Board of Directors

Kip Coombs began his career with Speakeasy, Inc. in 1997. He is currently Chief Revenue Officer of the organization. Speakeasy is a growing 50-year-old global communication consulting firm with offices in Atlanta, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Amsterdam, as well as ongoing operations in Boston, Dubai, London, and Singapore. The company works with executives and teams from mostly the Fortune 500 including Accenture, EY, Visa, Microsoft, and The Coca-Cola Company in developing the impact and effectiveness of their communication capabilities.

An Atlanta resident since 1973, Kip grew up just down the road from Dynamo Chamblee, attending Lakeside High School, and then on to the University of Georgia. From 1996-2006, Kip was actively involved in the triathlon community competing in over 100 multisport events, including 8 half-ironman distance events and an IRONMAN, often using Dynamo as a training facility. Kip was also active with USA Cycling, racing in the Masters category.

Married for 15 years to his wife Cindy, they are proud parents of two boys, Grayson (AG1 Gold Alpharetta) and Connor (AG2 Gold Alpharetta). They currently reside in Milton, GA.

Amy Atteberry is part of the Oakhurst Dynamo family with two of her three children currently in the program, Grace in AG2 and Andy in AG3. She is also a Dynamo alumn, training at the Chamblee pool from 1992 through 2000 and following in the footsteps of her 5 older brothers and sisters who swam at Dynamo in the 70s and 80s (ask to see her vintage Dynamo warms ups sometime). She went on to swim collegiately at Duke University and served as team captain her senior year.

Professionally, Amy has spent her career in business and technology consulting and has worked at Slalom Consulting since 2007. At Slalom, she has served clients across the Atlanta area including Cox Communications and Delta Airlines, and more recently took a position focused on managing internal staffing operations.

She and her husband Jon are longtime residents of Lake Claire, and Amy serves on the board of her neighborhood summer league swim team, the Lake Claire Wahoo. She still decides to jump in and swim some laps herself from time to time.

John Faure has worked in financial services for over 25 years. He is an independent financial advisor operating his own advisory firm, Truskor Wealth, since 2021.

The Faure family became part of Dynamo in 2017 when his oldest son, Colin, currently swimming with SR2 joined the team in Alpharetta. Since that time, his younger brother and sister, Jacob (AG2) and Clara (AG3) have joined the Dynamo family. After years of volunteering as a timer, John joined the team of USA Swim officials at Dynamo in 2022. He is joined in supporting his three swimmers by his wife of 24 years Michelle. They have lived in Johns Creek since 2002.

Away from the pool, John is a past president of his neighborhood’s HOA, coached soccer, and currently is the lead coach of a Lego robotics team.

Brendan McGill currently serves as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Havertys Furniture. He has spent his career counseling public and private companies on legal and regulatory matters, strategy and significant corporate transactions.

Brendan and his wife Erica have two Dynamos swimming at the Chamblee center (Harper in AG2 and Jack in AG3). He is a proud alum of Dynamo and grateful for the many life lessons and friendships forged while logging yards. Brendan swam with the team from 1994 through 2000 (during high school (Marist) and college (Duke University)). Following college, Brendan attended law school at the University of Virginia before returning to Atlanta.

Brendan is excited for the opportunity to serve with the Dynamo Board and support the mission and growth of our unique, world-class team!

Meaghan Gambling is the mother of two wonderful boys, and her older son swims at Chamblee on AG3 Gold.

Meaghan has built her career in technology sales, working with both small businesses and large enterprises over the past 20 years. She has successfully helped two start-up organizations grow to acquisition.

A proud Dynamo alumna, Meaghan swam with the team from 1988 (starting at the legacy Mountain Park Dynamo pool) until 2000, spending her final years at Chamblee. She competed in the 2000 US Olympic Trials and subsequently swam on scholarship at Clemson University. The close friendships she formed with her Dynamo teammates continue to this day. She deeply appreciates the incredible role Dynamo has played in her life and has joined the newly formed Dynamo Alumni Committee to help reconnect our wonderful Dynamo alumni.

Chee Wee Gan is the Senior Vice President at Rheem for Corporate Strategy and Global Sustainability. Rheem is a leader in Water Heating and HVAC founded in 1925 with a global presence in over 85 countries. In his role at Rheem, Chee Wee leads the company’s global group strategy, strategic planning process as well as its enterprise sustainability initiatives. Prior to Rheem, Chee Wee held various strategy roles at Johnson Controls and Kearney, a global management consultancy.

