Maida Wallin is the Executive Director, summer camp director, head novice girls coach, and head middle school coach at the Chicago Rowing Foundation. As the Executive Director, Maida oversees programming, communications, and operations for all aspects of the organization. Maida has coached junior rowing for the last 15 years. During that time, she has coached many junior crews to regional titles; created, coached, and grown one of the most robust middle school programs in the country; and directed summer rowing camps for over 15,000 novice rowers of all ages.

Maida began her rowing career with the Lincoln Park Juniors (now CRF) in 2001. She was selected to the USRowing Junior National Development Team in 2002 and went on to row at UCLA on athletic scholarship. At UCLA, she earned her Bachelors of Arts in English and then continued her studies at Dominican University, where she earned her Masters of Arts in Education. Prior to becoming the Executive Director at CRF, Maida taught middle school students in the Chicago Public Schools.