Our Board

Lisa Lynch, President

Lisa Lynch is a 4.5 player and has captained both USTA and City League teams. She is a past board member of The Irvington Club, and currently works as an event planner for The First Tee of Greater Portland at The Children's Course. Lisa has made a career of supporting kids through sport and has seen the difference first hand, that the lessons conveyed through athletics can make.

Barb Farmer, Vice President

Barbara Farmer has been the General Manager of The Irvington Club for the past ten years. She’s a 4.0 player participating in several leagues, having discovered her passion for tennis a bit later in life. A member of the Northern Oregon Facilities Tennis Association, Friends of Grant Athletics, and Affiliate Member of The Nonprofit Association of Oregon, she’s involved in the game far and wide.

Anni Miller, Director

Anni Miller has spent over 40 years involved in tennis. She is a USPTA & PTR Master Tennis Professional and was the Lakeridge High School head tennis coach for over 26 years. Anni is involved with Wilson Racquet Sports National Speakers Bureau, WTCA Chairwoman of the Board, President of Legacy Circle for Tennis Pros and Executive Director of Ross Island Scholar Athlete program. Anni has the pulse of global and local tennis. In 2019, she spent hours volunteering at BNP, Italian Open, Eastbourne, US Open, Oregon, Arizona, Jamaica, and Hawaii. Her best accomplishments however are her children and grandkids, and they all play tennis of course.

Monika Kowalewski, Director

Having been ranked top 350 in the WTA, Monika knows tennis. As her true passion, she has spent most of her life playing, participating, sharing and advising at various degrees. The friendships that she has fostered due to this sport are incredible and likely a natural result of her greater goal to give back to the sport she truly loves. With a professional background in sales, management, and business growth, Monika is a great addition to the GPTC team.

Kira Dennison-Capen, Director

Coming back to tennis after a twenty-four year hiatus has been one of the biggest pleasures of Kira’s adult life. She emphatically welcomes the chance to give back to the sport she loves, by contributing as a member of the Greater Portland Tennis Council. Kira’s background as a business owner has provided her with a broad set of skills in marketing, sales, management and analytics. She is excited by the opportunity to work on fundraising, especially with regard to the GPTC’s child-focused initiatives. Raising two little nippers of her own, she is thrilled to introduce other little ones to the physical, social and mental benefits of tennis.