Club Management – 2026


Board Meetings

Board Meetings are held at the McInnis Park Golf Club in San Rafael, at 7 PM, in the 2nd Monday of each month, excepting holidays.

Board
 

President

Paul Herrerias

 

Vice President

Carol Preisig

 

Secretary

Markelle Taylor

 

Treasurer

Tom O’Reilly

 

Communications

David Leipsic

 

Board Member

Andy Melton

 

Board Member

Sheila O’Neill

 

 

Board Member

Allie Kegley

 

Board Member

Sarah Chao

 

 

Board Member

Victor Ballesteros

 

Board Member

Andy Krone

 

Board Member

Jon Bretan

 

 

  

 

Selected  bios and photos 

President – Paul Herrerias

A life-long recreational runner, Paul started as a young boy running away from a scary older brother. He learned early the value in being faster on his feet than other kids, and that competitive spirit stays with him today, five decades later. As he travels the cities of the world, Paul gets to know a new city by putting on his running shoes in the early mornings. Paul enjoys the full variety of runs, from trails to tracks, in heat or in cold, from 100 meters to marathons, and by himself or with hundreds of new Tamalpa friends. His favorite is running the trails of Marin, and he is a competitive trail runner for Tamalpa in his 70’s.

  Vice President – Carol Preisig

Carol has been a casual runner since her mid-twenties and continued that, as a self-described ‘Mom jogger’, through raising her daughter.  Her running club adventures began when her daughter went off to college and she is a regular at the TCRSs, runs in the PAUSTF XC series and generally enjoys the trails in Marin and wherever she travels.  She joined the Tamalpa Board in 2022 with a sense of appreciation for all that the Club offers and the great community that it fosters.  She is a scientist by training and is the Head of Global Partnering for the cheminformatics company, Chemaxon LLC.

Communications – David Leipsic


Our former club president, David Leipsic is a very long-time Tamalpan, going back to the 1980’s when he ran his first TCRS races when home from college. He’s grown up with Tamalpa – and likes to think of himself as one of the younger “old-timers.”  His consecutive Dipsea streak, interrupted only by the Pandemic (and still run on Dipsea Day)  is going strong at 29. He discovered running in high school at Redwood and continued competitively at UCSB, and post-college through racing with Tamalpa. Now, I in his mid-50’s his love for running on Marin’s beautiful trails is even stronger than when he started. His favorite trails are Tucker, Yolanda, Northside, Matt Davis and Coastal (Tennessee Valley to Muir Beach). You can find him at Ross Commons most Sunday mornings about at the Tuesday night track workouts. His favorite races are Cool Canyon 50K, the Dipsea and Double D, and Roger Gordon’s Superbowl Race. When not running, he’s teaching special education at Miller Creek Middle School or coaching at San Rafael High School. He lives in San Rafael with his wife, and has a son who graduated from Cal Poly.

 Andy Krone 

Andy Krone moved to Marin in 2008 and lives with his wife, Mary, two children, Nadine (age 7) and Cadel (age 4), one dog (Chief) and 10 Chickens (too many to name here).Way back in the 1990’s Andy went to UCSB and served in the Marines.Andy loves Skiing, Biking, Running, Gardening, Pizza, Beer, Camping with the Kids,  and cooking “low and slow” when making BBQ Briskets. Most recently Andy has been studying  energy efficient building construction (just for fun, not his occupation).
 
Andy’s three greatest running PR’s are a 4:47 mile, Sub Three Marathon and an 8:07 Beer Mile.  His favorite race is currently the Quad Dipsea. He can be found most Tuesdays running from Marinwood Park at 6:30 am, on what is now infamously known as the “Andystone Loop.”Andy has worked for “General Steamship” in Mill Valley since 2008 and writes and manages Web Apps.

Secretary – Markelle Taylor

Committees

Tamalpa Runners
News/Website
David Leipsic 
MembershipAndy Melton 
Social and Youth TrainingAllie Kegley
ClothingSarah Chao 
Tamalpa Club Running SeriesElizabeth Warner 
Track Workouts – Saturday A.M.Ed Corral 
Tamalpa Challenge XC (The Johnny)Kelley Bartholomew 
Headlands 50k and Social MediaVictor Ballesteros 
Marin Memorial Day RaceAndy Krone