, CA.
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MARY BETH CADWELL is a mother of 4 year old twin boys Hayden and Ethan, an artist, an award winning designer in the publishing world for 15 years, a triathlete since 1994 and now an avid ultra runner. She has completed 10 ironman distance races, 4 Hawaii Ironman's and in 2006 she was 2nd in her age group and 25th women overall at the World Championships. In the late 90's she helped to launch and create the logo and branding for the Boston Triathlon Team which is now a very powerful force in the Boston area.
In
2007, she designed Jeri Howland's Bungalow Munch logo and packaging
which have become a big success in the organic granola market. In 2011,
she was inspired to raise 11,000 dollars and climb Mt. Shasta for The
Breast Cancer Fund which is a foundation that helps prevent breast
cancer through research, activism and legislation. She is constantly
working towards finding the balance between raising her boys, her
artistic passions and being an athlete but she is always inspired by her
teammates and living in the most beautiful place on earth, Marin
County.
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FELICITY JOYCE is an endurance athlete from Australia who has been living in the US for the last three years. After a success sporting childhood representing regional, state and national levels in many team sports she made a name for herself in the endurance arena in her early 20s. With passion, commitment, dedication, and a love for running, Felicity became the youngest female to win the Australian National 24hr track championships, logging over 100 miles without a coach or ever even running a marathon prior. As a highly motivated athlete, she placed top 3 in several ultra running events in Australia, earning the Young Australia Rising Star award from athletics Australia and sports person of the year.
The last two years have seen Felicity’s transition into triathlon, seeking the new challenge of becoming a top class ironman athlete. Within this short period, even after recovering from serious injury sustained in a bike accident, she was still able to place top-ten in all her half ironman and ironman races in 2011/2012. Felicity also qualified for the World Championship 70.3 Ironman in 2011 and 2012, going under five hours at the Vineman 70.3, and one slot off the Kona ironman world championships in her 2nd Ironman in Arizona with a 10.41, finishing in 5th place.
In addition to her athletic endeavors, Felicity studies Sport Psychology full time, with a GPA of 3.76. Her days start at 4:30 AM with work, coaching, school and ironman training, but she welcomes the challenge.
Athletic Highlights:
Australian Ultra Marathon champion
Olympic Torch bearer
Rising Star award Athletics Australia
World Championship 70.3 qualifier 2011/2012
Top 10 finishes all ironman and half ironman races past two years
5th at Ironman Arizona
Overall Female winner Aqua Bike Long Course 2012
2nd Aqua Bike regional championships
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SANDY LIAW is a Corte Madera-based endurance athlete who has been competing in triathlons, bike races, marathons and adventure races for 12 years. She has completed 10 Ironman distance triathlons of which three were at the Hawaii Ironman Wold Championships in Kona. In 2002, Sandy was one of the first board members for the San Francisco Triathlon Club and helped to develop their mentor/mentee and sponsorship programs. That same year, Sandy was chosen with 49 other Americans to compete for 5 spots to climb Mt Everest in one of OLN’s first reality competitions called Global Extremes.
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NATALIE JACKSON is an triathlete and senior business executive who has been competing in Triathlons since 2007. Natalie has always been involved in athletics, having played field hockey in college. She dabbled in a few Olympic and Sprint distance triathlons prior to 2007 and had a great time and decent results without much training or even owning a bike! In 2007 she decided to train for and compete in the Vineman Ironman Triathlon. Natalie purchased a bike, followed a plan and finished 2nd overall female in her first ever ironman! She has since competed in 5 Ironman triathlons, earning a podium place in each (one age group win), including 2 trips to the World Championships in Hawaii.
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MARY BETH CADWELL is a mother of 4 year old twin boys Hayden and Ethan, an artist, an award winning designer in the publishing world for 15 years, a triathlete since 1994 and now an avid ultra runner. She has completed 10 ironman distance races, 4 Hawaii Ironman's and in 2006 she was 2nd in her age group and 25th women overall at the World Championships. In the late 90's she helped to launch and create the logo and branding for the Boston Triathlon Team which is now a very powerful force in the Boston area.
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FELICITY JOYCE is an endurance athlete from Australia who has been living in the US for the last three years. After a success sporting childhood representing regional, state and national levels in many team sports she made a name for herself in the endurance arena in her early 20s. With passion, commitment, dedication, and a love for running, Felicity became the youngest female to win the Australian National 24hr track championships, logging over 100 miles without a coach or ever even running a marathon prior. As a highly motivated athlete, she placed top 3 in several ultra running events in Australia, earning the Young Australia Rising Star award from athletics Australia and sports person of the year.
In addition to her athletic endeavors, Felicity studies Sport Psychology full time, with a GPA of 3.76. Her days start at 4:30 AM with work, coaching, school and ironman training, but she welcomes the challenge.
Athletic Highlights:
Australian Ultra Marathon champion
Olympic Torch bearer
Rising Star award Athletics Australia
World Championship 70.3 qualifier 2011/2012
Top 10 finishes all ironman and half ironman races past two years
5th at Ironman Arizona
Overall Female winner Aqua Bike Long Course 2012
2nd Aqua Bike regional championships
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