Brian Locher
Co-Race Director, City to the Sea
Brian Locher serves as the Co-Race Director for the City to the Sea Half Marathon, and he’s also the head coach for the Cuesta College Cross Country and Track & Field teams in San Luis Obispo. He’s been a member of Cuesta’s athletic department since 2007.
Brian hails from Northern California where he competed at Chico State University and was a member of multiple national-caliber cross country teams. Locher still competes competitively for the Asics Aggies running club and coaches a number of developing, elite athletes.
Jani Johnson
Co-Race Director, City to the Sea
Jani Johnson has been a faculty member of the Cuesta College Physical Education Department since 1991. She was the Head Track & Field Coach from 2002 – 2010, and Head Cross Country Coach from 2002 – 2006. She has been Race and Co-race Director of the City to the Sea Half Marathon since 2002.
Jani started running competitively in 1968, when she got her start running for Santa Ynez High School. She ran for Cal Poly from 1974- 1978 and received one of the first athletic track scholarships for women in 1974 . She ran for Nike South from 1981 – 83 and for the Reebok Aggies from 1986- 1990.
Julia Pickslay
Finish Line Event Festival Manager
Julia Pickslay is a health and fitness coach with a private studio in San Luis Obispo. Her mission is to help everyone from athletes to executives realize their goals.
For the past 25 years, Julia has been actively involved as a coach for track & field, cross country, swimming, volleyball, speed & agility, and sport-specific conditioning.
She started her track career at San Diego State, where she competed in the WAC team championship in hurdles and sprinting. Presently, she still competes in Corporate and Masters events, as well as the occasional worthy road race. This is her first year with City to the Sea.
Joanna Jones
Marketing and Communications, City to the Sea
Joanna Jones and her partner company JGJ Marketing helped guide the marketing efforts for the 2011 City to the Sea event. They built and executed a targeted PR and marketing plan and developed the copy for the website and promotional materials.
Joanna has been an avid runner since 2005. When not running, she’s most likely riding her mountain bike around San Luis Obispo’s many lovely trails.
Dusty Davis
Design, City to the Sea
Dusty and the team at Fertile Minds designed and built the new website and print materials for City to the Sea Half Marathon. Dusty is a two-time finisher at City to the Sea, and will be running it again in 2011, in addition to other events ranging from 5K to 50K. When not working on web design and development, he’s probably out running the trails and paths around San Luis Obispo.
