Patrick Dreves is the General Manager of Facility Operations & Services for USTA Pacific Northwest, overseeing facility development and growth for the entire Northwest Section to include the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and the northern half of Idaho.

Dreves joined the USTA PNW staff following seven years as the Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach at Lewis & Clark College. During his tenure, he was named ITA West Region Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2016 as well as Northwest Conference Coach of the Year for both the men’s and women’s teams.

Dreves joined the Pioneers staff following seven years at the Spokane Club where he served in multiple capacities, most recently as the Athletic Director/Director of Tennis. He also served as the Head Tennis Pro at North Park Racquet Club and Mill Creek Country Club.

As the co-founder of Oregon Elite Tennis with former ATP player Jonathan Stark, Dreves is no stranger to the Northwest. In addition to his college coaching career at Lewis & Clark, he has led College programs at Whitworth University, Linfield College and Eastern Washington University – earning four more conference coach of the year awards and multiple conference championship titles.

Patrick has served on the USTA Junior Competition Committee and Junior Coaches Commission for ten years, while also being a part of the USTA Regional training center coaching staff.

Robin Burak started playing tennis after her young children began taking lessons. Realizing how much fun the kids were having, she formed classes with the other spectating parents and quickly fell in love with the sport. She began organizing JTT Teams and served on the Vancouver Tennis Center (VTC) Foundation Board before joining the VTC full time in 2006. The VTC and the sport of tennis have been her passion ever since.

She loves seeing players, both adults and juniors, embrace the sport and experience the joy of tennis. Even after a decade of serving players in all aspects of their tennis, she is thrilled to continue doing so – keeping tennis alive and thriving at the VTC.

Prior to joining the USTA PNW team, Baker served as the Associate Athletic Director for External Relations at Lewis & Clark College. During her tenure with the Pioneers, she oversaw financial support for the athletics department as well as the Department of Athletic Communications from 2007-2018.

As a member of the department’s administrative leadership team, she focused on developing a strategic plan for engagement, marketing and communications for Pioneer Athletics. Baker successfully implemented an annual giving program specific to the department’s 19 varsity sports teams, a membership and premiums program, season ticketing and a number of stewardship and cultivation events, including athletic homecoming festivities and the colleges annual Hall of Fame induction dinner.

Baker’s previous experience includes account management and non-profit event planning at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Wash.

Sanja was born in Croatia in 1982, but later moved to Bosnia with her family. She was skilled in both gymnastics and tennis, participating in national junior tournaments for both. Once the war in Bosnia broke out, her family sought refuge in Berlin, Germany where a coach discovered Sanja. He put her on a scholarship at his club, where she played from 1992-1998. Sanja and her family then immigrated to Vancouver, WA and Sanja began playing at Vancouver Tennis Center. The facility’s director became her coach and helped her become one of the top PNW juniors in the girls 16’s and 18’s, and #133 in singles and #12 in doubles nationally.

She received a full athletic scholarship to the University of Portland where she became the Pilots’ No. 1 singles player, and double majored in Media Communications and German Studies. In 2006, she became an official tennis professional and in 2009 she achieved the coveted status a National Adult Mixed Champion. Today Sanja is married with two boys and is excited to serve the facility that became her home when she moved to the US in her new role as Head Pro.