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Brian Danza, Vice President (Operations) |
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 Brian (Athlinks, E-Mail) joined DC Road Runners in the spring of 2007 with the hope of overcoming his inherent lack of long distance running talent, and to train for the 2007 New York Marathon.
He quickly became involved in many club activities including being a regular presence at Saturday Long Runs and Wednesday Track Workouts, as well as volunteering at many races and club events.
In the spring of 2008 Brian took on many club projects; including a complete upgrade dcroadrunners.org, giving the site a new front-end look, as well as a new collaboration and financial processing back-end. Additionally, Brian restructured club operations with the purchase of a chip timing system, and new van, all leading to the creation of DCRR’s race management services department.
Brian is a Rosslyn resident, and can often be found running on the Custis and Mount Vernon Trails, or completing loops on shady Roosevelt Island.
joined DC Road Runners in the spring of 2007 with the hope of overcoming his inherent lack of long distance running talent, and to train for the 2007 New York Marathon.
He quickly became involved in many club activities including being a regular presence at Saturday Long Runs and Wednesday Track Workouts, as well as volunteering at many races and club events.In the spring of 2008 Brian took on many club projects, including a complete upgrade dcroadrunners.org, giving the site a new front-end look, as well as a new collaboration and financial processing back-end. Additionally, Brian took on the task of restructuring club operations with the purchase of a chip timing system, and new van, leading to the creation of DCRR’s race management services .Brian is a Rosslyn resident, and can often be found running on the Custis and Mount Vernon Trails, or completing loops on shady Roosevelt Island.
He quickly became involved in many club activities including being a regular presence at Saturday Long Runs and Wednesday Track Workouts, as well as volunteering at many races and club events.
In the spring of 2008 Brian took on many club projects, including a complete upgrade dcroadrunners.org, giving the site a new front-end look, as well as a new collaboration and financial processing back-end. Additionally, Brian took on the task of restructuring club operations with the purchase of a chip timing system, and new van, leading to the creation of DCRR’s race management services .
Brian is a Rosslyn resident, and can often be found running on the Custis and Mount Vernon Trails, or completing loops on shady Roosevelt Island. |
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Ben Richter, Vice President (Races) |
 Ben (Email) started running winter track in high school as a way to avoid wrestling class, and has been on the roads ever since. He has completed over 50 marathons, including Boston, Honolulu, New York City, Marine Corps, Kilauea Volcano Trails, Big Sur and Austin. Shortly after moving to D.C. in autumn 1999, he began regular participation in the Saturday Long Run and credits it for getting him to Boston. Ben has directed the Larry Noel Greenbelt 15K Race since 2005 and has been a sub-group coach with the club’s Marathon Training Program for several years. |
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Kenny Ames, Vice President (Training) |
 Kenny (Athlinks, E-Mail) joined DC Road Runners shortly after running his first marathon, the 2004 Marine Corps Marathon. A soccer player by nature, he joined the club on the encouragement of a teammate and friend. With the club's help and guidance, he has improved his racing times significantly and has run ten marathons to date.
As an RRCA certified running coach, Kenny has trained many first-time as well as repeat marathoners looking to improve their performances. He also organizes his company's running teams, encouraging and supporting coworkers and friends. Running has been very good for Kenny, and he enjoys sharing his enthusiasm while working with others to assist them reach their goals.
Originally from a suburb south of Boston, Kenny's ultimate goal is to qualify for his hometown marathon. He has lived in DC since 1995 and resides in Brookland his dog, Sammy, a springer spaniel who is his favorite running buddy. The two of them can be found running Rock Creek. |
 George has been a member of the DCRRC since 1979, when he began his running career at age 31. George has been the race director for the Burke Lake 12K since 1996. He was first elected to the DCRRC Board in 2001 as a director-at-large and has served as DCRRC Treasurer since 2003. When not in running attire, George worked as an IT specialist at the Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna, Virginia. Recently retired, George resides in Burke, Virginia, with Ellen, his bride of 33 years, and continues his community involvements. His goals as DCRRC Treasurer: keep the club solvent, cash the checks, pay the bills, and provide financial reports to the DCRRC membership as requested. |
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Kevin D'Amanda, Secretary |
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 Kevin (Athlinks) was a member of the DCRRC in the late 1990s when stationed in Washington, DC, with the Navy and rejoined the club in 2005 when he moved back to the area.
He served 21 years in the Navy as a Civil Engineer Corps officer (Seabee) and is now professional engineer with the Indian Health Service. Kevin has completed multiple marathons, road races, and triathlons. |
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Aaron Cheskis, Director (MD) |
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Aaron has been a club member since fall of 2000. He started out as a regular at SLR and track workouts before volunteering at races and other club activities. Aaron served as Club Team Coordinator from Fall of 2001 to 2008, served as the Representative from Virginia and now Maryland for several years. With his wife Sharone, he has been a race co-director of the Al Lewis/Kensington Ten Miler (his "hometown" race) since the 2006 edition. During the day, Aaron is a project engineer for Dewberry, mainly working on transportation and road improvement projects. Even though some nagging injuries have taken their toll, he still vows to make a good showing at the Bunion Series each year. |
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Sasha Sibert, Director (DC) |
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 After three decades as a solitary runner, Sasha Sibert (Email) joined the DCRRC in the summer of 2006 to train for the Army 10-Miler (ATM), fell in love with the club, and the rest is history.
A satisfied program participant, Ms. Sibert returned to the ATM program the next year as a volunteer coach, and since then has helped coach several other programs, including, and most recently, the Reebok SunTrust National Half-Marathon Program program out of Fleet Feet - the newly added DC venue - where she served as Head Coach. Having run her first marathon in the Fall of 2008, and with less than 6 minutes to compensate for, she looks forward to qualifying for Boston this fall for the Spring 2010. Aside from running, Sasha enjoys hashing, yoga, pilates and rock climbing. In addition to being a certified running coach, she is trained as a holistic health counselor. She lives in DC and leads the Monday Night FootMall run from her place in Foggy Bottom along the Mall. |
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Michael Collins, Director (VA) |
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 Mike (Athlinks, E-Mail) joined the club in 2008 and wasted no time getting involved in the website revamp.
A runner in high school (Oakton), he gave his legs a seven year rest before getting back in to the sport in 2007. Since that time, he has run 25 races ranging from one mile to the marathon.
An Arlington resident, he can most often be found doing an out and back on the W&OD between 50 and Falls Church in the early evening. Occasionally, he'll get adventurous and make his way up Custis Trail. Weekend favorites are anything on the C&O Canal and various loops in Rock Creek Park.
Mike works at a small software company in Ballston performing Quality Assurance. He can be found commuting by bike every morning on the side of Glebe Road.
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Elizabeth Humphrey, At-Large |
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 Elizabeth (Athlinks, E-mail) has been a member of the DC Road Runners Club since 2003, and has participated in numerous club and outside races, ranging from 5K to marathon.
She credits SLR and track workouts with getting her back to Boston in 2007, after a nine-year “dry spell” in marathon times. She has completed 18 marathons, including Boston ’98 and Boston ’07.
Elizabeth lives in Arlington, and works as a lobbyist for the American Association for Justice.
In 2008, Elizabeth became certified by the RRCA as an adult running coach, and looks forward to utilizing her new-found credentials as a way to help club members achieve training goals.
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Club Information 
Karol joined DCRRC in 2004 as a participant in the Fall Marathon Training Program. The training worked! Since then, Karol has run seven marathons including Boston in 2007.