The Lower Merion Soccer Club Board Of Directors consists of three people
who are legally responsible for the operation of the club. These three Board Members,
along with six other Officers, form the governing body of the club.
LMSC is a not-for-profit entity with 501 (c)(3) status.
A former player in LMSC and at the college level, Biff has been coaching at LMSC for
27 years, during which time his teams have won thirteen State
Championships. In 2006, Biff won the EPYSA Coach Of The Year Award as well as the NSCAA
Regional Coach Of The Year Award. He was a finalist for the NSCAA National Coach Of The Year Award.
Biff was head coach for the LMSC Hammerheads (later FC Delco Hammerheads) for eight years.
During that time, the team won five straight state championships, three Region One USA championships
and in 2006 were Under 15 boys national finalists. His LMSC Cannibals team are the only LMSC team
to win four consecutive top division league championships as they won the top flight of Delco League
in 2003-2006 (U-9 through U-12). The Cannibals were also state finalists in 2006.
Biff has been a head coach at the high school level for 14 years.
He is the head coach for the Harriton High School Boys Varsity (the 2006 District One Champions).
In 2004, Biff was voted Del-Val League Coach Of The Year. In 2002, Biff was voted
Main Line Times Coach of the Year and Main Line Life Coach of the Year. His team
was voted the Del-Val League Sportsmanship Award in 2002 and 2004.
In 1997, he was also voted Central League Coach of the
Year. In 1999, he was voted Philadelphia Inquirer Coach Of The Year and Main Line Life
Coach Of The Year. He has had three of his teams voted the Sportsmanship Award by the local
referee chapter.
Biff was a head coach in the State Select Program and Delco League Select Program
for many years. He was also General Manager for the Philadelphia Freedom of the USISL.
- Bachelor of Science, Hobart College, 1978 (Major in Mathematics, Minor in Economics)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Rochester, 1980
- Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS), Villanova University, 1985
- 19 years of work experience as a Software Engineer. Designed software for real-time
computer based products including Industrial Robots, Computer Vision Systems and other
Automated Machinery. Biff also worked in web page development for several years.
Sports Manager at Rocket Sports, 1999 - Present.
Marty became an LMSC Director in 1998. Marty was head coach for four
years for the LMSC Lasers, the 87 / 88 birth boys 'A' team. During those
years, the Lasers were Delco League finalists in 1998 and Indoor State
Cup semifinalists in 1999. He coached in the Intramural Program for
eight years for his children Lee, Robbie and Megan. Marty is currently
an assistant coach for the LMSC Flame, our U-11A Girls Travel Team. He
is also the team administrator for the LMSC Ocled, our U-15A Boys Travel
Team. Marty played four years of varsity soccer at Dickinson College.
Marty is an EPYSA licensed coach.
- Partner in the
law firm of Levy Angstreich Finney Baldante Rubenstein and Coren PC in
Philadelphia and New Jersey
- Juris, Doctor,
Villanova University School Of Law, 1981
- Bachelor of
Arts, Dickinson College, 1978
- Law practice
in civil litigation on behalf of injured victims in pharmaceutical
product liability, premises liability, and motor vehicle liability.
- Served as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers
Association
- Lecturer for the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association,
Pennsylvania Bar Institute and Philadelphia Bar Association
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Starfinder Foundation,
a non-profit organization that engages 8-12 year olds in out-of-school
programming and that uses soccer as a means of building academic success
and developing character.
Jay has been involved in Lower Merion Soccer Club since 1999. He
was a Division Commissioner in the LMSC Intramural Program for three years and a coach in
the intramural program for five years. He was an assistant coach in the travel team
program for five years. Jay served as the club's Boys Travel Team Director
where he represented the club in all Delco Soccer League matters.
- Jay is a Partner in the Business Litigation Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP .
His practice concentrates on complex business litigation with a special
emphasis on securities class action litigation and representing clients involved in
investigations by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Pennsylvania
Securities Commission and various self-regulatory organizations, including stock exchanges
and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Before joining Pepper Hamilton, Jay
served in a similar capacity for Wolf Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, LLP for many years.
- Prior to joining Wolf, Block in 1989, Jay was a Branch Chief in the Division of
Enforcement of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC.
- Jay has participated as a chairman or speaker in programs sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Bar Institute and the Philadelphia Bar Association relating to securities enforcement and
litigation issues. He also has authored and co-authored articles on Securities and Exchange
Commission Enforcement issues. Mr. Dubow taught Securities Regulation at Rutgers (Camden) Law
School during the 1997 Spring semester.
- Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude from the Wharton School of University of
Pennsylvania in 1981 (major in Finance and Accounting)
- J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1984
- Admitted to the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars. He has served as the Chairman
of the Federal Courts Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association (1997), and is a
Co-Chairman of the Business Litigation Committee. He also is a Co-Chairman of the Criminal
and Enforcement Litigation Subcommittee of the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee of
the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
- Member of the Advisory Board of Wharton magazine and the Corporate Partners Board of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Jay is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
National Kidney Foundation of the Delaware Valley and a former member of the Board of the
Penjerdel Council.
Nancy has been an officer and Vice President in Lower Merion Soccer Club since 1996.
She is currently the club's Travel Team Registrar. Before that, Nancy was the club's
Director of the Girls Travel Team Program and the LMSC
Delegate to the Philadelphia Area Girls Soccer League (PAGS) for eight years. She
held the position of Vice President and Registrar of PAGS from 2000-2003. Additionally,
Nancy currently serves as our Club Registrar for both the intramural and travel team programs.
