Lauren Dalton: Director

Lauren has been playing tennis all her life and has been teaching tennis for over 15 years. She competed at Ridgefield High School where she was State Open Champion, played Division I tennis at James Madison University, and has been regionally and nationally ranked.

Lauren has been an integral part of DGT & EP for over five years helping both on and off the court. Her responsibilities include fundraising, maintaining community relations, corresponding with donors and potential donors, and mentoring the children. Lauren is also completely responsible for all the administrative, management, record keeping, and correspondence requirements of our program.

Lynn Radford: Director of Tutoring & Enrichment

Lynn is a former teacher with many years of experience. She will coordinate volunteers, communicate with teachers and schools, and organize one on one meetings with parents. Lynn is also developing a nutrition and cooking program utilizing our kitchen facility and works with Lauren on educational development including report cards, goal setting and evaluations, and follow up on college and career guidance and planning.

Jason DiStasio: Honorary Employee

Jason has been a part of DGT & EP for over five years. He is currently a Math teacher at Brookfield High School and even though he is no longer the Director of Tennis, he continues to help our kids on and off the court on his own time.  Jason is the boys Varsity Tennis coach at Brookfield High School and refers many of his players to volunteer at DGT & EP. Jason has played an extremely important role in the program’s success. The kids love his energy, enthusiasm, and we have been blessed to have him!

Natalie Bruno: Assistant Tennis Professional

Natalie currently attends Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA.  She played high school tennis at Brookfield High School and has continued to play intramural tennis at Bucknell.  Natalie also enjoys dancing and working with kids and will spend her 4th summer as a camp counselor

Soichi Hirokawa: Tennis Professional

Soichi has volunteered countless hours on and off the court for several years.  He graduated with honors from Ridgefield high School, is an avid tennis player, and health fanatic who is currently training for an Iron Man Triathlon in Hawaii! Soichi is a sophomore at Bowdoin College in Maine and has helped teach our kids on the court, created fitness plans and logs, and taken part in many DGT & EP events.

Juan Ocampos: Tennis Professional

We were blessed to have Juan join us in the spring of 2011. Juan is a Ridgefield high School graduate where he played tennis and earned All- State and All- Conference Honors. He was also ranked in the top 15 in juniors and was recruited by Quinnipiac to play tennis.  Juan was enlisted in Marine Corp in 2004 and finished his service in 2010. In addition, Juan served time in Iraq in 2006. Juan worked with our kids on the tennis court throughout the spring and summer and continues to give his time to DGT & EP. Juan currently teaches part time at the Fours Seasons Racquet Club in Wilton.