Board of Directors
The ORCA Swim Team is run by a board of 6 volunteers who serve a 1 year term with the Treasure service a 2 year term. Elections takes place at our annual team meeting in September. Read a little bit about our current board members below. If you are interested in serving on the board or volunteering with the team in any capacity, please send an email to board@orcaswimteam.org.
Mason Chuang, President
I fell in love with swimming back in high school in the San Francisco Bay Area (outdoor swimming). After law school, I joined my first LGBTQA+ team in Washington DC (go DCAC!), where I also had the opportunity to be on its board. I attended IGLA Seattle in 2013 and have been part of the ORCA Swim Team since 2015. I look forward to creating a safe space and growing our community of LGBTQA+ swimmers.
DeBear Shore, Treasurer
DeBear grew up in Alaska and moved to Seattle at 23. An avid swimmer since they were five, breaststroke is their favorite stroke and they fit as many medley sets into their practice as they can. While they enjoy the fitness aspect of swimming with Orca Swim Team, one of DeBear’s goals is to attend an IGLA meet internationally. When they are on dry land, DeBear is traveling, reading, studying for their business degree, maintaining the Orca Swim Team’s books as Treasurer, or playing with their dog, DeMoose.
Jeremiah Reenders, Co-Captain
During the pandemic, I was fortunate to discover that the ORCA Swim Team existed here in Seattle. The timing was better than expected because the ORCA Swim Team fit a need that I was craving at the time - a community where I could feel safe, protected, and welcome. As co-captain, I want to ensure that the ORCA Swim Team provides all that I was craving and more to people of all stripes in, as well as, out of the pool. My hobbies, when I can fit them in, include running, hiking, surfing, biking, and . . . If it gets me moving, I’ll probably end up loving it.
Isaac Loegering, Co-Captain
Swimming has always been a big part of my life. I grew up in Minnesota where I began swimming at age 5. My fondest memories from my childhood were those with my teammates. I took a few years break from the sport while I attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison and played alto saxophone in the marching band, but I found my way back my senior year when I swam with my college's club team. Not long after that, I began doing triathlons and fell in love. Since moving to Seattle, I've gotten involved with both the ORCA Swim Team and Seattle Frontrunners, two groups that have become family to me. As an ORCA Co-captain, I love greeting new swimmers and planning social events to help people connect outside the pool! When I'm not chasing that black line at the bottom of the pool or running the streets of Seattle, I can be found conducting running shoe research at Brooks or board gaming with friends.