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WRCRA Conference Attracts … Everyone!

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The 6th Annual Women’s Rugby Coaches & Referees Association (WRCRA) Conference will be held Friday-Sunday, Jan. 17-19 at the Westin Downtown in Denver, Colo. The organization published its digital program, which includes all the logistics, class offerings, presenters info and more. The program also includes all of the conference attendees — close to 200 — who are reporting to the Mile High City from all around the country. There will be so much representation on site, all in the support of girls and women’s rugby. At this juncture, there are a limited number of walk-up registrations available, but be sure to message wrcra.info@gmail.com to indicate interest first.

Quick links: Full programConference agendaSpeaker bios

WRCRA CONFERENCE ATTENDEES

Alex McCulloch – Executive Director, TIRA; Coach, TTHS Rugby (club)

Alexandra Hammon – Youth Rugby Coordinator, Glendale Raptors; Forwards Coach, DU Men’s Rugby

Alexandra Long – Head Coach, Colorado State University

Alicia Gillberg – Player; MN U23 Selectside Assistant Coach

Alycia Washington – Founder, XV Foundation; USA Eagle #237

Amanda Cox – USA Referee Coach

Amy Valenta – Medical Director MLR; World Rugby Educator

Amy Marks – USWRF Board Member; SVP of Innovation, Compass Datacenters

Anna Pogoloff – Life Coach

Anne Barry – USRFF Board Member and Treasurer

Anneliese Gallagher – Director of Youth Rugby, Chicago Lions

Anthony Fisher – President, Rocky Mountain Rugby Union

Ari (Saint) Ray – Player Liaison

Ariana Castillo – Admin; Player

Ashley Potvin – Head Coach, University of New England

Barbara Bond – US Eagle Alumna

Baylee Annis – Head Coach, Norwich University

Bean Cline – Asst. Coach – Boise State University

Becca Carcano – Co-Head Coach, Texas A&M Women’s Rugby; President, First Hit Foundation

Bethany Humphrey – Head Coach University of Colorado Women’s Rugby

Bill Le Clerc – Head Coach

Brittany Wirth – VP, Wisconsin Women’s Rugby Football Club

Caitlin Moroney – Student and Player, Brown University

Caitlyne Poe – Player; Referee/Assistant Coach

Caoimhe O’Sullivan Roche – Board Chair, New York Rugby Club; Athlete, New York Rugby Club

Carolyn Roach – Assistant Coach, University of New Haven Women’s Rugby; Found & Head Coach, Grit Rugby LLC

Cassie Bishop – Head Coach, High School; Membership, USA Rugby

Chad Mann – Head Coach, Regis High School Girls; Operations Director, Rugby Colorado

Christine Varga – Growth & Development Director, National Collegiate Rugby

Cindy Swain – President, Tempe Rugby Club

Dana Erlichman – Membership Services Coordinator, USAR

Dana Teagarden – Referee Coach

Danita Knox – President & Board Chair USWRF

Dea Allen – Admin, Denver Black Ice Rugby

Deanna Nash – Head Coach, Long Island University 

Dennis Oliver – Executive Director, Rugby Iowa; Referee

Derika Legg – Head Coach, San Diego Surfers; Head Coach, UCSD

Elissa Augello – Pioneer/Champions

Emma Pooley – WWRFC President

Erin Scott-Williams – Assistant Coach – Summit High School

Erin Sample – WER, Community Outreach; Atlanta Harlequins

Farrah Douglas – Head Coach, Thomas College

Fionn Moroney – Christian Brothers Academy; Student and Player

Great American Rugby – Rugby Lover; Referee, Project Pōpolo

Hannah Stolba – Head Coach – Bay Area WER

Heather Haney – Coach, Denver Wolfpack Youth Rugby

Hedwig Aerts – Elevate Women’s Rugby

Holly Minor – Coach, Eagle Valley High School Rugby

Izzi Gibbon – Player; Head Coach, Ohio Elite U23

Jacqueline Finlan – Editor in Chief, The Rugby Breakdown

Jami Jordan – Pioneer

Jamie Frech – Head Coach, University of Michigan; Director of Rugby, NCR All Americans

