Ladies and gentlemen, here is your 2024-2026 board! This group of people will be spending the next 2 years doing their best to serve you, the LAOUT community, to make sure you have the opportunity to play as much ultimate as your bodies can handle.
Gunnar Ristroph
Gunnar found his passion for ultimate in Austin, Texas, where he embraced the community and camaraderie he found in pick-up games. Professionally, he co-founded and served as CEO of an aerospace and defense products company, successfully leading it until its sale in 2020. He now channels that business expertise into his service as Financial Director for LAOUT. Gunnar enjoys the outdoors, mostly through biking and climbing.
Mei-Lien Converse
Mei-Lien Converse grew up in Madison, WI and has been playing ultimate for over 10 yrs now. She had been talking about moving to LA for over 10 yrs and finally in late October of 2021 she made the jump and moved here. She works for Ultiworld as a camera operator, coaches youth sports and is on the hunt for a graphic design job in the LA area. In her off time she also enjoys dog sitting, traveling to new places and eating great food. Back in Madison, she first played mixed ultimate and helped create some new teams that still exist today. A couple years ago moved to women’s and have been playing that ever since. She currently plays for a masters team called Aged Cheddar out of WI and Wildfire from San Diego. She joined LAOUT with some encouragement from current board members and can’t wait to continue improving and expanding the LA ultimate community.
Clay Moore
Clay Moore has been playing ultimate continuously since junior year of college, having played from picks up to the club level. Clay appreciates the open arms that the LAOUT community provided when he moved to LA in 2022, and is looking forward to providing that same experience to new and existing members. He most previously served on the Dallas Ultimate Association as an inferior to the great Daniel Pappas. Clay is excited to bring friendliness and cheerful service to the Los Angeles ultimate scene. Off the beach and turf, Clay does program management for a tech company and is committed to finding the perfect karoake song for his mid-tier talents.
Mike “Luigi” Schlesinger
Mike started playing ultimate in 2009 and has been involved with LAOUT since 2012. Through LAOUT-sponsored leagues, tournaments, and pickup games he has made lasting friendships with many of the wonderful people and dogs of the community. He is excited to have this opportunity to give back to the organization. In his time on the board he hopes to help the LAOUT leagues continue to run smoothly and be as much fun as humanly possible. Off the field Mike works as an engineer and spends as much time skiing as he can.
Tyler “TK” Kenny
YMCA ultimate in high school summer camp led to UCI Ultimate, which led to all of the orange county pick up games! Now I’m addicted and will sign up for anything Ultimate any day of the week. From serving on the equity committee, to mascot shenanigans for Astra and the Aviators, to captaining Hurricane for winter league and Treehouse for fall, I’m dedicated to building this sport with you.
Jacob Barr
Jacob Barr is an ultimate player and coach originally from the great state of New Jersey. He began playing in college at Tufts University and has played on club teams in Israel, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles. He began coaching a youth BUDA clinic while in college and went on to coach for Ultimate Peace in the Middle East. He organized the YCC program in New York before moving to Los Angeles and organizing the YCC program for one year there. He currently coaches the men’s team at USC. When he’s not coaching or rehabbing his bad hamstring, back, or ankle, Jacob manages a Congressional campaign in Orange County.
Robbie Adler
Robbie came to Ultimate late in life as he didn’t start playing until he was already Grandmaster eligible. But he’s had a disc in his hand since senior year of high school. In college he was known as Frisbee Boy because he carried his disc everywhere. Forever one to avoid team sports in his younger years, Robbie has found his community in Ultimate, and he joined the LAOUT board in an effort to share that communal spirit with all of LA. In his non-disc time, Robbie frequents Disneyland and Tiki bars and often both in the same day.
Joshua Seal
After starting an ultimate club in high school in 2009, he played and coached multiple seasons with Dozen at Texas A&M and other mixed teams before moving out to the Golden State in 2017 to work in Hollywood. After getting swept away by Tinseltown and a brief stay in Montreal, he started getting involved with the local mixed teams and leagues. Now involved with the Leiout beach tournament and LA Aviators team, he will be serving the LAOUT board for the first time this year. Outside of playing ultimate or designing team jerseys, he’s animating on your favorite blockbuster films and TV shows, playing Dungeons and Dragons, or enjoying lazy days with his wife and dog.
Jan Smogorzewski
Jan Smogorzewski has been playing ultimate for 17 years in Los Angeles and is excited to give back to the sport and organization that has given him so much.
Abe Ho
After initially dismissing the “stack” at tryouts at Cal Poly SLO, Abe rediscovered the sport after college and now plays as much as he can. You can often find him at West Side pickup games on grass or sand. When he’s not on the field, he’s either listening to music, spending time with his dog, or coding.
Lukmon Babajide
Lukmon Babajide grew up in Houston, TX and has been playing ultimate since his senior year in high school. He moved to Los Angeles in 2022 from the NY/NJ area due to issues with weather. His hobbies including community organizing (which he has been trying to get back into while in LA), travel, anime, listening to music, and (obviously) discing. He enjoys many different sports including basketball, volleyball, and tennis (mainly as a spectator) but has been most involved in the unique communities of ultimate frisbee. Lukmon works in the mental health space with a particular interest in diversity and politics which shapes most, if not all, of what he does.
Kat Curry
After 39 years and two careers, there is still nothing I love doing more than playing ultimate. I started playing at Brown University on the men’s team and co-founded the women’s team there. Two of those women are now on my Great Grand Master’s team, a testament to how much fun we had playing together. Teams I’ve been on have been to club Nationals 5 times and also to Worlds. Since retiring from my job as an animator, I got certified as a trainer with a specialization in youth sports. It’s my great joy to help people have as long a career in this sport as I have, and to give the gift of utlmate to anyone who wants to learn.