Rhythmic Gymnastics Board of Directors
President | John Matthews |
Past President | Susan Yurkiw |
Vice President Finance | Vacant |
Vice President Marketing | Zdravka Tchonkova |
Vice President Technical | Jill MacGregor |
Elite Development | Monique Lashley |
Community Development | Kim Pfeil |
Coaches Representative | Emily Richard |
Officials Representative | Tracy Sterdan |
Athlete Representative | Genevieve Giesbrecht |
Club Representative | Shari Hebert |
Events Director | Vacant |
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 Mrs. Heather Willoughby
1983 – 1984 Mrs. Lorraine Malette
1984 – 1986 Mrs. Donna Van Horne
1986 – 1988 Mrs. Bev Corbett
1988 – 1990 Mr. Sami Rizkala
1990 – 1991 Mrs. Helen Connor
1991 – 1993 Ms.Anne Pudavick
1993 – 1995 Mr. Tim Jichuk
1995 – 1996 Ms. Elaine Ashley
1996 – 1998 Mr. David Smith
1998 – 1999 Mr. Nick Iafolla
1999 – 2001 Mr. Howard Nerman
2001 – 2003 Mr. Roger Lacroix
2003 – 2005 Mr. Barry McLeod
2005 – 2006 Mr. Paul Cech-Manek
2006 – 2012 Mr. Raymond Chu
2012 – 2013 Mrs. Susan Yurkiw