About Us

Club Management

The management and advisory team of the Club Fat Ass is made up of people from around the world who share the vision of promoting good health and camaraderie through free, informal, inclusive, environmentally-friendly Club events.

Club management offers a range of experience in general business, association management, event management as well as experience as participants in running, triathlon, adventure racing, mountain biking, hiking and a host of other outdoor-oriented competitions.

The Club is managed by an executive and volunteer steering committees. Each committee is made up of members and other volunteers who, as a team, aim to achieve the objectives of their respective committee. Steering Committee members serve a one or two year term. Event Hosts are the Club members who host Club events.

Executive

Chief Executive Fat Ass - Sibylle Tinsel

Sibylle *is* the Club! She devotes 40-50 hours a week to making sure everything comes together. She answers your questions, gets your t-shirts to you, writes the newsletter, stresses over the website and manages all manner of other administrative things that need to get done.

Steering Committee

The objective of this committee is to make sure the Club, with its limited resources, does the right things at the right time.

Chair - Sibylle Tinsel

Sibylle cracks the whip with the committees and makes sure the Club gets to where it wants to go.

Technology Committee - Ran Katzman

Ran is the technology geek responsible for the Club website. He has the impossible task of creating a world class online clubhouse with no money and little help. He would really love to meet you if you share his vision and could spare a bit of your technical expertise!

Thanks to Jeff Summers, Lara Taylor (2007 chair), Sal Bugliarisi, and Matt Arjmandi whose contribution to the technology behind the Club Fat Ass website are much appreciated.

Event Host Committee - Berglind Haffsteinsdottir

The Club wants to make certain all Event Hosts have a positive experience with their event. The Event Host Chair, matches more experienced Event Hosts with new ones, manages the Event Host Handbook and other aspects of Club events. All Event Hosts are encouraged to participate on this committee.

Finance Committee - open

Sponsorship Committee - Vanessa Fors

Given that the Club is built on the concept of free events, it needs the support of socially and environmentally-conscious businesses to remain viable. The Sponsorship Committee identifies prospective sponsors members and makes sure our sponsor members get awesome value by associating with the Club. Contact them if you would like to support the Club or know of someone who might!

Marketing Committee - Ryan Conroy

Ryan is responsible for making sure the world knows about the Club and its benefits. The committee works with the media, writes press releases and other fun stuff. Ryan benefits from the help of Jessica Marshall and Vida Morkunas, but could use your help, too.

Membership Committee - Amy MacArthur

The membership committee is all about you, the member. What do you love about the Club? What could we improve? This role is to represent you and grow our membership, so please be sure to tell Amy what you'd like to see! Amy benefits from the help of Jess Bassil and Michele Sherstan

Everything Else Committee - Ean Jackson

This role is a catch-all that addresses special projects and lends a hand to all of the other committee members.

 

Event Hosts

The following individuals belong to the elite circle of Club members who host or hosted free events for all Club members:

Gary Robbins, Sibylle Tinsel, Ean Jackson, Peter Zubcsek, Andy Nicol, Craig Moore, Carlos Castillo, Keith Thompson, Bill Dagg, Geoffrey Palmer, Chris Mager, Wendy Montgomery, Dom Repta, Melissa Pace, Ann Taylor, Allison Conroy, Katheryne Gardiner, Tara Jackson, Berglind Haffsteinsdottir, James Sinclair, Daniel Probst, Ryan Conroy, Desmond Mott, Pete Stace Smith, Cheryl Johnson.

Past Members of the Steering Committee

Thanks for your help in the past: Troy Angrignon, Peter Parrish, Craig Moore, Eileen Bistrisky, Roar Bakken, Steve Deller, Lara Taylor, Stewart Marshall, Michele Sherstan

Honorary Member

Joe Oakes. Joe is the only person to have earned honorary member status in Club Fat Ass. A person who has earned the coveted silver buckle at Western States 100-mile endurance run, swam across the Bering Strait, and only person to lead about 14,000 swimmers out of Alcatraz Island since 1980, Joe hosted the first Fat Ass 50 and inspired us to start the Club.

Club Brochure

If you would like a 1 page (2-sided) overview of the Club, just click on the Attachment link below.