Board of Directors
2022 - 2023 Season
Paul Hebert
PRESIDENT
Paul Hebert was elected as the sixth President of the ACHA in February of 2016 following 23 years of involvement in various capacities. Hebert began his ACHA career as a player for...
Jim Martin
TREASURER
Jim has been the ACHA Treasurer since 2013, and is responsible for the oversight and safeguarding of the organization’s finances. Previously, he was the ACHA Secretary...
Dave Jurasek
SECRETARY
Jurasek has a USA Hockey Level 5 Master’s certification to go with over 30 years of coaching experience includes time in the ACHA, youth and prep school hockey. He has over 15 years of...
Gordie Schaeffler
VICE PRESIDENT M1
Gordie grew up playing the game in the metro Detroit area. Went to Ferris State University where he began his affiliation with the ACHA as a player. After Ferris Gordie was brought onto the coaching staff...
Paul Lowden
VICE PRESIDENT M2
After a stellar ACHA head coaching career at Davenport University, including four straight National Championships from 2007-2011, Paul Lowden was elected as Men's Division 2 Vice-President...
Steve Hyjek
VICE PRESIDENT M3
Steve Hyjek serves as the ACHA’s Vice President for Men’s Division 3, as well as serving as the Head Coach of George Mason University’s Ice Hockey program. Hyjek has coached in the Washington area for over 35 years...
Ashley Harper
VICE PRESIDENT W1
Ashley Harper is currently the Girls Hockey Director at Navy Youth Hockey in Annapolis, Maryland, where she also serves as a coach. In her dual role, she has focused on reinventing the program, building opportunities...
Ken Deming
VICE PRESIDENT W2
Deming is the Head Coach of the University of Delaware Women's Division 2 team, and was selected to complete the term of the previous VP, Scott Hicks, who resigned in May 2020. Ken returned to the Blue Hens...
ACHA Staff
2022 - 2023 Season
Craig Barnett
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Possessing an extensive playing, coaching and administrative background, Craig Barnett was named Executive Director of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) in 2018. Barnett played...
E-Mail: cbarnett@achahockey.org
Dave Kurtz
DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS
Dave Kurtz has been involved in the ACHA in various capacities since 1997. While attending Liberty University, Dave served as Equipment Manager and then as Assistant Coach during the 2002-03 season...
E-Mail: dkurtz@achahockey.org
Brandon Russ
ASST. DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS
Brandon joins the ACHA staff after several years working for the organization at Nationals. Starting in the 2016/2017 season, Russ has served in various capacities in Columbus, Dallas, and most recently ...
Email: bruss@achahockey.org
Brian Moran
MEN'S DIVISION 1 COMMISSIONER
Brian Moran serves the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) as the Men’s Division 1 Commissioner, having just completed his 20th season in that capacity. Brian’s initial role with the ACHA...
E-Mail: bmoran4@achahockey.org
Jon Eccles
MEN'S DIVISION 2 COMMISSIONER
Jon Eccles was named Men’s Division 2 Commissioner in the summer of 2019 however he was no stranger to the ACHA. Eccles served as both an assistant coach and head coach at Utah State for a combined 15 years...
E-Mail: jeccles@achahockey.org
Derek Conner
MEN'S DIVISION 3 COMMISSIONER
Derek Conner has been part of the ACHA for over 22 years as a Player, Coach and General Manager. In fact, Conner was part of the ACHA from day one as a player at IUP in 1990 and graduated in...
E-Mail: dconner@achahockey.org
Molly Mahoney
WOMEN'S DIVISION 1 COMMISSIONER
Molly started playing hockey when she was 11 years old on the first all-girls teams in her hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Molly attended Grand Valley State University where she started the women's hockey...
E-Mail: mmahoney@achahockey.org
Taylor Hadley
WOMEN'S DIVISION 2 COMMISSIONER
ACHA Women’s D2 Commissioner Taylor Hadley is a Massachusetts native now Maryland transplant. Not wanting her hockey career to end after four years competing in the NHIAA in high school, Hadley embarked...
E-Mail: thadley@achahockey.org
Chris Perry
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Christopher Perry is the Communications Manager for the ACHA. Perry is also the Commissioner for two conferences in Men’s Division 1: the Western Collegiate Hockey League and Midwest...
E-Mail: cperry@achahockey.org
Chris Van Timmeren
USA HOCKEY REPRESENTATIVE
Chris Van Timmeren has been the Head Coach at Hope College since 1999. In his time at Hope, the team qualified for the National tournament 18 of his 21 years and his overall coaching record...
E-Mail: chrisvt@achahockey.org
Eric Ballard
USA HOCKEY REPRESENTATIVE
Eric Ballard completed five seasons with the Colorado Buffaloes men's hockey team, as the head coach. He helped guide the Buffaloes to a 89-66-5 record and 3 straight ACHA...
E-Mail: yjacketsus@yahoo.com
Ed Giacomucci
ACHA REFEREE-IN-CHIEF
Ed offers forty-plus years of ice hockey experience to the ACHA Referee-in-Chief position. He has been involved with the ACHA and USA Hockey for many years as an official, scheduler, and supervisor...
E-Mail: referee@achahockey.org
Stu Grimson
ACHA LEGAL COUNSEL
Stu Grimson retired from the NHL as a Nashville Predator after a 17-year professional hockey career. Stu amassed 2,113 penalty minutes over 729 games while at the NHL level as a member of...
