The Soccer Without Borders Team

Soccer Without Borders is a collaboration among athletes, coaches, educators and artists throughout the USA and the world.

We employ a team approach at every level, prioritizing authentic local input in every SWB community. Click on a name for a short bio!

Executive Team:

Ben Gucciardi, Founding Director: ben@soccerwithoutborders.org

Mary McVeigh, Executive Director: mary@soccerwithoutborders.org

Administrative Team:

Lindsey Whitford, Development and Evaluation Associate- AmeriCorps VISTA: lindsey@soccerwithoutborders.org

Karima Modjadidi, Administrator: karima@soccerwithoutborders.org

Mariel Wilner, Outreach Coordinator: mariel@soccerwithoutborders.org

Myra Sack, Capacity Builder: myra@soccerwithoutborders.org

Anna Lippi, Accounting

Conor Nolen, Technical Assistance

Domestic Program Team:

Gina Gabelia, SWB Baltimore Coach Across America: gina@soccerwithoutborders.org

Prospero Herrera, SWB Oakland Coach Across America: prospero@soccerwithoutborders.org

Danny Kim, SWB Oakland Coach Across America: danny@soccerwithoutborders.org

John O'Reilly, SWB Boston Director: johnor@soccerwithoutborders.org

 Jill Pardini, SWB Baltimore Director and Domestic Programs Coordinator: jill@soccerwithoutborders.org

Amy Snider, SWB Greeley Director: amy@forcesoccer.org

Demetrios Yatrakis, SWB New York City Director: demetrios@soccerwithoutborders.org

International Program Team:

Veronica Balladares, SWB Granada TEAM Leader

Alex Board, SWB Granada Intern

Estefan Bolanos, SWB Granada TEAM Leader

Hassell Chavez Bustamante, SWB Granada TEAM Leader Assistant

Travis Dezendorf, SWB Uganda Intern

Nick Dreher, SWB Uganda Intern

Humberto Jose Largaespada, SWB Granada TEAM Leader

Brittany Lane, SWB Granada Intern

Olivier Matanda, SWB Uganda- Kampala Coach

Cesar Morales, SWB Granada TEAM Leader

Jeremiah Lukeka Muiingamo, SWB Uganda- Kampala Coach

Byamungu “Byamo” Murumbi, SWB Uganda- Kampala Coach

Raphael Murumbi, SWB Uganda- Kampala Local Director

Luis Roman Palacios, SWB Guatemala Local Director

Helen Ramirez Montiel, SWB Granada TEAM Leader Assistant

Iga Ronald, SWB Uganda- Kampala Coach

Junior Kasereka Shabusha, SWB Uganda- Kampala Coach

Stefan Viragh, SWB Uganda Intern

Alex Warren, SWB Granada Intern

To see our Program Staff in action, check out our program pages: Baltimore, MD; Granada, Nicaragua; Kampala/Ndejje, Uganda; New York, NY; Oakland, CA; Solola, Guatemala

Outreach Team:

April Kater

Dave Koken

Chris Markham

Katie Stolz

Evan Weiss

Alexa Kokinos