Jamie McGregor – USA Rugby

Jamie Burke – Director of Rugby, WER

Jasmine Herron – Team Sales, World Rugby Shop

Jazz Blalock – World Rugby Shop

Jeff Murphy – Head Coach, Alexandria City HS Girls Rugby; Instructor, ACPS Intramural Rugby

Jeff Horton – Head Coach, Frostburg State University

Jeffrey McEntee – Head Coach, Brighton Youth Rugby Association

Jenn Salomon – Interim Head Coach, Army West Point

Jennifer Stratton – USWRF Board of Directors

Jenny Kronish – Eagle #297; Insurance Broker to the Stars

Jeremy Swick – Marketing & Social Media, USA Club Rugby

Jessa Giordano – Assistant Coach, VTSU Castleton

Jessica Dombrowski – Director of Operations, Chicago Hounds MLR

Jessica Hammond-Graf – SVP, Sport, Women’s Elite Rugby

Joanna Kitlinski – Assistant Coach, East HS

Julie Lehman – Head Coach, Lumberjackies; Coach, USA West

Justine Perl – Glendale Youth Rugby

K.O. Onufry – Head Coach, Middlebury College

Kadie Sanford – Chicago North Shore

Kara Kalinowski – Women’s Director, Empire GU; Officer, New York Rugby Club

Karameli Faaee – Coach; Mentor

Karen Fong Donoghue – Owner & Founder, The Rugger’s Edge

Karl Barth – Head Coach, Summit High School

Kate Williams – Assistant Coach, UC Santa Barbara

Katherine Aversano – WER, VP

Katie Chou – Cal Women’s Rugby

Kayla Fox – Student, Colorado State University

Kayla Dustin – NCR Member Services, High Peaks College Commissioner

Kelly Griffin – Head Coach, Univ. CA Santa Barbara; Assistant Coach, USA Pathways

Kelly Romano – Wabash College Head Coach; Carmel Indiana 2nd-12th Grades Coach

Kelly Burton – Director of Compliance, USA Rugby

Kelsea Thompson – NCR D3 Women’s Commissioner; NCR Eligibility Manager

Kendra Wright – Social Media Chair, Rocky Mountain Rugby; President, Denver Black Ice Rugby

Kerri Heffernan – WRCRA Chair, USWRF Board; Coach, Providence Rugby Club

Kevin Battle – Major League Rugby

Kittery Ruiz – Head Coach, WER Boston; Assistant Coach, Brown University

Kjrsten Abel Ruch – Head Coach, University of Kansas; Chair, Senior Club Council Governance Committee

Koma Gandy Fischbein – Women’s Elite Rugby; All Navy Men’s 7s

Kristen Shalosky – Assistant Coach, WER Bay Area; Consultant, ChildFund Rugby

Kristen Domke – Strength and Conditioning Coach

Kristine Sommer – XV Foundation Co-Founder; Global Rugby Player Foundation Co-Founder

Lara Vivolo – Head Coach, Greenwich High School

Laura Sayabouth – Player, Colorado Gray Wolves; World Rugby Educator

Laurel Lockett – Former Ref/Player/Admin

Lauren Doyle – Retired Player

Lauren Shissler – Head Coach, Penn State

Leann Lam – Assistant Coach, University of New Haven

Lisa Durham – USWRF Board

Lisa Kelly – USWRF

Lisa Jancso – Head Coach, Fordham University

Lisa Rosen

Lisa Finegan – Director of ISLA/ICEF Rugby

Liz Kirk – Head Coach, Seattle Rugby Club; Director of Women’s Rugby, Seattle Rugby Club

Liz Hankins-Osborn – W+ Head Coach, Portland Rugby Club

Lorraine Avery – MARC D2 Women’s Coordinator

Mackenzie Marks – Player

Madelyn Miller – Rugby.co; Detroit Rugby Football Club

Maggie Beiter – Assistant Coach, Niagara University

Margaret A Thomas – Capital Rugby Union President; RSV Referee

Marisa Danielson – Vice President, Southwest Rugby Union; Match Secretary, Albuquerque Atomic Sisters

Marjorie Olney – President, New York Rugby Club Womxn

Martha Daines – Coach, Metropolis Valkyries

Mary Money – USWRF Board

Mary Swanstrom – All Blues Assistant Coach; USA Rugby T&E Admin, WER Medical Advisory Board

