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Rodrigo Marion, an Urban Planner with the Central New Hampshire Planning Commission, received a Bachelors Degree in Economics and a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University at Albany. Rodrigo has been coaching with the Olympic Develop Program (ODP) in New York and New Hampshire for the past 4 years. He was also coach of the U-14 girls premier team and U-10 boys at Seacoast United Soccer Club during 2007 and 2008. Rodrigo played for the University at Albany as team captain during his four years there. During his college career he was nominated to the all-Rookie and all-Conference team, and was named the University at Albany Men’s soccer MVP. Rodrigo also played with the Western Massachusetts Pioneers professional team, The Strongest Club in La Paz, Bolivia, and in the U-17,19, 20 and 23 Bolivian National Team pool.
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, Max Latona received his B.A. from Canisius College (Buffalo, NY) in 1993, and his doctorate in Philosophy from Boston College in 2001. He is published in several prominent journals in his field, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Catholic Philosophical Association’s Young Scholar Award (2004), Manchester Union Leader’s “40-Under-40” Designation (2007), and (twice) the Saint Anselm College Abbot Gerald McCarthy O.S.B. Faculty Member of the Year Award (2006, 2008). Max Latona is also a facilitator for a federally funded initiative at Saint Anselm College entitled “Learning Liberty,” which is concerned, in part, with enhancing civic engagement among students in higher education. He has also played soccer since a youth, coached youth soccer for 10 years, and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Tritown Youth Competitive Soccer for three years.
A graduate of Sylvania Technical Service Institute class of 1984, Robert Fortin has extensive experience in business and sales, serving as Vice President of Sales, Eastern Region, for Pendum Inc., and previously as senior sales executive of EFMARK Premium Armored. He also has long experience as a soccer player, coach, and director, serving as a Coach and Club Director for the Northern Vermont Summer Soccer League from 1984-1996, a coach and board member for Tritown Travel Soccer Club (NH) from 2002-2006 and, most recently, as President of Tritown Travel Soccer Club since 2007.
Edward McGushin is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. He received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1991, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Boston College in 1995 and 2002, respectively. He has published a prominent book, as well as numerous articles in his field. He recently taught a course in a local women’s prison, supported by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council. That course was also featured on NHPR radio, and later led him to receive the New Hampshire Campus Compact President’s Good Steward Award in 2007. Among the many courses that he teaches is the Philosophy of Social Justice, as well as courses that involve service learning for students. He has played soccer since a young child.
A Grade 4 instructor at Elm Street Webster Elementary School in Manchester, NH, since 2007, Jaime Pendleton received her B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Hartford in 2004. She received the Best Rookie Award and the Teacher Appreciation Award for her teaching work at the Jacob E. Manch Elementary School in Las Vegas (2005-07). Her passion for teaching stems, in part, from her desire to develop an education program where students will embrace the world around them as a learning tool. A skilled collegiate soccer player, Jaime Pendleton played Division 1 Soccer for four years at the University of Hartford, which won the America East championship in 2003, and made three NCAA conference appearances during her tenure there. She has had extensive experience coaching and training youth soccer for various clubs in central and southern NH since the year 2000.
Native to Brazil, Bruno Victal was a professional soccer player brought to this area by the NH Phantoms in 2001. Bruno was recognized as the best college player in Brazil in 1999 and represented his country in the World University Games in Spain, where he was the lead scorer of the Brazilian Team and was named MVP. Because of his success, Bruno was called up again by the national team in 2000 to play in France. Currently, as founder of Brazilian Arts Soccer Training, Bruno is one of the most sought-after coaches in Southern New Hampshire, having also worked with Hollis Atlantic and Nashua World Cup, as well as with Phantoms Super Y teams. He is passionate about soccer and enjoys relaying his skill and expertise to his students. Recently, one of his long-term students was chosen to the United States U15 Super Y Girls team.
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