Founding partners

Sue and husband/business partner Mick formed their own swim club and built their own indoor facility in Danville, Illinois in 1972. 

In 1974 they formed Nelson’s Swim Supply, a retail and wholesale pool/spa and aquatic equipment business. 

In 1982 they formed NSS Inc., an aquatic facility design, building, and business consultation to the aquatic industry. 

In 1994 they formed WaterWay Therapy Inc. which was one of the first and only privately owned and operated Medicare approved outpatient Aquatic Physical Therapy centers in the country. 

In 2001 they formed Poolside Health & Wellness Center which became not only the home for the USA Swim Club, Water Way Therapy, and Swim America learn-to-swim program but a full-service land and water community health and wellness center.

In 2004 they both went to work for USA Swimming to develop the USA Swimming Facilities  Department. 

Mick’s specialty is business development, programming, water treatment and aquatic facility design. 

Sue’s specialty is aquatic programming.