Erica is an independent Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion consultant focused on organizational transformation. She provides consulting services to non-profit organizations, schools, religious institutions, foundations, and government agencies and assists them in recognizing and implementing equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that impact both the day-to-day operations of the organization and its ability to work successfully with diverse clients and communities.

Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Erica spent 11 years working on The Colorado Trust’s Equality in Health and Healthy People 2010 initiatives, delivering technical assistance to grantees across the state as they strove to improve health equity in their communities. Before moving to Colorado, Erica served as a policy analyst for WestEd, a research, development, and service agency, and as the Legislative Director of the U.S. Student Association, a national grassroots student organization dedicated to ensuring equity in higher education and developing future leaders.

Erica brings her experiences in advocacy, community engagement, and direct service to her equity work and grounds her partnership with each client in the unique context of the organization. She incorporates strategic planning, policy change, leadership development, communication skills, and sustainability practices into her consulting practice. She strives to be flexible, adaptable, and cognizant of competing organizational demands while holding organizations accountable to their own goals and their vision for a more equitable society.

Erica holds a Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Arts from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University.

Mary-Clare is a sports industry sponsorship executive with more than 30 years of progressive responsibility and leadership experience in the academic and non-profit sports industries, including 10 years with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and 18 years of high-level marketing, sales and business development experience with the United States Olympic Committee. Her experience includes management of sponsorship and marketing programs in connection with two Division I collegiate athletic programs, two National Governing Bodies of sport, nine United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams and two U.S.-based Olympic Games. Mary-Clare has, additionally, served on the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee for USA Ultimate.

Veronica’s full-time job is as a Program Coordinator for Pueblo (CO) Parks & Recreation, a position she has held for almost a year. Her passion is serving as the Colorado Springs Amateur Youth Hockey Association Girls Program Coordinator; Veronica  has been with the Tigers since 2020. She also currently plays on a women’s ice hockey team in Colorado Springs. She loves working with the girls’ on her teams and is passionate about working with youth and being a role model.

Veronica moved to Colorado in 2018. She is a Minnesota native who fell in love with the mountains of Colorado as well as the endless outdoor activities! New hobbies since moving to Colorado are hiking, mountain biking and kayaking! Veronica and her wife moved to Pueblo in 2023; they love all the outdoor recreation the area has to offer.

Born and raised in Colorado Springs, Sam has worn many hats in the conservation and nonprofit scene in Colorado, including snowshoe guide, park ranger, outdoor educator and grant reviewer. Recently, Sam served as the development director for the Quivira Coalition, an agricultural nonprofit focused on soil health and climate change, where he helped grow the organization’s impact and reach through sponsorships, individual donor campaigns and foundation relations. He currently supports public land stewardship in Southern Colorado as the marketing and development director for the Rocky Mountain Field Institute. When Sam is not at work, you can find him fishing, hiking or playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Rick is a nonprofit and human resources executive who has served as CEO of three nonprofit organizations. Since 2017, he has served as the CEO of the Association of Chief Executives for Sport (ACES), which is a sports chief executive officers’ trade association focused on member networking, industry best practices and mutual support. 80% of the members are the chief executives of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic sports.

Rick’s HR career was launched while serving as a U.S. Naval Officer, where he was a founding faculty member of the U.S. Navy’s Human Resources Management School. After several HR management positions in the oil and gas industry in the 1980’s, he served for 13 years as Sr. Director/Managing Director of Human Resources for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC – now USOPC), where he was a member of the senior executive team during the majority of his tenure. Within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Family, he also served as Executive Director (CEO) of USA Archery. His final corporate position was Sr. Vice President of HR for AspenPointe, a Colorado Springs based behavioral healthcare provider.

Upon his retirement from corporate leadership positions in 2013, Rick launched an executive search practice with a primary focus on nonprofit CEO searches. He collaborated with the Boards of his client organizations to complete numerous successful CEO searches in the sports and behavioral healthcare industries. Then in 2017, he was appointed to his current position as CEO of ACES.

Rick has a long history of volunteerism in the Colorado Springs community. His board service included the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region where he was the Chair of its HR Committee, Chair of Ent Credit Union’s Supervisory (audit) committee, Chair of USA Badminton’s Nominating and Governance Committee, and service on The Independence Center’s and Pikes Peak United Way’s HR Committees. He is also a former Board Chair of Pikes Peak United Way.

