Team Coaches and
Board of Directors
We welcome your input. If you have questions related to workouts, technique, swim meets or goal setting please contact one of our coaches. For administrative questions such as dues, safety or policy issues, please contact our board members at info@chicagosmelts.org.
Brock Jones -
Practice Coach
Brock grew up in the Pacific Northwest, spent his summers swimming in the mountain lakes and his family's backyard pool, and swam at a Spokane-area age group club throughout high school. In high school, Brock began coaching for the city rec league and went on to lifeguard and teach swimming throughout college, including a master's swim team in Portland, Oregon. In 2013 Brock swam in his first IGLA (International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics) Championship and found the family of gay swimmers across the globe. He joined the Seattle Orca Swim Team shortly thereafter and coached this team as well. He is committed to promoting inclusion in athletics, especially among queer people in aquatics, and to promoting community through sport.
Board of Directors
Co-Chairs: Guido Moret and Mike Kerr
Registrar: Annika Ness
Treasurer: Allison Kipphut
Social Chairs: Greg Claus and Allison Benton
Interested in Participating
on the Board of Directors?
The Chicago Smelts rely on a rotating volunteer board of directors, comprised of two co-chairs, one treasurer, one registrar and two social co-chairs. Board members serve two-year terms, and all team members who have been registered with the Smelts for more than six months are eligible to run for office. Every year in April the team receives a call for nominations. Team members are able to self-nominate and complete an application which asks for information on why they want to serve and what particular skills they bring to the position. The entire team then receives copies of the applications and is given roughly a week to vote. Results are distributed to the team, and new board members assume duties on June 1 of each year. Please consider giving back to the team by running for the board!
Interested in Coaching?
If you're a current, former or aspiring swim coach and would like to offer your services to the team we'd love to have you on board. Please get in touch with our board at info@chicagosmelts.org.
Additional Volunteer
Opportunities
We're always looking for help on smaller projects. Do you have a special skill and want to lend a hand? This is just a partial list of the kind of people we'd like to meet - yoga/fitness instructors, event planners, digital marketers, accountants, attorneys, historians, photographers, graphic designers, artists, merchandisers, etc. Please get in touch with one of the team Co-Chairs.