OUR TEAM
Board of Directors
ABOUT US
Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports believes in the power to adapt and achieve. We aim to transform lives through adaptive sports. We are a nonprofit, volunteer driven adaptive sports organization formed in 2017 to serve as a catalyst that connects and inspires people in ways to get involved, get active. Join us - Adapt, Believe, Achieve.
SARAH GARRECHT GASSEN
Editorial Page Editor, Arizona Daily Star
JESUS RANGEL CARPIO
Assistant Coach, Tucson Lobos Wheelchair Basketball, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran
LAURA ERICKSON, CPO
Secretary SAAS
Certified Prosthetist Orthotist, Hanger Clinic
MARCO ANTONIO SANCHEZ
Team Rep Tucson Lobos Wheelchair Basketball, Hand Cycling, Wheelchair Tennis
Mentor/Roll Model
MIA HANSEN
President SAAS
Programs Manager
Consultant Events Industry, Hansen Entertainment
TIMOTHY POORE
CEO Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital
SUE KROEGER, PH.D.
Tennis Committee
Adjunct Professor, Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona
JENN POIST, PHARMD
Treasurer SAAS
Team USA Gold Medalist Rio 2016
NWBA Women's Division VP, Arizona Storm Women Co-Captain, Head Coach University of Arizona Women's Wheelchair Basketball
STEVE O'BRIEN
Retired U.S. Marine Corps
Wheelchair Tennis, golf
JOE S. MARTIN
Senior Vice President
Citi
Director Customer Service
