Our Team
“These are two humble guys with incredible stories—one overcoming a mountaineering accident, and the other living with Muscular Dystrophy, but what truly sets them apart is their friendship, which has become a force for change in the lives of vulnerable people in Arizona.
They’ve tackled tough challenges, empowered youth and families in need of hope, and shown us all that everyone belongs and is a gift to our community.”
—David, Award Ceremony, US Sailing Community Sailing
Jack had a mountain climbing accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down. Sailing became his life-giving outlet and gave him a community. He is an advocate for people and families in our community so they can become servant leaders. Sailing is a great metaphor to learn leadership skills i.e. decision making, team work, and navigating through ambiguity and obstacles. Jack mentors other people with disabilities and youth from different cultures to overcome challenges and be become constructive agents of change in their communities.
Jake Geller has been involved in adaptive sports since he was 10 years old, skiing with his family in Vermont and being the first to ski with adaptive equipment (first a sit-ski and then a bi-ski) at Mount Snow, Vermont. He is an advocate for adaptive sports and making sports accessible to all.
Although he grew up in the Boston area, he first learned to sail after living in Arizona for five years in 2002, thanks to Jack and Voyages Unbound. He first got involved in sailing because of the opportunity to sail a Martin 16 which allows sailors with disabilities to easily get out sailing.
He was co-founder and head coach of the Sailing C’s lub at ASU for 18 years until 2023. The club continues to compete in intercollegiate and regional competitions.
Geller completed his Master of Mass Communication with an emphasis in print journalism and public relations at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in May 2010 and received his undergraduate degree from the Cronkite School in broadcasting in 2002
In addition to coaching, he was the inaugural director at the National Center on Disability & Journalism at the Cronkite School in downtown Phoenix and consults on where disability and journalism intersect. He has also worked as a journalist producing, editing and writing for broadcast and print.