Marceil Whitney is the Founder of Tennis Outreach Programs. Her mission, "Empowering youth for lifetime success through tennis, education, fitness and character development, regardless of economic circumstance." Across a 50 year career in the Pacific Northwest, Marceil's passion for coaching has reached thousands of students. She formerly owned Teenie Tennis, a youth tennis program geared toward the youngest students. In 2003 she created Tennis Outreach Programs operating out of community tennis courts on the Eastside. In 2012 TOPs opened at the Eastside Tennis Center Facility in Kirkland. A certified USPTA instructor, Marceil served as Program Director for Redmond Parks, Kirkland Parks and King County parks. She coached students at Redmond High School and Central Park, many whom are still a part of the Seattle tennis community today. Presently Marceil serves on the Board of Directors, and works as Director of Outreach and Director of Junior Programs for TOPs.

Aliya Khan serves on the Board of Directors as President and Chair of the Marketing Committee. Aliya is an avid tennis player and program manager who joined TOPs in 2020. Aliya is a strong believer in the value of mentorship and sees tennis as a great way to provide kids with a positive environment. A current USTA and Cup player at Eastside Tennis Center and Harbor Square, she remains passionate about bringing tennis to everyone as a way to be active and connected in the community. Aliya is a former technology professional with 20 years industry experience working for corporations including Teligent, OpenText and most recently Microsoft.  She has mentored young adults through the YearUp organization and currently volunteers within Lake Washington School District. Aliya is from Northern Virginia and a graduate of Radford University with a B.A. in English and French.

Charles “Chick” Hodge is a former president of the TOPs Board and currently serves as Vice-President and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and the TOPs Marymoor Task Force. He is strongly committed to the TOPs mission and finds the work both challenging and rewarding. As a former less-than-affluent junior tennis player, he appreciates those who made tennis possible for him and wants to provide that valuable experience for other kids, regardless of their economic circumstance. He also appreciates the commitment of TOPs to enrichment programs, as well as the generosity of the TOPs donors. Chick is a graduate of Lehigh University and Stanford. He moved to Seattle for a 35-year Boeing career in aircraft engineering.  During this time, he built a neighborhood tennis court, served on the Washington Youth Tennis Foundation, and as Tennis Chairman at the Mercer Island Country Club during a time of a major facility expansion. He later served on the board of the Atlantic Street Center, a non-profit that serves low-income kids and families in Seattle’s Rainier Valley, where he co-founded and taught tennis for thirteen years at a weeklong Tennis Camp at Rainier Playfield.

Suki Brown serves on the Board of Directors as Secretary. Suki holds a BA in Marketing from Portland State University. She has 10 years of experience working with children of various age groups. While in college she volunteered at a non-profit organization with a gang outreach program where she acted as a mentor for kids from ages 6-17 years old. Suki currently volunteers her time as a youth coach for the TOPs junior programs at the Eastside Tennis Center. She was introduced to tennis in 2020 and has completely fallen in love with the sport. "It’s more than just a fun way to stay in shape, it’s a close knit community that helps forge lifelong friendship." She strives to share her passion for tennis with our youth and help them build healthy habits.

Sneha Choudhury serves on the TOPs Board of Directors as the Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair. An Economics and Finance graduate, she is currently a Finance leader at Amazon and has close to 15 years of experience across the financial services industry, including American Express and Deutsche Bank. Sneha was introduced to TOPs when her family moved to Kirkland in 2017 and her daughter started playing tennis. She joined the TOPs board in 2022 feeling strongly about the TOPs outreach objectives of making affordable tennis available for the youth in the community. Outside of work, Sneha enjoys biking, traveling and exploring new cultures with her husband and 8 year old, and when time permits, trying to cook a new cuisine.

Helen Halverson serves on the Board of Directors as Human Resources Committee Chair. She is a University of Washington alumni and a long-time PNW resident. Her professional experience in HR has involved a broad range of specialties, including compensation & benefits and mergers & acquisitions. Her two sons are current Eastside Tennis Center students. She has seen first-hand the skills they have developed both on and off the tennis courts through the instruction of ETC’s amazing coaching staff. She cherishes the way the game of tennis brings together her family, as well as connecting her with other players in the community. She believes in our Tennis Outreach Program mission for every child to have the opportunity to develop the same skills and share the same sense of connection through the game.

Katie McRoberts serves on the Board of Directors as Chair of the Development and Donor Relations Committee. Katie has been playing tennis since early childhood and first learned the game at Central Park through Marceil Whitney’s Teenie Tennis program. She has worked on the communications, operations, and development teams at various nonprofits and currently is the Director of Communications and Development at a small environmental nonprofit. She holds a BA from James Madison University in International Affairs and a Masters in Comparative Religion from the University of Washington. Katie lives in Kirkland where she continues to play tennis at Central Park.

Schyler Pa serves on the Board of Directors as the Outreach Committee Chair. A graduate of University of Virginia, Schyler joined the TOPs board in 2020 to help support its mission of offering affordable tennis programs to youth in the community. She is grateful for her tennis journey which started in elementary school and loves that TOPs helps to grant these opportunities to so many kids. Schyler is a Corporate Finance Manager at Microsoft. Coming from Virginia, she appreciates the beauty of the PNW and enjoys playing tennis, hiking, and trying new foods in her free time.