EMGLCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Eastern Massachusetts Girls Lacrosse Coaches Association (EMGLCA) is governed by a structured leadership framework designed to ensure transparency, collaboration, and the advancement of girls’ lacrosse across the region. The Association’s governance model brings together executive leadership, general membership representation, and specialized committees to support both day‑to‑day operations and long‑term strategic goals.
| TITLE | NAME | ADDITIONAL ROLES |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Meredith McGinnis | MIAA Lacrosse Committee Representative |
| Vice-Chair | Annie Madden | USA Lacrosse All-American and All-Academic Chair |
| Secretary | Meghan Ragno | |
| Treasurer | Lara Balter | |
| General Board | Dan O’Brien | |
| General Board | Kara Connerty | |
| General Board | Julie Olivier | |
EMGLCA LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES
An EMGLCA League Representative plays a crucial role in the Eastern Massachusetts Girls Lacrosse Coaches Association (EMGLCA). They are essential in maintaining fairness and organization within the EMGLCA. Their responsibilities include:
- Representing Their League and Ensuring Coaches Are Informed: League Reps are responsible for maintaining accurate records of the schools and coaches within their respective leagues. League Reps are expected to distribute information to all varsity head coaches in their leagues that is shared by the EMGLCA Board, the MIAA, and/or the MIAA Lacrosse Committee. They serve as the voice for their league at EMGLCA meeting and the MIAA Girls Lacrosse Committee meetings.
- Attending Meetings: League reps participate in approximately 2–4 meetings per year including a fall kick off meeting, a pre-season coaches meeting and the EMGLCA All-Star Selection meeting. All out-of-season meetings are held virtually. League reps are expected to attend the annual EMGLCA meeting held in-person at the end of the regular season for the purpose of selecting Eastern Massachusetts All Stars.
- Alerting Coaches to Post-Season Award Nomination Processes and Submission Dates: League reps make sure all coaches in their league are aware of post-season awards. The EMGLCA sponsors All-Star and Senior Awards annually. USA Lacrosse sponsors All-American Awards, All-Academic Awards and the Jackie Pitts Award annually.
There are a number of vacant league representative positions. If you are a varsity head coach and are interested in becoming a representative for your league, please email Meredith McGinnis at MeredithEFrank@gmail.com. Please consider volunteering to serve as your league’s EMGLCA representative.
| TITLE | REP | SCHOOL |
|---|---|---|
| Baystate – Carey | Tanner Hetnik | Natick High School |
| Baystate – Herget | ||
| Cape and Islands | Heather Stevens | Nauset High School |
| Cape Ann – Baker | ||
| Cape Ann – Kinney | Matt Costello | North Reading High School |
| Catholic Central | ||
| Commonwealth | Julio Pastrana | Greater Lowell Tech |
| Dual County – Thorpe | Erin Cash | Concord-Carlisle Regional High School |
| Dual County – Foley | Wink Van Ogtrop | Weston High School |
| Greater Boston* | ||
| Hockomock – Davenport | ||
| Hockomock – Kelley | Kristin Igoe | Franklin High School |
| Independent/non-league | Meredith McGinnis | Notre Dame Academy (H) |
| Mayflower | Alaina Greene | Upper Cape Cod RVT |
| Merrimack Valley – Large | Meg Reddy | Andover High School |
| Merrimack Valley – Small | ||
| Middlesex – Freedom | Maddy Skiff | Burlington High School |
| Middlesex – Liberty | Dan O’Brien | Belmont High School |
| Northeast Conference – North | Courtney McKallagat | Beverly High School |
| Northeast Conference – South | ||
| Patriot – Fisher | Grace Connerty | Quincy High School |
| Patriot – Keenan | Carla Farkes | Hingham High School |
| South Coast | ||
| South Shore – Sullivan | Sophie Gaucher | East Bridgewater High Schol |
| South Shore – Tobin | Kara Connerty | Cohasset High School |
| Southeast | ||
| Tri-Valley – Large | Margot Spatola | Westwood High School |
| Tri-Valley – Small | Mary Laughna | Medfield High School |