The Los Angeles Volleyball Academy (LAVA) is the collaboration of many respected individuals within the volleyball community. We have several full-time staff members, a host of significant part-time administrators, and a handful of parent volunteers, not to mention our army of excellent independently contracted head and assistant coaches.
We are proud of all the people we have with us at LAVA, people who care about volleyball and care about doing things the right way — men and women of differing backgrounds and fields who’ve come together to make the Los Angeles Volleyball Academy what it is as a whole. We welcome you to read more about the fine people of LAVA.
NABIL & TREVOR
OUR CO-FOUNDERS
NABIL MARDINI
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
Nabil Mardini is considered one of the finest minds in volleyball and a two-time AVCA Coach of the Year Award winner. Nabil is a Co-Founder and Principal of LAVA, as well as the Director of Operations for LAVA as a whole.
TREVOR JULIAN
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
THE LAVA TEAM
OUR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
NABIL MARDINI
OPERATIONS
TREVOR JULIAN
DEVELOPMENT
SHELDON SHEEHY
FAMILY ACCOUNTS
CANDICE TUNIS
ADMINISTRATION
JOHN MACFADYEN
PRINCIPAL
GEORGE PERO
PRINCIPAL
LAVA GIRLS
GIRLS LOCATION DIRECTORS
KRISTIN DOLAN
LAVA NORTH
DIRECTOR
TREVOR JULIAN
LAVA WEST
DIRECTOR
JOSH AUGUR
LAVA SOUTH
DIRECTOR
MICHELLE GANSERT
LAVA EAST
DIRECTOR
KIM MACHNIC
LAVA ISLANDS
DIRECTOR
CATARINA MARBACH
LAVA SHACK
DIRECTOR
SMBC BOYS
BOYS LOCATION DIRECTORS
RICK PHILLIPS
SMBC NORTH
DIRECTOR
MATT DIAZ
SMBC WEST
DIRECTOR
RYAN VAN LOO
SMBC SHACK
DIRECTOR
KIM MACHNIC
SMBC ISLANDS
DIRECTOR