Chee Wee grew up in Singapore and has lived in California, Shanghai and Milwaukee before moving to Atlanta in 2018. He went to college at University of Wisconsin-Madison and received an MBA from UCLA. Growing up, he played table tennis competitively. Now he plays tennis recreationally and swims occasionally with his favorite stroke being the breaststroke.

Chee Wee and his wife, Serene, have three children – Abby, Zachary and Jayden. Their youngest, Jayden, swims at Dynamo Johns Creek.

Kristen has been part of the Dynamo Swim Club community for nearly 40 years, beginning as a swimmer in 1988 at Dynamo’s former Mountain Park location, alongside her three siblings. Today, she remains connected to the club as an alumna and parent of two active Dynamo swimmers, Caroline (11) and Savannah (8), who train at the Chamblee facility.

Swimming has shaped Kristen’s life, teaching her discipline, perseverance, commitment, and teamwork. While attending the University of Minnesota, she continued her commitment to the sport as an assistant coach for Cretin-Derham Hall’s women’s high school team and Twin Cities Swim Club from 2001–2004.

Professionally, Kristen serves as Vice President, Employer Strategic Accounts at Optum, a UnitedHealth Group company, where she brings leadership, strategic planning, and business development experience that she would be excited to contribute to the Dynamo Swim Club Board.
Having been part of Dynamo for nearly four decades, Kristen has a deep appreciation for what this club has meant to her and to generations of swimmers. She would be honored to have the opportunity to give back to the organization that has played such an important role in her life and to help support its continued success for future generations of Dynamo swimmers.

Mike was born in Suriname, South America and started swimming competitively at age 6. In 1991, at age 12, he moved to the States (Marietta) with his Dad and Stepmom for a chance to compete in the Olympics. He represented Suriname internationally and ultimately competed in both the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Games. Collegiately, he swam for UGA (97-01), lettered all 4 years, was an NCAA academic all-American and on the SEC honor roll every semester, and made lifelong friendships.

Professionally, Mike has a decorated sales background of 20 years, of which the last 13 have been in Medical Device sales. He has the privilege of going into the operating room and assist physicians in certain procedures that require his devices for a favorable patient outcome.

Married for 20 years (this year!) to his beautiful wife Rekemo, they are proud parents of 3 amazing kids; Zoe (currently on a swimming sabbatical), Eli (AG1 Gold) and John (AG3 Gold).

While he didn’t grow up swimming for Dynamo, Mike and his family love the Dynamo community and insisted they join this amazing program when their kids showed an interest in swimming. He hopes to leverage his swimming perspectives to help Dynamo remain a top tier program for the next generation.

Kim serves as the Global and Americas People Advisory Services Consulting Leader at EY. In her role, she leads human capital transformation initiatives, organizational change, and workforce strategy for leading global organizations.

A native of Lebanon, Indiana, Kim played multiple sports growing up and throughout high school eventually playing college basketball at Florida Southern College, bringing a strong foundation and love for elite athletics to her professional and personal life.

Kim has been married for 15 years to her wife, Liz, who is a native of Atlanta and has been active in the local swimming community since childhood. Kim and Liz are the proud parents of two children, both active swimmers in the AG2 Gold and AG3 Green groups at Dynamo’s Chamblee location.

Jason’s daughter is a 14 year old swimmer in Senior 2 – Chamblee. He believes this is an important time at Dynamo for both his family and the next generation of Atlanta swimmers. Jason is excited for the potential to support the Dynamo swimming community by serving on the board. He has so much respect for the sport and has been amazed by the discipline, camaraderie, and the individual and team challenges that come with swimming. He is looking forward to the opportunity to help empower the coaches and athletes to be the best versions of themselves. Jason believes Dynamo has an amazing opportunity with the current team, coaches, and community to shape the future of the organization. Jason believes now is our time reach for greatness by leveraging the culture built over 6 decades: putting team and family first to be the premier Swim Club in the South .
Professionally Jason holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts and has spent 25 years leading Global Organizations. Currently holding VP, Global Sales for global sales for a large medical device manufacturer.

Jason lives in Dunwoody with his wife, Julie and their children Piper (14), and Brooks (12). They spend most of their free time at pools and baseball fields, but enjoy golf and traveling.