Nancy - President & Co-Founder NYC Chapter
Nancy is the President and Co-Founder of the New York City Chapter. She found climbing in her hometown NYC gyms and fell in love with the great outdoors at the Gunks, Rumney, Acadia and Red River Gorge. She’s been fortunate to explore many other worldly areas in Joshua Tree, Red Rocks, Moab, Montserrat, and Ecuador.
Nancy is passionate about creating a community of climbers to experience the journey of scaling heights together, while having a good time. When not on a wall, she’s discovered enjoyment dancing, diving, yoga, singing off-tune and petting nearby llamas.
Education Chair
Franz Buzawa is proud to be the Education co-chair for the newly formed New York City Chapter. He was lucky to have found climbing 25+ years ago. For him climbing, in all its forms and mediums, is the moving mediation he uses to sooth his restless mind.
He knows he’ll never be able to give back in equal measure to the community that has given him so much, but that doesn’t mean he’ll stop trying. So go ahead, ask him a question, or maybe just ask for a belay. Whatever it is he’ll do everything he can to help you achieve your climbing goals.
Danny Gallegos - Communications Chair
Originally a runner, I re-discovered climbing after an injury and subsequent knee surgery sidelined me for a few months in 2015. Since then, I've primarily focused on mountaineering but recently have been working on sport/trad climbing. Some of the peaks I've climbed are Rainier, Grand Teton, Orizaba, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo.
Fully recovered from the injury, I've found a great synergy between running and climbing and continue to master a balance between race training and climbing and hope to introduce some running to the climbing masses.
You can typically find me at The Cliffs(LIC and Valhalla) or BETA(Stamford, CT) and when the weather is nice: The Gunks, Powerlinez or Thacher.