Responsibilities: Sustainability and Equality
Committee member: 2017-present

I’m honoured and excited to be part of the WFDF Disc Golf Committee.

I’ve been involved in disc golf since starting a Frisbee club at my community college in 1982, which prompted a road trip to the Huntington Beach course. Since then, I’ve been intensely dedicated to one or two roles at a time: competitor, tournament director, event producer, or course design-er — save a long middle period where I only played occasional casual rounds.

My resume includes:
• Competitor: 8 PDGA MPO titles (1985-1990); 38th place PDGA Worlds MPO (1990) ; 2nd place WFDF Open (1991).
• TD / Event Producer: 1988 WFDF Overall; 1991-1993 NorCal Disc Golf Series; 2016 St. Jude Disc Golf Charity Invitational; many demonstrations and clinics.
• Course Designer / Co-Designer: ~20 temporary layouts (1985-2017); 7 permanent courses installed (2007-2016); 5 permanent courses under development (2017).
Field Events/Other: US Open Accuracy title •1986); US Open Discathon title (1987-1990); top 10 US Open Overall (3-4 times 1984-1990); California State DDC title (1991); 24-Hour Pair Record (1986, 1988).
• Organizations: PDGA Member #3974, PDGA Certified Official, Disc Golf Designers Group, founder and/or member of many local disc golf clubs.

Presently, I’m fascinated by the arc of the sport’s development. I’m wondering how WFDF might have long-term impact in these areas — in order of my current interest:
• Course design quality, safety, and standards
• Cultural and economic evolution of free disc golf vs commercial disc golf
• Golf disc technical standards
• Equality and diversity
• Successful international (nation-vs-nation) competitions
• Developing technical bids — did I hear someone say “Olympics”?!
• Target technical standards
I live in Hayward, California with my wonderful and generous wife and 9-year-old daughter, who support/tolerate my disc sports passion. Professionally, I’m a technical project manager for inter-net and software companies.