PRESIDENT

JT discovered disc golf the day after his 40th birthday; since then his obsession with the sport has taken him all over the world as he currently travels and plays as a Pro Master. His later-in-life discovery of the sport is at the heart of his passion for the Foundation’s mission of introducing the sport to more of America’s youth. In his life prior to disc golf, JT served in the Navy as a medic and was assigned to the Marine Corp. After the military he returned home to Kansas City where he worked as a Firefighter/EMT. While working with the fire department he also began working part time in IT and founded his own tech firm in 2002. In 2007 he accepted a role as a technology consultant for Henry Schein, the world's largest dental equipment distributor, where he still works today. JT and his fiancé, Audrey, live in Kansas City where they also own and operate Whiskers Cat Café & Coffeehouse. He enjoys traveling, spending time with his two daughters (Lindsey & Leah), two grandchildren (Briggs and Sloane) and his disc golf companion, a yellow lab named Carli.

VICE-PRESIDENT

I started playing catch with my brothers in the early 1970’s and then we would freestyle in the mid 70’s. Then I found ultimate frisbee in 1978 and I was young but the guys on City Ultimate in Kansas City adopted me and I would practice with them. Soon we had a new traveling professional team in Kansas City called the Ultimatoes and we travelled for years around the midwest playing tournaments. My brothers and I took over the family business in 1988 and I just played catch and some disc golf until 1999 when Dan Cashen took me DownUnder at Rosedale Park and I was hooked again with this sport called disc golf! From then on I just played disc golf and started travelling to play. I’ve met lifelong friends and seen places I would never have gone if it wasn't for disc golf! I have served on our local disc golf club board in one way or another since 2002 and I’m still on the Kansas City Disc Golf club board. I also serve on two other local neighborhood boards and a new Kansas Flying Disc Association board for all disc sports in the state of Kansas. This foundation is a great opportunity for me to be a part of a worldwide organization that will introduce kids to the lifelong sport of disc golf.

TREASURER

I am an accountant in Springfield, Ohio. I am happily married and have two small boys. I found disc golf through a friend and played casually for a few years before joining LWS. Shortly after starting with LWS I got Blake Shaffer and the rest of our team playing and we pushed each other to compete and grow the sport. Now I play leagues and participate in amature tournaments when I can. I became treasurer of Dayton Disc Golf in 2021. I met Ricky through work early in 2021 and am honored to help him carry out his vision of spreading the love of Disc Golf to children across the country.

Secretary