Board member: 2024-present

Current term ends: 2027

Jose Maria, or more known in the Asian Ultimate Community as Ping, has been an active member of the Philippine Ultimate Community since it started in the Philippines in 2002.. As an organizer, Ping has been the President and member of the Board of Directors of both the Philippine Ultimate Association (PUA) and later the Philippine Flying Disc Association (PFDA). He has also been a member of the Tournament Organizing Committee of several WFDF Events in the region. He is currently the Technical Director of the Juniors National Team Program of the PFDA and has been a player, captain, coach and manager of the National Team of the Philippines, Pilipinas Ultimate. He works on the continued development of the sport of Ultimate in the Philippines through Grassroots Programs through his Company, JMJ Sports Training Services, and was recently voted as the President of the Asia Oceania Flying Disc Federation (AOFDF) after serving as the Federation’s Secretary General from 2017-2019 and the Ultimate Committee Chairperson from 2020 – 2023. He is currently employed as the Sports and Recreations Manager of Alabang Country Club and is married for 16 years to teammate Guila and has 4 kids who all play ultimate.