About Us
Restore the Lakes Foundation was created in 2021 and went into full operation of Microplastic clean-up in Lake Tahoe in May 2022. The operation runs Monday-Friday by a small team of dedicated Extreme Robotics Engineers and ROV pilots, ultimately Lake Clean Up Lovers.
Our Board

Dave Wasick
‘Dave Wasick was born in San Francisco and graduated from San Jose State University where he was an All American football player and played in the East West Shrine Game, North -South All-Star game and the Chicago All-Star game against the World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, and was later with the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and San Francisco 49ers where his career was cut short by injuries. After coaching at San Jose State, University of California, Davis and the Boise State University national championship team, he went on to University of Florida School of Law and after graduation, worked as Nevada’s Special Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to the Nevada Supreme Court. He is now a Nevada Supreme Court Settlement Judge and lives in Glenbrook, Nevada with his wife of thirty six years Dr. Carol Coats. They have three children: Tyler Coats, who is CEO of Falcon Critical Care in San Francisco and an Annapolis graduate, David Coats who is a law student at University of California, Davis and former Navy Diver; and Billy Coats who is a Captain in the United States Marines and is stationed in Mississippi and is also a U.S. Naval Academy graduate.’

Kathy Kopf
