In 2019, as part of a partnership with Erica Baruch Consulting, USA Ultimate created an internal EDI Team with staff members Julia Lee and Larry Melton serving as inaugural co-chairs. Together with Erica, our two co-chairs dedicated 50% of their work time providing learning opportunities for the board, staff and community and managing our EDI initiatives throughout the year. Some of those initiatives include the collection and publication of gender pronouns at our flagship club events, the second annual EDI Forum at the U.S. Open and the establishment of the Community Development Grant. In 2020, Julia will move back as co-chair but will still provide assistance to the EDI team, particularly through working with our Community Liaison Volunteers, and Stacey Waldrup will take her place and work with Larry to lead the EDI Team.

