People Who Held the Same UPA Position the Longest through 2009
(Scroll down to see who has the most years as a volunteer.)

Many Ultimate players worked for the UPA as volunteers since its inception in late 1979 giving their time and energies freely, and more recently some as paid employees. Below is a list of people who held each position for the longest period of time.

("+" indicates they are currently in the position, and an * indicates they are/were salaried.)

Position

Longest
Years in
Position

Name(s)
National Director /Executive Director
6.5
 Sandie Hammerly*
Managing Director
4.5
 Cindy Fisher
Treasurer/Finance Director
17
 Carney Foy
Newsletter Editor
3
 Tom Kennedy, Shelley Scoggin, Cindy Fisher,
Bill Penrose, Michelle Orton
Director of Communications / PR
4
 Andy Borinstein
Director of Marketing
5
 Frank DeFazio (the only Mkt. Dir.)
Director of International Affairs
7
 Andy Borinstein
Archivist
8
 John Caporali (the only Archivist)
Legal Counsel
13
 Brian Murphy
Director of Membership
6.5+
 Melanie Byrd* (the only Mem. Dir.)
Nat'l. Event Coordinator (NEC)
2
 Butch Brown (the only NEC)
Director of Competition (DoC) /
Director of Championships
9+
 Will Deaver*
Women's National Director /
Women's Director
7+
 DeAnna Ball
National Open Director
6
 David Raflo
Collegiate Coordinator /
National College Director
7
 Frank Revi
HS Coord./HS Nat'l. Dir./Junior Dir./
Director of Youth Development
4.5
 Kyle Weisbrod*
National Coed Dir./Mixed Director
6
 George Cooke
National Master's Director
5.5
 Pete Giusti
Regional Coordinator - club open
9.5
 Sholom (Eric) Simon
Regional Coordinator - club women's
8.5
 Melissa "Mel" Iwaszko
Regional Coordinator - club mixed
6+
 Shiellah Quintos
Regional Coordinator - club master
10+
 Alexander Dee
note: + indicates still in that position
* Salaried

Persons with the most UPA volunteer time in any position(s) through 2009
(not including Sectional Coordinators)

No. of
Years

Volunteer Position(s) Held
Mark Licata
19+
Disc Standards Comm. (15+), Conduct Comm. (3)
Sholom (Eric) Simon
18
Standing Rules Comm., RC
Carney Foy
17
Treasurer
Brian Murphy
16
Legal Counsel
David Raflo
14.5+
RC (4.5), Nat'l. Open Dir. (6), Nat'l. Masters Dir. (3+)
Vic Kamhi
12
Head Observer
Henry Thorne
12+
BOD
J.R. Reynolds
11
Dir. Comm./PR (3), RC (8)
Stu Downs
10+
RC
Alexander Dee
10+
RC
Andy Borinstein
10
Dir. Int'l. Affairs (7), Dir. Communications (4), BOD (2)
DeAnna Ball
9+
RC (3), Nat'l. Women's Dir. (6+)
Geoff Doerre
9+
RC
George Cooke
9
RC (3), Nat'l. Mixed Dir. (6)
Melissa "Mel" Iwaszko
8.5
RC
Cindy Fisher
8.5
Managing Dir. (4.5), Newsletter Ed. (3), Nat'l. Women's Dir. (3)
note: + indicates still in that position

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