Board of Directors
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Sandy Jen
President
A long-time entrepreneur, Sandy Jen co-founded Honor in 2014, a company focused on transforming home-based care for older adults. She currently spends most of her time working with product and engineering to further the mission of changing the way we care for our aging loved ones. An innovator at heart, she also co-founded Meebo, a consumer internet company focused on instant messaging, which was acquired by Google in 2012. Sandy discovered Ultimate after college at Stanford, and as a mother of two children and a frisbee-loving dog, she’s excited to share her love of Ultimate in a way that helps future generations.
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Katie Berk
President Emerita
A product manager, Katie Berk is currently the Head of Product at Goodreads, and before that, she led product management for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s education technology team. Katie found Ultimate Frisbee in college, where she co-captained Stanford Superfly and played on two national-championship winning teams. Katie still surrounds herself with the lifelong friends (and spouse) she met through the incredible Ultimate community. She holds a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from Yale School of Management.
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Karim Basta
Treasurer
Karim Basta is Chief Economist for III Capital Management and previously worked in a number of economic research roles on Wall Street. He is also a part-time faculty member at Boston College, where he teaches a Global Financial Markets course to both grads and undergrads. Karim began his Ultimate career at the University of Pennsylvania, co-captaining the team that won the second-ever collegiate national championship. He went on to play with New York New York, winning six national and four world championships. Though retired from competitive play, he still enjoys the occasional pick-up game in his adopted home of St Croix, USVI.
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Courtney Keating
Secretary
Courtney Keiting has spent her career in finance and currently works as a director within PwC’s Finance Transformation practice, helping CFOs and finance leaders solve complex problems. Her career has taken her to Seattle, Amsterdam, and back to her hometown of Portland, OR, where she currently resides. She is a mom of two energetic boys who love any reason to run, jump, and play. While she admittedly gets the “yips” while throwing a frisbee, Courtney is passionate about the power of play and its long-lasting, positive influence on children’s lives. She holds a BS and a Master of Accounting from the University of Oregon.
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Steve Mooney
Steve Mooney spent the summer of 1979 at UC Berkeley, taking a class in black-and-white photography and playing Ultimate with The Flying Circus of San Francisco. Little did Steve know how much these events would shape his life. He went on to enjoy a long career in marketing, spending years as a multimedia producer and later ascending to be a creative and managing director at the brand experience agency Jack Morton Worldwide. Steve also had the privilege of leading several exceptional Ultimate teams, winning seven National Championships and three World Championships with the Rude Boys and Death of Glory. He lives in Brookline, MA, with his wife and two children.
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Rachel Anne Dyke
Rachel Dyke is a logistics and energy expert who has worked for several high-growth companies in finance, operations, and product. She currently works for a trucking fleet electrification company and loves solving problems related to the energy transition. She's currently based in Berlin, previously lived in the Bay Area, and grew up near Washington DC. Rachel played many youth and college sports before finding Ultimate at the end of college. She played on Stanford Superfly and then at the club level for several years.
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Molica Anderson
Molica is a distinguished Ultimate Frisbee coach known for her leadership and commitment to sportsmanship. Since 2019, she has led Revolver Ultimate, guiding the team to a 2024 Nationals semifinals appearance and multiple Spirit of the Game honors. She also coached Team Colombia at the 2024 World Ultimate Club Championships and was named 2024 Men's Coach of the Year by Ultiworld. Beyond Ultimate Frisbee, Molica has a background in healthcare technology, previously founding a musculoskeletal health startup and now driving innovation at Homeward Health. Outside of coaching and work, she enjoys surfing in San Francisco, embodying the same resilience in the waves as she does in her career.
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Bruce Jacobson
An electrical engineer by training, Bruce Jacobson has spent his career building large video and data transport infrastructure for service providers and broadcasters, including Comcast and QVC. In his current role as the First Gentleman of William & Mary, he is devoted to community-building efforts in southeastern Virginia. Bruce started playing Ultimate at the University of Pennsylvania, where he co-captained the team that won a college national championship in 1985. Bruce continued to play and organize competitive club and league Ultimate, playing in the Masters (national championship in 1997 and World silver medalist in 1998), Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters divisions.