The Ultimate Chicago Board of Directors consists of 8 members who are elected by the Ultimate Chicago community and serve a two-year term. We’re always happy to hear from you. Feel free to contact any board member with concerns, issues, complements (much appreciated) or if you’re interested in volunteering. Here are the current Ultimate Chicago board members:
Ben Davis
President
Email: bcdavis75@gmail.com
Ben is serving his second year as UC’s President, and has now been on the board for three years. He’s is a passionate advocate for Ultimate Chicago with our community partners and dedicated to providing the UC community with leagues that appeal to all level of play. Ben currently plays club with Gambit, and when he’s not playing ultimate, Ben enjoys skiing and watching Ultimate... It's possible that Ben needs a life.
Mike Gwinn
Vice President
Email: mgwinn@sbcglobal.net
Mike is a board member that knows how to get things done. As a man of the city, he knows how to write up a good board policy – you may know him from such policies as “lightning” or “behavior”. He is in his third year as a board member and ready to take over as President should Ben get hit by a bus.
Josh Cooper
Board Member
Email: jdcooper@gmail.com
Joshua Cooper is an educator and a lover of ultimate. Whether playing for Gambit or administering the Juniors Spring League, Joshua can't help but get involved and do what he can to improve experiences and consider options. From generating and analyzing surveys to creating multimedia presentations, Josh wants to help spread the joy of Ultimate as it is and help Ultimate Chicago be what it can be. He also feels queasy writing about himself in the third person.
Adam "Twiry" Levy
Rookie Board Member
Email: adamjlevy@sbcglobal.net
In his first term as an Ultimate Chicago Board of Directors member, Adam or “Twirly” brings a valuable amount of ultimate playing, organizing and marketing experience. Twirly received his nickname and foundation of ultimate spirit from Barrett White, Adam Goff and Bill Jacobs and looks forward to continuing the Chicago tradition while introducing some new ideas with a strong focus on driving community and value OFF of the playing field for Ultimate Chicago. Adam is the seven-time Event and Sponsorship Director of Ultimate Chicago Sandblast, a nationally-recognized beach frisbee tournament held each of the last nine summers, and also contributed to other national events including the Chicago Heavyweight Championships and Lei-Out. During his membership in Ultimate Chicago, Adam has played and captained teams in multiple Spring, Summer and Fall leagues and we look forward to him bringing his leadership and other experiences to the Board this coming term.
Dan Baker
Board Member
Email: danielbaker1@gmail.com
In his third year as a board member, Dan has served as an ‘honorary’ tech lead, helping with the redesign of ultimatechicago.org. He has also served as the commissioner for the UC Summer Competitive League. He is currently a captain of Haymaker, and is self-proclaimed as the “#1 UC heckler” during any league final.
Megan Tormey
Board Member
Email: megan.tormey@gmail.com
Megan is proud and honored to serve out the final year of a 2 year term on the Board. Having played—and loved—Ultimate since the winter of 2003, she is eager to devote her time and energy to help put the “Ultimate” in the Ultimate Chicago Experience. She believes that together, there is no problem so big that we can’t sky it in the endzone for the game-winning score against our arch-rivals in the game to go to Nationals.
Colleen Costello
Board Member
Email: colleen.k.costello@gmail.com
This is Colleen's first year on the board. She began playing in the Chicago Ultimate leagues in 2001 and has played for a women's team, Dish, for the past 4 years. When not playing ultimate, Colleen is probably in a lab, doing science.
Zach Grossman
Board Member
Email: zachary.m.grossman@gmail.com
Just halfway through the midway point of Zach’s first term, he brings a lot of great ideas and energy to the board. Zach has been pivotal to aligning Ultimate Chicago and its partnership with the Chicago Sandblast tournament. Zach also plays for Chicago’s mixed team Gambit.