Rick holds a B.A. in Communications from Penn State University and an M.S. in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas.

Jeffrey was the founding director of the Center for the Critical Study of Sport at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. He is also a former president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) where he founded SEEDS, a mentoring program for racially minoritized junior faculty. He is author of the award-winning book Discipline & Indulgence: College Football, Media, and the American Way of Life During the Cold War as well as Doping in Elite Sports: Voices of French Sportspeople and Their Doctors, 1950s-2010 and Athletic Activism: Global Perspectives on Social Transformation. He will be the co-author of Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies – fourteenth edition in 2025. His current research primarily focuses on mountain biking in western states with an emphasis on the politics of land use.

Jennifer Royer, Ph.D., is the Senior Director of TrueSport, Education and Awareness for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. A former public-school teacher, coach and college instructor and administrator, she has nearly two decades of educational experience and is passionate about sport-based leadership development. She received a Ph.D. in history from Texas Christian University, an M.A. in history from F. Austin State University, and a bachelor’s degree in education from Texas A&M University. Dedication to the success of young athletes is a family affair for the Royer household. Her husband, a two-time Colorado Springs high school football coach of the year, has spent a career in education and coaching at the high school and collegiate levels. As the mother of two teenaged guys involved in competitive sport, she understands fully the importance of youth sport communities in establishing the foundations for healthy childhood and adolescent experiences. Her current favorite hobby is watching her sons have the time of their lives training and competing with their friends and teammates and pretending not to dread the idea that her senior is about to head off to college in a few short months.

Kimberley is a seasoned nonprofit coach, consultant, and facilitator passionate about great strategy and effective implementation. She thrives in the “messy gray” of nonprofit work, guiding organizations through complex challenges to achieve clarity and success. A trusted advisor in the Colorado Springs community, she empowers boards and executives to lead with vision and accountability. Kimberley and her husband, who’s also her business partner, have called the Pikes Peak Region home for more than three decades, raised their beloved family here, and she serves on several local and regional advisory boards. She’s excited to share her knowledge and experience with ultimate organizers from around the country!

Robin has been coaching Stanford Superfly since 2002 and has won five national titles during her time as coach. She is also a former Fury and CTR (Bay Area Mixed) team member. In her other life, she is a first-grade teacher and mom of two boys and a doodle named Strudel.

Alex has been playing or coaching ultimate for 32 years. He has played on teams such as Death or Glory, Jam, and Revolver and coached teams including Cal, Revolver, Scandal, the D.C. Breeze, and U.S.A. men’s and World Games teams. He has coached open, mixed, and women’s teams to national and international gold medals. He has won Lei-Out, Kaimana, SandBlast, Poultry Days, Fools Fest, and countless other fun tournaments. Alex lives in D.C. and has two kids. On the academic side, Alex has an engineering degree and an MBA. He still enjoys goaltimate and grandmasters ultimate (body willing).

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Rob completed his BA in Psychology at Queen’s University and his MS and PhD in Experimental Psychology at York University. After receiving his PhD in 1998, he worked as a Research Scientist for Nissan Motor Corporation in Cambridge, Mass. In 2001, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the newly formed Applied Psychology Program at Arizona State University. In 2006, he was appointed Associate Professor and Program Head. Since 2005, he has also worked part-time as a Research Psychologist for the United States Air Force. From January-June 2010, he was appointed as a Visiting Professor in Sport Sciences at the University of the Mediterranean in France. From 2010-2014, he was a Reader (Associate Professor) in Perception & Action in the School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham, U.K.

Rob’s research focuses on perceptual-motor control with a particular emphasis on the demanding actions involved in driving, aviation, and sports. His goal is to conduct basic research that can be applied towards the improvement of training, simulation, accident prevention and human-machine interface development within these contexts. In 2007, he was awarded the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association and the Earl Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement in the Field of Applied Experimental & Engineering Psychology. Since 2023, he has worked as a Skill Acquisition Specialist with the Boston Red Sox. He currently hosts and produces the popular Perception & Action Podcast.