Meet the 2024 USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador Team

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The 2024 USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador Team will feature more than 90 ambassadors, the Foundation announced today, making up a passionate, nationwide community committed to both fundraising and advocacy for the USA Triathlon Foundation, the sport and multisport communities.

The USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador Team includes age group athletes from across the United States who bring a diverse set of experiences and backgrounds in the sport. New this year, the USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassadors Team also includes Junior Ambassadors, who are high school or college students spreading awareness and volunteering on behalf of the Foundation. The USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador Team embodies the goals of the USA Triathlon Foundation: to support and promote the virtues of triathlon, and to open pathways for all to swim, bike, and run.

“Our ambassadors are vital to furthering the Foundation’s mission, driving our fundraising efforts and making an impact in local communities across the United States,” said Lindsay Welker, Manager, Annual Fund and Foundation Operations for the USA Triathlon Foundation. “This year’s strong and enthusiastic team brings a diversity of age, abilities and experience within the sport and includes several returning ambassadors who have had a tremendous fundraising impact for the USA Triathlon Foundation. We are also excited about our enthusiastic group of Junior Ambassadors, who will be instrumental in spreading awareness about the virtues of multisport and the Foundation’s mission with young athletes.”

In 2023, the Foundation Ambassador Team rewrote the record books, raising $106k in support of the Foundation’s three pillars- encouraging youth participation, inspiring pathways to access and inclusion, and igniting Olympic and Paralympic dreams.

The 2024 Ambassador Team has a goal of raising $110,000. That funding will go toward deserving individuals and organizations in the multisport community in support of the foundation’s three pillars.

To learn more details about the Ambassador Team program, visit the USA Triathlon Foundation webpage here. Interested athletes can still join the 2024 ambassador team by clicking here.

For more information about the ambassador team, to become an ambassador, or to donate to the USA Triathlon Foundation, visit usatriathlonfoundation.org.

2024 USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador Team 

Brian Akamine (King of Prussia, Pa.) 

Michael Alcamo (New York, N.Y.)

Ann Bailey (Washington, D.C.)

Julianna Batizy-Morley (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)

James Baugh (Bossier City, La.)

Lorrie Beck (Williamstown, N.J.)

Anette Bonifas (The Woodlands, Texas) 

Rachel Brenke (Fredericksburg, Va.)

Joni Briganti (Spotsylvania, Va.)

Cassandra Burke (Finksburg, Md.)

Iain Campbell (Boulder, Colo.)

Chandler Carranza (Gastonia, N.C.)

Patrick Clay (Fort Worth, Texas)

Justin Coale (Ottsville, Pa.)

Roland Cooper (Camarillo, Calif.)

Carol Coram (Seattle, Wash.)

Chris DeRienzo (Wake Forest, N.C.)

Regan Dickinson (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)

Sean Downes (Morristown, N.J.)

Mark Drangsholt (Seattle, Wash.)

Debbie Fratrik (Boynton Beach, Fla.)

Jamie Fuhrman (Chicago, Ill.)

Jamey Gamble (Kernersville, N.C.)

Jennifer Giesber (Hillsborough, N.J.)

Elaine Gower (San Diego, Calif.)

Justin Grand (Doylestown, Pa.)

Lorraine Green (Lafayette, Colo.)

Erika Griffith (Odenton, Md.)

Evan Gruda (San Diego, Calif.)

Jason Guyer (Bay Village, Ohio)

Susan Haag (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Suzy Heffernan (Cutchogue, N.Y.)

Crystal Holick (Oxford, Conn.)

Fredricka Holloway (Carol Stream, Ill.)

Christine Houser (La Jolla, Calif.)

Lexi Hutton (Guttenberg, N.J.)

Rosalind Jarrett Sepulveda (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Caitlin Kappel (New York, N.Y.)

Danielle Keller (Lebanon, Pa.)

Chris Kopec (Newtown, Conn.)

Michael Kramer (Washington, D.C.)

Angela Lee (Los Angeles, Calif.) 

Angela Sprau (Whitefish Bay, WI)

Brian Fellin (San Diego, CA)

Caroline Irvin (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee)

Cooper Lee (White Plains, N.Y.) 

Monica Lepore (Wilmington, Del.) 

Dave Mandelkern (Hillsborough, Calif.) 

Michele McCandless (Havertown, Pa.) 

Jude McCarthy (Dallas, Texas) 

Laura McDonald (Sylmar, Calif.) 

Chris McElduff (Burlington, Mass.) 

Nathaniel McKillop (Elmhurst, Ill.) 

Neal McLaughlin (Centennial, Colo.) 

Chad McMahon (Verona, Wis.) 

Kelsey Meuser (Loveland, Ohio) 

Kim Michael-Lee (Bloomingdale, Ill.) 

Ashley Modder (Kenosha, Wis.) 

Kelsey Myers (Bend, Ore.) 

Claudio Navas (NBV, Fla.) 

Shelley Navin (Chicago, Ill.) 

Chris Navin (Chicago, Ill.) 

Kristen Neimeth (New York, N.Y.) 

Blessing Oluwadare (Edgewood, Md.) 

Steph Popelar (Elizabeth, Colo.) 

Caleb Prewit (Jacksonville, Fla.) 

Jonathan Ravid (Blacksburg, Va.) 

Elizabeth Reichanadter (Indianapolis, Ind.) 

Kelly Rockwell (Topanga, Calif.) 

Samantha Rothberg (Southampton, N.Y.) 

Salvador Ruiz Gonzalez (Reno, Nev.) 

Patrick Santiago (Somerset, N.J.) 

Mike Savage (Geneva, Ill.) 

Miriam Raviv (Austin, TX)

Nico Reyes (Katy, TX)

Abby Silbeman (Warminster, Pa.)

Ron Stitt (Houston, Texas)

Cherilyn Suiter (Arlington, Wash.)

Kaitlin Switzer (Norton, Ohio) 

Gus Teixeira (Weston, Fla.)

Lisa Thomas (Houston, Texas)

Ferris Thompson (Prescott, Ariz.)

George VanMeter-Jr (Lexington, Ky.)

Joshua Vernon (Mendon, Mass.)

Natali Villarruel (Chicago, Ill.)

Alberto Vivas (Houston, Texas)

Dan Weiss (La Jolla, Calif.)

David Wilson (Lawrence, Kan.)

Lauren Woodie (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Todd Young (Chicago, Ill.)

2024 USA Triathlon Junior Ambassadors 

Caroline Irvin (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.)

Cooper Lee (White Plains, N.Y.)

Abby Silberman (Warminster, Pa.)

About the USA Triathlon Foundation

The USA Triathlon Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and the charitable arm of USA Triathlon. With its mission to transform lives through sport by providing opportunities to swim, bike and run, the Foundation serves to generate a greater impact on the multisport community through charitable giveback and grants that advance the Foundation’s three pillars: (1) Encourage youth participation; (2) Inspire pathways to access and inclusion; and (3) Ignite Olympic/Paralympic dreams. Since the Foundation was established in 2014, it has impacted the lives of thousands by providing grants to organizations and individuals in pursuit of its mission and pillars to create a healthier United States through triathlon. To learn more about the Foundation and get involved, please visit usatriathlonfoundation.org.