Voyager Pickleball Club at Voyager RV Resort Tucson, AZ
Meet The Board of Directors
The Voyager Pickleball Club's mission is: To promote pickleball through play, education, drills, clinics, and competitive tournaments for residents and visitors as well as providing opportunities for social activities.
Our overall theme is to encourage sportsmanship, camaraderie and safety through fun & exercise.
President
Jerry Heintze
My wife Barb and I moved to Tucson from Champaign, Illinois in 1997, and moved to the Voyager in 2017. I always tell people we moved from North Kolb to South Kolb. I took up pickleball about a year after we moved here and I was addicted about a month later. I'm also on the softball team here in the park.
The other thing that keeps me busy is dog sitting. We are almost always watching one dog or more. Our daughter lives in the Seattle area so we get to spend the summers up there, out of the heat, and playing more pickleball!
Vice President
Jackie Bolhuis
My husband, Dave, and I first came to the Voyager in January 2024 and jumped right into taking Pickleball lessons. We quickly fell in love with the game and took as many lessons as we could to learn and improve. My passion is making sure everyone is warmly welcomed into our Pickleball community and finds the fun in the game like I do.
We are "snowbirds" here at the Voyager, and the rest of the year, we live in Michigan. When I am not playing Pickleball, I am either traveling, on the golf course, or out on the mountain trails riding our Side-by-Side UTV.
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Secretary
Karen Paurus
The first thing Tim and I did after retiring from corporate life in 2016 was to buy a camper and travel to AZ. We landed at Voyager and decided that this would be our Winter home. I took pickleball lessons and was immediately hooked on the game. Over my 40 years in corporate life, I was very involved in charities and volunteering and was more than happy to raise my hand (again) to help the Voyager Pickleball Club with the open Secretary position.
During the Summer season we travel back to Minnesota where I continue to work as a Design Consultant for a golf and spa resort. I also find time to play golf, play pickleball and cruise the lake with my friends and family, including three little grandkids.
Treasurer
Lori Schneider
Neal and I are full-time Voyager residents moving here in April 2020. A Pennsylvania girl, I graduated from Penn State University with a degree in sociology and psychology. I retired in 2010 after owning a mail and parcel shipping center in Pottstown, Pennsylvania for 21 years.
I became addicted to pickleball soon after being introduced to the game in the summer of 2020. I want to share my enthusiasm for the game by encouraging fun on the courts and mentoring new players.
Structured Play/Player Improvement
Catherine Brown
My husband and I were raised in Sacramento, California and we came to Tucson to be near my daughter, son in law, and 6 grandsons. We now have a 7th grandson in California.
We love and play as much pickleball as time allows.
As the Player Improvement and Structured Play Coordinator I am putting my training and design skills to good use in documenting the lesson plans and organizing structured play.
Court Maintenance
Tom Paull
My partner Dennis and I knew about Voyager for many years and in 2021 we made our first visit. We were hooked after one month.
Given the amount of joy Voyager pickleball adds to my life, I knew I had to step up and join the board in the role of Court Maintenance. As I am not a full time Voyager resident I will need help with court maintenance items in the off season. Drop me an email if you can help.
Besides pickleball I spend much time experimenting and learning via my amateur radio hobby both in Tucson and Seattle.
Social Director
Christer Stenstrom
I was born and raised in Finland and speak fluent Swedish. My family immigrated to the
US in 1973. I worked in the aviation industry for 30+ year with a major airline and also
with a small company designing and building custom avionics for experimental and
certified aircraft. My passion has always been flying, I have been a private pilot for 30+
years and own and built my own airplane.
After retiring on 2021, my wife Kim and I,
came to the Voyager, loved the friendly and welcoming atmosphere and made this our
winter home. I was introduced to pickleball in 2022 and have been addicted ever since.
