Rhythmic Gymnastics Board of Directors

President	Danna McDonald
Past President	Kim Pfeil
Vice President Finance	Carolyn Christie
Vice President Marketing	Samantha Stevenson
Vice President Technical	Shari Hebert
Coaches Representative	Mamie Kroeker-Tom
Officials Representative	Zdravka Tchonkova
Athlete Representative	Alexandra Yarema
Events Director	Kelsey Copeland

Organization Founders/Management

Mrs. Zlatica Stauder introduced rhythmic gymnastics to Manitoba in 1969. She established the first organizing committee and trained the first coaches and judges in Manitoba. In 1980, she was hired by the Association to develop and deliver a Provincial Team Program. Building on the successes of the Provincial Team Program, Mrs. Stauder was instrumental in establishment of the High Performance Training Center (HPTC) for rhythmic gymnastics in Manitoba (1985).  She was the HPTC Head Coach from 1985-1991. In 1991 Mrs. Stauder was appointed to the position of RGM Technical Director and in 1996 was promoted to the position of the Executive Director. After 40 years of seeing Rhythmic Gymnastics grow in Manitoba, Mrs. Zlatica Stauder retired as of September 15, 2011 and now will justifiably enjoy the life of a retiree. She has left this beautiful sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics knowing that her hard work has paid off and the sport is here to stay. Rhythmic Gymnastics Manitoba will miss her greatly.

RGM Past Presidents

1975 – 1983    Heather Willoughby
1983 – 1984    Lorraine Malette
1984 – 1986    Donna Van Horne
1986 – 1988    Bev Corbett
1988 – 1990    Sami Rizkala
1990 – 1991    Helen Connor
1991 – 1993    Anne Pudavick
1993 – 1995    Tim Jichuk
1995 – 1996    Elaine Ashley
1996 – 1998    David Smith
1998 – 1999    Nick Iafolla
1999 – 2001    Howard Nerman
2001 – 2003    Roger Lacroix
2003 – 2005    Barry McLeod
2005 – 2006    Paul Cech-Manek
2006 – 2012    Raymond Chu
2012 – 2013    Susan Yurkiw
2013-2019      John Matthews
2019 – 2023    Kim Pfeil