Valli Cook, NWSA President , has been sailing for about 20 years.  She started as crew on a 51-foot Swan.  The owner and captain sailed on the Long Island Sound.  Val’s formal sailing lessons were with Offshore Sailing School. She continues to be a member of the Offshore Sailing Club  based in Liberty Landing, New Jersey.

Val has been a part of boat deliveries from the NY Harbor to Long Island's Mystic Connecticut. She was part of a two-week challenge which delivered a 37-foot Cabo Rico from Charlevoix, Michigan, to Rochester, New York.    As co-coordinator of the AdventureSail® program, an NWSA project that introduces sailing to young girls at risk, Val has word to introduce almost 500 young girls in the New York area to the challenges of sailing.