The Mountaineering Section of the PATC
2025 Club Officers and Coordinators
Chair: Alex Ovodenko
Vice Chair: Sergei Nekhai
Treasurer: Andrew Bernat
Secretary: Matthew Hermerding
Executive Committee
Coordinators Reporting to Chairman
Access: Simon Carr
Maintains liaison with local and national climbing access organizations. Stays abreast of access issues, informs the PATC-MS membership of the issues, and recommends PATC-MS involvement as appropriate.
Coordinators Reporting to Vice-Chairman
Expeditions: Rick Dotson
Solicits, evaluates, and make recommendation to the officers to about which proposals should be sponsored bi-annually.
Training: Marty Comisky
Solicits, coordinates, and organizes training events for the membership throughout the year and posts the details to the club calendar.
Former gymnast and suspected contortionist, Marty Comisky runs a number of clinics for the PMC. He enjoys teaching, and it is his hope that his work will keep to a minimum the number of PMC climbers suffering embarrassing accidents and being featured on blogs about terrible anchors. If he had written that last sentence himself, no doubt it would have been better constructed. By last count, he knows how to tie 417 knots and can belay 6 people at once.
Elections: Carol Clayton
Solicits candidates and establishes procedures and deadlines as outlined in the PMC Bylaws. Coordinates the election with the PMC Membership via the PMC membership database.
Coordinators Reporting to Secretary
Women’s Events: Jenna Schueler, Leslie Hill
Solicits, coordinates, and organizes women-only events for the membership throughout the year and posts the details to the club calendar.
Webmaster: Simon Carr
Manages website, online events, emails, and mailing list.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Outreach: Gloria Juon
Coordinating with local DC Metro DEI Climbing organizations to develop relationships in the community and partner on DEI events.
Coordinators Reporting to Treasurer
Gear-Meister
Purchases (as directed by the officers), stores, maintains, and accounts for all club gear and library materials.