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Greg Edenfield—President

Greg started bowling in 1986 while living in Tampa, Florida. He first bowled IGBO 1987 Annual Tournament in New Orleans. Since then, he missed only two IGBO events, (Los Angeles in 1990 and Oklahoma City in 1994). Upon moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, he introduced the gay bowling leagues to IGBO. His current League joined as a member in 1993 (Atlanta IGBO Annual). Since then, he served as an officer for 13 of the 16 seasons in his current league (10 years as Secretary/Treasurer, 2 years as President, and 1 year as Vice President). Greg served as either IGBO Rep or Alternate since 1993, with the exception of the four years he served as the Southern Regional Director from 2002-2006. Since 1995, He has served on and/or chaired the By-laws and Audit Committees, with the exception of the period serving as Regional Director.

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Stephanie Johnstone—Vice President

Stephanie became aware of IGBO in 1992 when the LSA became a member of the organization. Her involvement began a year later when she served as the Alternate League Rep for the LSA-Sunday league, and had served as the Rep for that league from 1995 until she was elected to the position of IGBO Vice President in May of 2003. During her involvement with LSA-Sunday, Stephanie has held every league office, and has also served as the Statistician and Co-Director of the LINT tournament. Stephanie has been very active within IGBO; serving as a member of the Bylaws Committee, chair of the Women’s Social Committee and chair of the Gay Games Committee. She has served as an IGBO delegate to the Federation of Gay Games for several years, and is currently the Co-Chair of the FGG Sports Committee. Most people will recognize Stephanie as the “un-official” Parliamentarian of IGBO – as she has served in that capacity at many of the General Membership Meetings. In addition, Stephanie was a 2002 recipients of the Tom Hack Service Award. She currently resides in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

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Larry Sanchez—Secretary

Larry is a native Southern Californian who has been bowling competitively since 1999. Since then, he has been active with all San Diego gay leagues, serving as secretary of High Rollers and Rainbow leagues, as well as president of the Pride Rollers league. He discovered a passion for tournament competition after entering his first event, the Funlovers tournament in 2000. Larry has worked with the San Diego Invitational Tournament (SDIT) committee in various roles, and was elected Co-Director of SDIT in 2005. He served as Hospitality Co-Chair of the IGBO Mid-Year 2003 tournament committee in San Diego. As a volunteer league co-coordinator of the Kearny Mesa gay bowling leagues, he enjoys taking time to assist San Diego bowlers find their place in the gay bowling community. Larry was elected Secretary of IGBO in 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry lives in San Diego with his high-strung cocker spaniel mix, "BOO!"

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Steve Mathis—Treasurer

From the age 3, when he accidentally dropped a 10 pound ball on his foot and proceeded to get his first strike, the sport of bowling has always held a fascination with Steve. He was fortunate enough to have a loving family who encouraged his quest throughout the bowling world. Since joining his first adult league at the age of 16, and placed in the role of Secretary/Treasurer, Steve has actively sought out jobs and responsibilities to help out his fellow bowlers. From 1975 to 1986, Steve was an officer or team captain in most of the leagues in which he participated in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York regions. His jobs within the bowling industry during that time ranged from being a counter person to Night Manager, but he was mostly known for his lane maintenance and pro shop technology knowledge.

Unfortunately, Steve, suffering from a bowling overdose and a personal crisis, retired from bowling in 1986, vowing to never pick up a ball again. That vow would be short-lived. In 1991, he moved to Washington, DC to begin working within the gay community and was quickly challenged into joining the TGIF league with the Washington Sports Association (the predecessor of today's Capitol Area Rainbowlers Association or CARA for short). From there he got involved with other CARA and non-CARA leagues, spent a several years as representative on CARA's Board and became a volunteer and eventually co-director for the Capitol Area Halloween Tournament (CHIT). In 1996, after going to his first IGBO Annual tournament, Steve actively pursued becoming an IGBO representative. In 2002, Steve moved westward and immediately found new friends and challenges in California, and quickly became the Vice-President and IGBO rep for Scratch This and the Secretary for HUGS @ Long Beach.

He currently works as the financial manager of a small, national non-profit corporation, and is supported in life by his domestic partner, Paul Armstrong, 4 cats, a parrot and a really big dog named Roscoe.

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Rich Kraemer—North American Heartland Regional Director

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Tim Tkacik—Pacific Northwest Regional Director

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Robert Silliman—Northeast Regional Director

Rob Silliman, Northeast Regional Director, has been bowling in leagues on and off since he was seven years old. He joined his first gay league, Beantown South, in Boston in 1995 and entered his first tournament in 1999. He has been President of the Beantown league for 6 years. He also served as Tournament Director of NEIT 2002.

In 2005, Rob became Executive Director of PrideSports Boston, the umbrella organization for all gay sports and athletes in the Boston area with over 2,500 members. He is also an active member of Team Boston which helps all sports teams send representatives to the Gay Games and the OutGames.

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Raymond Krasneck—Southern Regional Director

In 1980 Ray was elected President of Lambda League, Atlantas first IGBO League. That same year he attended the Milwaukee Tournament where Atlanta bidded for the first IGBO annual tournament, which Houston won. However, that loss turned into the birth of the Dixie Invitational Tournament, which he is Co-founder. Ray was very active in the early years of IGBO attending numerous tournaments as a rep. He founded a second IGBO League, Atlantas Friends Friday and served various officer positions over the years in virtually all Atlanta leagues still in existence today. He has been active with the Dixie Tournament for many of its 25 years in various roles. In 2001 Ray was awarded with the Tim Cooper Spirit of Dixie Award for his role in gay bowling in Atlanta. At IGBO 2004 Annual in St Louis he was awarded the IGBO Fellowship Award. As Southern Regional Director, a new opportunity Ray looks forward helping the Southern Region be one of the great regions in IGBO.

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Rob Hisey—Southwest / Pacific Nations Regional Director

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John Kincheloe—South Plains Regional Director

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Claude Sloan—Upper Mississippi Valley Regional Director

Claude started his bowling career in Atlanta, Georgia in 1994 where he joined the Lambda Bowling League and was the League Secretary in 2001. He was also an active member of the Mondays Myth League, Atlas Atlanta and Friends Friday Bowling Leagues for several years. He was Vice- President and President of Mondays Myth and was instrumental in growing the league from 12 to 20 teams. Claude was also involved with DIXIE Invitational Bowling Tournament for 5 years. He held the offices of Registration Co-Chair, Executive Board Secretary and was Tournament Co-Director for two years. He also became involved in IGBO while bowling in Atlanta where he was an IGBO League Representative and a member of the IGBO Bylaws Committee for five years.

In May 2002, Claude was transferred to Milwaukee, Wisconsin by his employer of 8 years, Johnson Controls, Inc. He quickly became an active member of the Monday Nite Irregulars and Johnson Controls Mens Bowling Leagues. Currently, he is the League President of Monday Nite Irregulars and Vice-President of Johnson Controls Mens League and has been an IGBO League Representative for two years. Claude also became involved in the Holiday Invitational Tournament in 2002. He has have been Marketing Co-Chair and currently Assistant Secretary for two years. Claude was actively involved on the bid organizing committee for the City of Milwaukee to host IGBO 2005. When Milwaukee won the bid at IGBO Annual 2003 in Phoenix, he held the office of IGBO 2005 Secretary. During the IGBO 2005 Milwaukee General Membership meeting he was elected as the IGBO Regional Director - Upper Mississippi Valley.

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