Board of Volunteers
Alina Ackenbom -- President & Junior Team Tennis Coordinator
Alina Ackenbom is a USPTA-certified Elite Tennis Professional. Since 1997 she has been directing tennis programs at Camp Friendship in Palmyra, VA. In the fall of 2011 she launched Friendship Tennis Academy that is dedicated to providing tennis instruction to junior and adult players. The programs offered at Friendship Tennis Academy include Quickstart Tennis, Junior Clinics and summer camp, adult clinics and Cardio Tennis and private and group lessons.
Alina is originally from Russia where she learned to play tennis at Olympic School of Tennis in Ufa. She was a nationally ranked junior player competing in numerous national and international tournaments. Alina holds a Masters Degree in Education from University of Ufa, Russia. She believes that one can teach children a lot of valuable life skills when teaching the sport of tennis.
Lynda Harrill -- Vice President, QuickStart Tennis Coordinator and Founder
Lynda started playing tennis at age four and is a retired CPA and former banker who specialized in profit planning, strategic planning and market research. She has been heavily involved in tennis for the past 34 years -- 22 in the Charlottesville area and since 2024 in Williamsburg. Lynda has played in USTA Leagues, served on the Tennis Committee of three clubs and volunteered with the UVA Men's tennis team for 15 seasons. She then volunteered with the UVA Women's tennis team for six years. She was a Board Member of the Charlottesville Area Tennis Association (CATA) when the USTA introduced QuickStart Tennis in February 2008. She created CATA's QuickStart Coordinator position that spring and launched the Jump Start QuickStart Tennis Initiative in December 2008.
In April 2009, Lynda conceptualized and founded QCV, and then spent the next six months working with husband Roy to make it happen. Lynda also served on the Community Development Committees of USTA/Virginia and USTA/Mid-Atlantic and received the USTA/Virginia 2010 Community Outreach Award, USTA/Mid-Atlantic President's Award in 2013 and USTA/Virginia President's Award in 2014. Lynda says she wants to "leave a legacy . . . leave it on and off the court." She established a donor-advised fund, Go Bananas Charitable Fund at Fidelity Charitable, to make sure that happens.
Roy Harrill -- Treasurer
Roy is a graduate of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce and the UVA Law School. Before retiring in 1998, he practiced as a CPA and attorney specializing in taxation with an international professional services firm. He has served on the boards of several charitable organizations, including the McIntire School, the Charlottesville Area Tennis Association, and QCV. He also volunteered for UVA's tennis teams during his time in Charlottesville. During his career Roy has lived in Northern Virginia, Chicago, Raleigh, Wilmington (NC), Savannah and Charlottesviile. He now resides in Williamsburg where he and wife Lynda enjoy baseball, gardening, traveling, charitable activities and the many sports and cultural events at William & Mary. Go HOOs! and Go Tribe!
Gwedette Crummie -- Schools Tennis
Gwedette Crummie, retired Principal of Crozet Elementary School, grew up in a family of athletes (football, basketball, tennis and track) in the small town of Martinsville, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Virginia with an undergraduate teaching degree. She received her Masters in Education in Curriculum and Instruction at the Virginia Commonwealth University and her Administration and Supervision K-12 endorsement from the University of Virginia. Gwedette spent seven years as an Albemarle County Public School (ACPS) administrator at Baker-Butler Elementary and Burley Middle School, and was Principal at Crozet Elementary School for 12 years. She was an active participant of ACPS Baldrige Quality Council that evaluates and provides divisional level recommendations to empower our school organization and achieve breakthrough results. She loves sports (especially tennis) and being active in the community! She currently lives in the southern end of Albemarle County .
Kristin Romesburg -- Schools Tennis & Literacy
Kristin lives in Williamsburg, VA, with her husband and two children. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Where her husband played varsity tennis, she brings more than 20 years of experience in education and environmental consulting. Her family is an avid tennis crew (where she is the weakest link), and she is passionate about supporting programs that help children grow both on the courts and through literacy.