Board of Directors
Mark Rutledge
Physical Therapy Specialist
Mt. Pleasant, SC
email: mark.rutledge@rhbcarolina.com
Mark Rutledge swam for the University of South Carolina in the mid-1980’s, achieving an All-American honorable mention in his senior year. He graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina College Of Medicine with his medical degree in 1990. Mark specializes in physical therapy and has over 30 years of experience in the field.
Jennifaye V. BrownPT, MSPT, PhD, NCS, CAPS Mt. Pleasant
Jennifaye V. Brown is the Board Secretary. A native Charlestonian born on America Street, she is a PhD-trained physical therapist who specializes in treating individuals with stroke. Jennifaye loves teaching water fitness classes and taking sunshine walks. She enjoys going to the beach with a book to read about all things financial. Jennifaye is excited about sharing her talents with LAPS.
Steve Gregg, PH.D.
STEVE GREGG, Ph.D.
Before retiring in July 2024, for ten years Steve was the Executive Director of the National Association for Continence. He brought a wealth of experience to the not-for-profit section as his prior professional career was focused on helping companies to drive profitable growth through the creation of mutually beneficial relationships between companies and their stakeholders, partners and customers. His goal-oriented approach to business challenges in both the for and the not-for-profit sectors consistently provided the foundation for the productive alignment of strategies and tactics to key business challenges and opportunities.
Steve holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a masters from the University of Arizona and a bachelors degree from North Carolina State University. An inductee in the North Carolina State University Athletic Hall of Fame, Steve is an accomplished swimmer and has medaled in nearly every major world event, including two World Aquatic Championships, the Pan-American Games, the FINA Cup (now know as the Pan-Pacific Championship, and the Olympic Games.
When not still working or swimming, Steve enjoyed his down time in Charleston, SC where he lived with his wife Jennifer and their sweet pup Bertie.
Derek Fyfe MD, Ph.D.
Although hailing from the United Kingdom, I have a long history in Charleston, working at M.U.S.C. as a Pediatric Cardiologist from 1984 to 1994. and after moving to Atlanta, purchased a vacation home on Seabrook Island in 2005. After retiring in 2012 we moved permanently to Seabrook. I took up swimming as a hobby and in 2013 and completed the first of my Nine Low Country Splash swims.
That same year I started teaching swimming to school students attending Waterproof Inc, a small, local, all volunteer 501(c)3 organization which provides , free swim lessons for title one school children. In 2018
I became CEO and Director of this Johns Island swim program. In 2023 we taught 115 first ,second and third grade students from Mt Zion Elementary school and we are currently in the middle of this years program.
I am thrilled to join the Board of Directors of LAPS as it is has been the regional model program on which Waterproof Inc modeled itself. The need for water safety education and swimming lessons remains great for a large section of Charleston areas school system.
Joe Rainero
Joe earned his Master of Science degree from Virginia Tech and an MBA from The Citadel. He founded NetTec NSI, an IT solutions company in Charleston. He enjoys swimming and is a member of the US Masters Swimming program. In 2016, he was recognized as an All-American Swimmer. He has participated in several Lowcountry Splashes and other open water swims and has had success in winning multiple Swim Around Charleston Relays.
Harry Olsen
Harry is from Chicago, IL and received his BS in Economics from University of Illinois and MBA from Northwestern University. He spent a career in financial services industry with Northern Trust Bank, Credit Suisse and Deutsche bank. He was Managing Director responsible for all North American credit at Credit Suisse (20+ years) and Deutsche. Later, Harry worked at NAIC as Manager, Credit.