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