SAN DIEGO
DRAGON BOAT TEAM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SDDBT President since 2021

Member since 2016

A self-professed “gym rat,” Lisa was introduced to dragon boat paddling by a close friend who paddled with SDDBT. It was like introducing a duck to water.

She joined SDBBT in 2016 and was awarded the prestigious Coaches Award in 2017. She also saw the need for her organizational skills from decades as a business owner of a software development company. Lisa became Vice President of External Affairs, created the Vendor Village and silent auction for SDDBT’s Annual International Dragon Boat Race, secured local TV promotional coverage for that event, wrote an impassioned response to Senate Bill SB-1247, and represented SDDBT at PDBA and national club gatherings.

Lisa rarely misses a practice or tourney events. This included crewing SDBBT’s women’s B team that earned a berth in a Vancouver, Washington qualifier for IDBF Club Crew World Championships in France.

SDDBT Vice President, External Affairs since 2025

Member since 2023

Jennifer Limson discovered dragon boating after moving from California to New York City in 2016, quickly finding a sense of community through the sport. She served on the Executive Committee of her corporate team, the Sea Warriors, from 2017 to 2022, holding various roles including Co-Captain, Team Manager, and Treasurer.

After a brief hiatus during the pandemic, she returned to California and joined the San Diego Dragon Boat Team in 2023. That year, she trained with the Women’s Senior B crew and supported them as Team Manager and alternate in Sarasota, where they qualified to compete at the 14th IDBF Club Crew World Championships in Italy. She wrapped up the season by receiving SDDBT’s Teammate of the Year award—an honor that meant the world to her.

In addition to dragon boating with SDDBT, she is a member of the San Diego Outrigger Canoe Club (SDOCC) and enjoys paddling on her OC1. Out of the water, she has completed eight marathons across the globe—including San Diego, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and Berlin—and is on track to become a Six Star Finisher in the Abbott World Marathon Majors, with the iconic Boston Marathon set as her final race.

SDDBT Treasurer since 2017

Member since 2015

Growing up on a 20-acre ranch below sea level outside of El Centro, California, Sylvia quickly learned that joining sports gave her more time to spend with friends.

After moving to San Diego in 2004, she decided to take her passion for athletics from land to ocean when a co-worker recommended outrigger canoeing. As Sylvia describes it, “Swimming in a canal and ordering water by the inches to irrigate the fields in El Centro is much different than the water I experienced in the ocean.” Knowing that she enjoyed paddling, she found the sport of Dragon Boating.

Since joining SDDBT, Sylvia has enjoyed the opportunity to compete with SDDBT and a variety of teams in local, regional, national and international races that include the 2019 PDBA Regionals in Vancouver, Washington. It was this race where she paddled on the SDDBT Premier Team that earned a berth to compete in the 12th IDBF Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) scheduled for Aix Les Baines, France in August 2020.

Serving as Treasurer since 2017, Sylvia received the 2018 SDDBT Paddler of the Year Award. As for the future, she aspires to continue growing as a paddler and racing as much as possible.

SDDBT Assistant Treasurer since 2026
Member since 2023

Stan is a Chicago transplant to the San Diego area who fell in love with dragon boat paddling while racing with corporate teams. Originally paddling was supposed to be a good way to get his weekend workout in, but it quickly appealed to his competitive side after meeting so many fast paddlers with SDDBT. Since then, he has trained to race both outrigger canoes and dragon boats with various local teams including: SDDBT, Hanohano, and Southbreeze. He looks forward to continuing to paddle competitively and growing the paddling sport!