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Erin Maxwell grew up sailing out of Ram Island Yacht Club and Wadawanuck Yacht Club in Connecticut. In high school she competed on the Williams School sailing team where she led her team to placing well at several national championships. Erin went on to Dartmouth College where she finished her college sailing career as a four-time Women’s All-American skipper. She was also named a Co-ed All-American skipper in 2001, an honor rarely awarded to women in the history of US college sailing. After college sailing she transitioned into sailing 470s. At the 2001 470 World Championships in Slovenia, she placed a remarkable 14th in her first world championship. This was followed by winning the 470 Nationals in 2002. In the winter of 2003 Erin began sailing full time in 470’s training towards the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. She placed 3rd at the Olympic Trials and did not qualify for the Olympics, but Erin immediately refocused on her Olympic goals for Beijing in 2008. Jumping right back into competition, Erin dominated the 2004 US 470 Nationals with all first place finishes. This was followed by finishing as the top US Women’s Team at the US Nationals in 2005, making it the 4th time Erin finished as the top US women’s team at the 470 US Nationals. In July 2006, Erin joined forces with Isabelle Kinsolving, 2004 470 Olympian. She is now more determined that ever to achieve gold at the 2008 Games knowing she has the talent of Isabelle on her side.

Erin holds a BS in Economics and a BA in Studio Art from Dartmouth College. After graduating from Dartmouth in 2001 she worked at Lehman Brothers, Inc. in their Prime Brokerage Group until the Fall of 2002. In her free time outside of work and sailing she competed in the New York Marathon in 2002, and enjoys continuing with her art by painting and drawing. She has currently been working as an investment banker in the Asset-backed Finance division of RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut since the Winter of 2004, while maintaining her 470 training.

Erin’s Top Sailing Accomplishments:

• US Sailing Team Member, 2000-2001, 2003-2006
• 1st, 2005 St. Francis Olympic Classes Regatta (Coed 470)
• 2nd, 2005 US 470 Women’s Nationals (Top American)
• 2nd, 2005 Rolex Miami OCR, Women’s 470
• 1st, 2004 US 470 Nationals (Coed)
• 3rd, 2003 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
• 1st, 2003 US Women’s 470 Nationals
• 1st, 2003 Travemunde Race Week (Coed 470)
• 1st, 2002 US 470 Nationals (Coed)
• 14th, 2001 Women’s 470 World Championship
• 1st, 2000 Intercollegiate Women’s Championships
• 5th, 1999 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
• 2nd, 1998, 1999, and 2001 Intercollegiate Women’s Championship
• Intercollegiate All-American, 2001
• Intercollegiate Women’s All-American 1998-2001
• 1st, 1998 and 1999 Club 420 North American Championships
• 1st, 1996 and 1997 Ida Lewis Trophy (US Jr. Women’s Doublehanded Championship, Club 420’s)