She started coaching soccer in 1992 and served as Division Commissioner in our LMSC
Intramural Program and coached in the intramural program for five years. Nancy was also head
coach for four years for the LMSC Force, the 88/89 birth girls 'A' travel team. She is an
EPYSA licensed coach.
Originally from New York, Nancy played soccer for many years on Long Island before moving to
Lower Merion. In 1995, she helped start the LMSC Adult Women’s program.
- Nancy is the Director of Technology and Graphic Design at CLRdesign inc., an architectural,
landscape architectural and exhibit design firm in Philadelphia specializing in the planning
and design of zoos nationally and around the world.
- Before moving to the Philadelphia area, Nancy was Art Director for the Literary Guild
Magazine at Doubleday & Company in New York.
- Nancy attended Boston University School of Fine Arts and the Parsons School of Design in
New York.
Nikki is currently the treasurer and bookkeeper at LMSC. She was a head coach in
the LMSC Travel Team Program for several years. Nikki also was in charge of the LMSC
Summer Soccer Program for many years and worked in our LMSC Summer Soccer Camp.
Nikki was a standout
soccer player for the Division One Villanova University Women's Soccer Team. While at
Villanova, she earned Big East Player of the Week and was honored as a “Soccer America”
top 11 Player. In 1993,
she led her Connecticut Omni to the National Championship. The following year, they finished
second in the nation. She was
a member of the USYSA Region One team from 1990 - 1992 and a member of the Connecticut State
team from 1998 - 1993. Nikki earned All State honors in high school.
- Director of Finance, Spectrum Arena, LP, Comcast-Spectacor, 2005 - present.
- Controller for the Philadelphia 76ers from 2002 - 2005.
- Before joining the 76ers, Nikki was a Senior Staff Accountant for the high-end fashion designer
Lilly Pulitzer.
- Bachelor of Science, concentration in Finance from Villanova University, 1998.
Grant became an LMSC officer in January, 2007. Grant is head coach for the Under 10 boys team,
the LMSC Rat Pack. In 2007, the Rat Pack won the Delco Soccer League's top flight Under 9 championship
the prestigious Yardley-Makefield Columbus Day Tournament, the EPYSA Indoor State Cups and took second
in the EPYSA Outdoor State Cups.
Grant serves as the club's Travel Team Coordinator and is responsible for all communication and interaction
with the Delco Soccer League and the girls PAGS League. Grant is in charge of the LMSC Summer Soccer
Program for travel team players.
Grant is the assistant varsity coach for the Lower Merion High School Boys Varsity, the 2007 PIAA District
One champions and 2007 and 2008 Central League Champions. Before coaching at Lower Merion High School, Grant was
on the coaching staff at Harriton High School.
Grant played for the Lock Haven University Men's Team.
Dan serves as our club's Referee Mentor, working with younger referees to develop their
referee skills, as well as their sense of self worth. Dan also conducts yearly referee
courses designed to increase the number of licensed referees in the area and provide the
youth of Lower Merion an opportunity to promote their own personal growth while being a
positive contribution to our community.
Dan has over five years of playing experience, including college and a men's league in
Ottawa. Dan has been coaching soccer since 1987, has been head coach in our travel team
program since 1995 and is an EPYSA licensed coach, as well as a licensed FIFA referee.
Dan's teams were champions of Jack Walsh Invitational U12 1999; Champions in PAGS U12 1999;
semi-finalists in PAGS U14, 1996. Dan won the LMSC "Coach Of The Year" Award in 1997. Dan was
Division Commissioner in the Intramural Program for our two oldest girls divisions, the
Electrons and Cosmos for nine years. Dan also helps to organize field crews, as well as
oversee the older divisions in our intramural program.
- Associate Technical Fellow for Boeing Philadelphia, specializing in Information Technology
- Director of Computer Measurement Group - Philadelphia Chapter - Three years served;
founding officer
- Master of Mathematics (Computer Science) University of Waterloo
- National Research Council Scholar
- BSc(Honors Math & Physics), Royal Military College of Canada
- Deputy Cadet Wing Sports Officer for all Varsity sports at Royal Military College of Canada
- Assistant Scout Master for four years with Merion Liberty Troup
Casey has been the head coach for the LMSC Heart (our 1994 / 95 birth girls 'A' travel team) for
five years. The Heart won the Under 13 State Championship in 2008.
The Heart have won the PAGS League top division championship in four of the first
five years of the team's existence. They did not lose a single league game in their first
two years of play. The Heart were also EPYSA Indoor State Champions in 2006 and state finalists in 2007.
Casey has been coaching youth soccer since 1989, first in Long Island and now in Lower Merion
since his family’s move to the area in 1999. Casey has served as intramural coach, division
coordinator, travel team assistant coach, and travel team head coach since joining LMSC, and
has been selected as both LMSC Intramural Coach of the Year and LMSC Girls Travel Team Coach
of the Year.
Casey’s three children, Liz, Tim, and Carly, have
all played for division champion LMSC travel teams since coming to the area. Casey has an
NSCAA national coaching license.
- Professor, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business
- Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College
- M.Sc. and Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Justin grew up playing for Wynnewood Soccer Club, now part of Lower Merion Soccer Club. His dad
was the President of Wynnewood Soccer Club and then served as President of LMSC from 1989 through
1998. Justin was a standout player at St. Joseph's Prep and then at division one Boston College
where he was Big East Rookie Of The Year as a freshman and later an All-American candidate.
After college, Justin played professionally up in New England for six years in the USISL and the
A-League. Justin was also the head coach for the Bridgewater State College Men's team.
After moving back to this area, Justin began running our four year old program, the PeeWees. Justin
has been running the PeeWees program for many years now. Many
players in our club had their first soccer experience under Justin's guidance. Justin has also
coached many of our travel teams over the years.
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