STANDING UP FOR D.C. UNITED SINCE 1995
Step Right Up!
The Board
Jimi Butler
President
roadtrips@screaming-eagles.com
Jimi joined the Screaming Eagles in 2007, and for our away games, he is one of the most traveled SEs of all time. He has been our Road Trips coordinator ("King of the Road") since 2009, and continues to perform that role in addition to being our President.
Laurie Gonzalez
Vice President
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Laurie has been a long-time dedicated member of the Screaming Eagles, joining the club in 2016. She is a fixture at tailgates, in the supporters stands and on road trips. She also is an active volunteer with DC SCORES and will take any opportunity to tell you what an amazing non-profit it is! Laurie loves to meet new people, so if you see her at a tailgate please don't hesitate to go up and say hello! :)
Nicole Gara
Secretary
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Nicole has been a member of the Screaming Eagles since 1996 and is one of the founding board members. She is best known as the SE Ticket Mistress, having sold thousands of match tickets to folks who want to enjoy the supporters’ experience. “I thought I would retire when the team got a new stadium,” she says, “but so many exciting projects are in the works that I can’t stop now!”
Jean Kasner
Director-at-Large; Membership Maven
Jean has been a United supporter since 2006, and a member of the Screaming Eagles since 2016. She is appreciative of the close friendships she has made since joining SE, and enjoys being a member of the Screaming Eagles family.
One of Jean's many favorite D.C. United memories is her first match in the Nest at RFK, which coincided with David Beckham's first MLS game. She was immediately hooked on the passionate, rowdy environment, and has been known to get pretty loud at matches herself!
Mike Anderson
Director-at-Large
Mike Anderson is a fairly basic individual and fair-weather DC United fan. It's probably just a coincidence, but DC United has only made the playoffs twice since Mike joined the Screaming Eagles, and it is a coincidence, probably, that Mike was living in India those two times. In 2022, he once left a match at halftime because it was "really cold." If you come across a surprisingly annoying and obnoxious stranger at a Screaming Eagles tailgate, feel free to tell Mike to shut his pie hole. Mike's hobbies include complaining, having his head rubbed, and complaining that his head is not rubbed more often. He knows about a third of the words to "I Want to Dance with Somebody" and very accurately mumbles the rest of them. He is aware that Keri Strug and Hanson both hail from Oklahoma. If you can speak in a Matrixy voice, he likes to be addressed as Mr. Anderson. Mike once found $20. Incidentally, Mike is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, but please don't allow that to lower any respect you may have for the U.S. military.
Not the Board
(but we couldn't do this without them)
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David Goodwin, Outreach Director
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One of the original members of the Screaming Eagles, David has served the club in many areas, including several terms as president. Community outreach has always been one of his major interests and we count on him to organize our volunteer efforts to help our neighbors in the DMV.
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Jim Shine, Webservant
Jim has held season tickets for DC since 1997 (he missed the first year due to back surgery) and has been a Screaming Eagle since 2003. He is a veteran of many road trips and has inherited the maintenance of this website from its creator, Danielle Lafave.
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