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
2012 – 2013 Kim Pfeil