Ed Sapienza retired as a Digital Engineering Advisor/ Systems Architect in 2022 after working 37 years for Aerospace & Defense Companies as an Engineer. He received both a B.S. & M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Ed has had many hobbies through the years. Model railroading, slot cars, and video games as a kid influenced his decision to become an engineer. His interest in pickleball led him to sign up for a class at the Amherst Senior Center where he found out about our University Express. Ed also discovered meetups to help find others that shared his interests and develop new ones. In April 2017 he found meetups to play board games, which caused him to start collecting and study the hobby. Ed now runs a board game group at the Amherst Senior Center. He is also a pickleball ambassador at the Village Glen.