Board of Directors
OBA's Board is chartered with overseeing and ensuring that the youth and community of Orinda has a fun, fulfilling, and vibrant youth baseball league, as outlined by our league Vision and Mission.
To do this, there are numerous board positions filled by generous volunteers in our community listed below. If you're interested in learning more about the board or potentially have interest in joining it, please reach out to our board President.
The Board Roles
OBA ADMINISTRATION
President
Operations
Marketing Manager
Treasurer
Secretary
Volunteer Coordinator
Parliamentarian
LEAGUE OPERATIONS (Primary overight by President)
Pony Commissioner
Bronco Commissioner
Mustang Commissioner
Pinto Commissioner
PCA Liaison
Paid Coaching Chair
BASEBALL OPERATIONS (led by Operations)
Scheduler
Equipment Manager
Umpire Coordinator
COMMUNITY RELATIONS (led by Marketing)
Events Manager
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP (led by Treasurer)
Snack Shack Manager
Fundraising / Sponsorship Chair
Meet Some of the OBA Board
Matt Stokes
President
Matt Stokes has two boys who currently play baseball in the OBA league. Matt is passionate about fostering an OBA environment that encourages our kids to be competitive while also being positive and exhibiting good sportspersonship.
T.O. Kong
Secretary
T.O. has coached youth baseball in Orinda for 10+ years. He is a lifelong Giants fan, who is still upset the Giants traded Matt Williams.
Tim Losee
Registration & Digital Ops
Tim is new to the OBA Board this year and is in charge of Registration. Tim and his two sons have been involved in OBA for over 8 years. He loves how OBA brings the community together and promotes engaging all participants for fun competitions!
Open Position
Player Advocate
Let us know if you can help.
Brian Dell'Aquila
Operations
Brian Dell’Aquila has been involved in Orinda baseball (OBA/MHS) for 30+ years as a player, coach, and commissioner. When not at the field, he works in software development and teaches a computer science course at LMU.
Josh Kaplan
Pony Commissioner
Josh has been playing, watching, and arguing about baseball since the 1980s. His love of the game was cemented after attending game 6 of both the 1987 and 1991 World Series, though his eardrums have never fully recovered. He's raising two Giants fans, one of whom already plays baseball better than his dad.
Tara Blazona
Events Manager
Tara Blazona is OBA's Events Manager, spearheading the annual Opening Day season kick-off celebration plus other events like OBA Night at the Movies and Coaches' Appreciation Party. Prior to this role, she managed OBA's snack shacks in her initial board position as Snack Shack Coordinator. When she's not planning baseball events and slingin' snacks, she's running her creative communications agency, Quoted PR. Her son Tyler plays in his second year of Bronco as a 6th grader at OIS.
Dennis Sinclitico
Pinto Commissoner
Dennis Sinclitico is just happy to be here. He hopes he can help the ballclub. He is going to give it his best shot, and good Lord willing, things will work out. He is also an attorney.
Dave Gordon
Bronco Commissoner
Loves coaching his son and his friends and being a part of this strong local baseball community.
Grew up a Mets fan in the Midwest and fell in love with the A's in the late 90's upon arriving in the Bay Area after finishing playing college baseball in Missouri and Kansas.
Is sad to see the A's leave Oakland but refuses along with his family to convert to a Giants fan.
Aundra Tomilins
Marketing and Social Media
𝔸𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕒 𝕋𝕠𝕞𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕤 is OBA’s marketing and social media guru. Though she didn’t grow up playing much baseball, her son quickly caught the bug, and now she’s a proud baseball mom. A lifelong A’s fan, she’s sad to see the team leave but remains passionate about the sport and supporting OBA.
Interested in Joining or Helping the Board?
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