David DeRuff is a 1984 Olympian (2- with John Strotbeck, 6th place) and lifelong rower who remains deeply engaged in the sport. David is a member of Marin Rowing and enjoys racing in Masters events at the Head of the Charles, Henley and other events.
David learned to row at Cal as a freshman and competed in the 1V for three years. He was a member of the first Pre-Elite team in 1981 and the Pan American team in 1983. For the past year, he has been affiliated with the Currents program at USRowing, helping National Team athletes find career-oriented jobs while they continue training
He is motivated to give back to the sport that shaped his life by helping strengthen the financial foundation, athlete support structures, and long-term strategic direction of high performance American rowing.
Doug Burden grew up in Middletown, RI and attended Brooks School, where he played soccer, hockey, and started rowing after giving up tennis at the urging of another student. He was recruited to Princeton, and made the 1985 varsity boat that won Princeton’s first IRA regatta for the varsity boat.
In 1986, Doug made his first national team appearance, winning a bronze medal in the 4+. In 1987 and 1988, he rowed in the 8+, winning Gold and Bronze, respectively. In 1989-1991, he raced in the 4x followed by 2 years in the 2x. In 1992, Doug returned to sweep rowing, making the 4- that won Silver in Barcelona. After a 3 year hiatus from racing on national teams, Doug made a return bid for the 1996 Olympics and raced in the 8+.
Since retiring from rowing after Atlanta, Doug returned to Barcelona to finish his MBA, then moved to Boston, working in wealth management at Fiduciary Trust Co since 1997. He lives in Arlington, MA with his wife, Eliza, and their son, Zeke. Their two daughters, Abby and Natalie, work and live in NYC.
Liam Corrigan was born in Old Lyme, CT where he learned to row with the historic Blood Street Sculls. He studied Physics and Astrophysics at Harvard where he captained the crews his senior year. After graduating, Liam moved to Oakland, California to train under the tutelage of Mike Teti and Tim McLaren, where he represented the United States at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, placing 4th in the men’s eight.
Discontent with this result, Liam retreated to the dreaming spires of Oxford where he won the 2022 Boat Race. He then returned to the industrial tides of the Oakland Estuary, training with California Rowing Club, where he earned a silver medal at 2023 Worlds and a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, representing the United States with his friends Justin, Nick, and Mike in the 4-.
Liam now works at Fuse, a company building pulsed power defense and energy capabilities. He lives in San Francisco with his fiancee Natalie, and will be married in July of this year.
Mike Moore grew up in Philadelphia and began his rowing career as a coxswain at Father Judge High School. He went on to Temple University, where he achieved unprecedented success, becoming a four-time Dad Vail Regatta champion. His collegiate career remains one of the most accomplished in Temple rowing history. Mike is Temple University’s first rowing Olympian and is a member of the Temple Athletics Hall of Fame.
Mike was a four-time member of the U.S. National Rowing Team and coxed the U.S. men’s eight at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Following his competitive rowing career, Mike built a 25+ year professional career leading and scaling global digital businesses. Most recently, he served as Principal and Chief Commercial Officer at WillowTree Inc., now TELUS Digital Solutions, where he led business development and marketing through a decade of growth culminating in WillowTree’s acquisition by TELUS Inc. Earlier, he was a founding executive of AOL International’s European headquarters and later launched operations across South America, Asia, and the Middle East.
Mike lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife Courtney and daughters Mallory and Delia.