Our Team

Originally from the Big Sky State, Meghan found her way to the Big Apple and decided to stick around! Meghan brings to TRC the experience of over 18 years of working in the climbing industry; she is a NY State Licensed Guide and is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer. She is the Director of Programming and Manager at TRC and is the Head Coach of Team Rock, TRC’s decorated competitive climbing team. She’s also a current Assistant Coach of the Youth US National Climbing Team – coaching at the Youth World Championships in Canada and Italy and at the Pan-American Championships in Mexico. As a member of the USA Climbing Coaching Committee, Meghan is also helping to educate and organize coaches in order to raise the level of coaching in competitive climbing in the USA. Meghan was first introduced to rock climbing at age 14 and hasn’t looked back. She has climbed around the country and worked and instructed in gyms in New York, Tennessee, and Connecticut. Meghan has been involved in competitive sports since grade school and played Division I soccer in college. She brings this background of high-level training and competing to her own climbing and to those she coaches and trains. As an athlete she’s competed in the US Bouldering Nationals and won numerous local and Regional events, most recently taking 1st place in Open at Once Upon a Climb and 2nd place in Open at the 2104 Feats of Strength. As a coach, from working with kids with special needs to USA Climbing National Team members, Meghan is eager to work with climbers of all ages and abilities to help them push their limits and reach their personal goals. In the summer of 2006 Meghan traveled around the U.S. to sport climb and boulder in over 20 states. The trip was sponsored by companies including Urban Climber Magazine, Madrock, Trango, and prAna. Her article about the trip was featured in the Nov/Dec 2006 edition of Urban Climber Magazine. Meghan is a wee bit competitive, a terrible hoola hooper, and still can’t do a handstand. If she’s not climbing or coaching, you’re likely to catch Meghan kayaking on the Sound, killing herself playing Ultimate Frisbee, kicking a soccer ball with her pup Flix, or falling face first while trying acro yoga. [ X ]

Originally from Berlin, Germany, Tina moved to the US at age 8. With a backyard facing the woods, she literally climbed everything: trees, boulders, rock walls, onto the roof of her house, you name it, she was on it. After finishing up her education in New York, Berlin, and Paris, she jumped into a career in public relations, marketing, information technology, and graphic design for a major not-for-profit organization in New York City. After several years of daily commutes to the noisy hustle and bustle of NYC, however, it was time for a change: Tina is now Administrative Manager for Pine Brook Fitness, home of The Rock Club and The New Rochelle Racquet Club. This was a perfect fit since climbing is her passion (rediscovered about 4 years ago when her brother gave her a climbing session as a gift), and she is diligently working at improving her skills and strength. Her most memorable moment on a high outdoor granite wall was looking down at the distant woods and lakes and watching the vultures gliding by below her vantage point. Tina’s favorite non-climbing activity is chasing the birds during spring and fall migration, aiming to get good photographs. She likes reading science-based books, coffee with condensed milk, and sounds of all kinds as she sees them in color, shape and motion. [ X ]

You want to be at TRC when Ashley is here because her enthusiasm for climbing is contagious! Need a climbing partner – Ashley’s your girl. She wants to climb ALL the time. We’re psyched to have Ashley at TRC full-time to keep spreading the love and growing our community. Oh, and Ashley is Team Rock’s #1 fan. It’s official. She has the shirt to prove it. [ X ]

A lifetime resident of New Rochelle, Belissa been climbing for 4 years. She is one of the head instuctors for junior programs here at TRC. She loves climbing at the Gunks and really enjoys everything about the outdoors. On her own time at TRC, she enjoys doing flips and stretches in the on the springy blue mats. Pull ups are not her favorite but are necessary for climbing, and she is working on a new record. Out of anything in life, food is a favorite and a must. Good food brings good energy into climbing! Whether on the wall or on the floor, she likes to annoy everyone with her singing. [ X ]