Operations Directors

Operations Directors

 

JOHN MCKAVENEY, COO


John was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in the Los Angeles area. John played organized soccer beginning at age four. During high school, John played on one of the first regional competitive soccer teams in California, as a Center Back. When not playing, he served as a referee. In college, John played football, majored in Astrophysics, and then obtained his law degree. As a lawyer, a focus of his practice was Sports Law, where he worked in partnership with the NFL and NFLPA in resolving player disputes and appeals under the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement. Additional areas of practice included civil rights litigation, complex medical malpractice defense cases, human resources, and labor and employment litigation. Notable cases on which John worked include the OJ Simpson, Dale Akiki, Sagon Penn, and Stephanie Crowe cases.
 

John joined the ALBION SC team full-time in 2014, after serving on the ALBION SC Board of Directors for many years. His daughter Caelle, played for ALBION SC for ten years. Currently, John serves as ALBION SC San Diego's Chief Operations and Legal Officer, and oversees the general operations of Club.


JENELLE FERREIRA

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS


Jenelle was born and raised in Point Loma, San Diego. She played soccer since the age of 3, and for ALBION back in the early '90s, and has now watched her children go through the same ALBION SC system. Prior to coming to work for ALBION SC full time Jenelle was a financial/office manager for a reproductive lawyer in San Diego for 13 years. She is now ALBION SC's Director of Operations, leading the Robb Field clubhouse, player registrations, and is manager liaison, while also overseeing the staff of ALBION CUP tournaments.