MaryBeth Matthews – USWRF Board; Bowdoin College Head Coach Emeritus

Matt Frech – Supporter University of Michigan Women’s Rugby

Mattison Grey – Performance Psychology & Mental Skills Consultant

Meg Clark – Program Manager, Girls Rugby Colorado

Meredith Pyke – Head Coach St. Bonaventure Women’s Rugby; Commissioner UNYCRC

Michelle Reed – Head Coach, Sacred Heart University; D1 Chair – NIRA

Michelle Maldonado – Head Coach, Fresno State Women’s Rugby; Asst. Coach Pac Coast Grizzlies U23

Nancy Campbell – True South President

Nancy Kechner – Head Coach, Virginia Women’s Rugby

Naya Tapper – Alumni, USA Rugby

Nicole Bernsen – Director of Rugby, Alfred University

Nicole Gonyeau – Coach, Albany Knickerbockers

Nikki Plumpton – Head Coach, Portland W+ (Maine); NERFU VP Women’s Commissioner

Nina Safane – WPL Operations

Olivia (OBD) Benzan-Daniel – Director of Operations, CRAA; Head Coach, Brandeis University

Omar Aly – Backs Coach, Fresno State Women’s Rugby

Pat Moroney – Christian Brothers Academy, Head Coach; TryZone Rugby, Founder

Patti Matheny – TryZone Rugby; Rugby Mom

Paul Martin – President, Denver Rugby Movement

Paul Knowles – Akuma Sports

Peter Steinberg

Peter Brink – Coach, Fairfield Lady Yankees

Phaidra Knight – Retired Eagle

Pia Suzanne Reyes – Assistant Coach, Staples HS; Coach, Stamford Rugby Club

Rachel Ehrecke – USA XV’s Eagle; Assistant Coach, Denver University

Rich Cortez – Chair, Rocky Mountain Rugby Union; Ass’t Coach, U of Wyoming; College Council D1AA

Richard Every – Advantage Referees

Robert Quickfall – Head Coach, Glendale Raptors; Founder/Coach, SAFFA Rugby

Rose Standifer – Coach, Denver Wolfpack Youth Rugby

Sallie Buckner – Head Coach, Rice University

Salvatore Tondi – Assistant Coach, Sacred Heart University

Samantha Lovett – Sam Love Rugby; President, OKC Rugby

Sarah Chobot – Head Coach Denver WER; USA WNT Defense Coach

Sarah Harkness – Head Coach, Bridgewater State University; Academy Coach, Free Jacks Academy

Savannah Austin – Director of Rugby, Memphis Inner City Rugby; Head Coach, Soulsville High School Girls

Savannah Hook – Vice President, Denver Black Ice Rugby

Shahzoda Nasimjonova – Head Coach, University of Rochester Men’s Rugby; Captain, University of Rochester Women’s Rugby

Shane Young – Co Founder, Memphis Inner City Rugby; Co Founder, Urban Rugby America

Sione Fukofuka – USA Women’s Head Coach

Susan Smarto – Director of Women’s Rugby, NCR

Susan Stabler – Supporter

Susan Whitwell – Head Coach, USA U-18; Asst Coach, Metropolis Valkyries

Sybil Levine – Referee, Wisc.Women’s Rugby Leadership Endowment

Sylvia Braaten – Head Coach, WER Twin Cities

Tam Breckenridge – Senior Club Council

Tamara Sheppard – High Performance Director, USAR

Taylor Tellez – Ref, Player, Admin, Colorado Rush RFC

Theresa Singer – Admin, Panther Rugby Academy; Assistant Coach, Nashville Stone Lions Rugby

Tiffany McCoy – Player, Providence RFC

Timaris Montano – Head Coach, Indigenous Warriors

Traci Flitcraft – Head Coach – Portland Rugby Club HS

Tracy Gola – Assistant Coach, University of Colorado

Trevor Caterson – Director of NC All Stars Program

Veronica Alfaro – Global FLINTA*/W+ Representative, IGR

Vicki Hudson – Founder, Rock Steady Performance; Cal State Maritime Rugby, Mental Performance Coach

Wendy Young – YSCRugby; Journalist & Broadcaster

Xanthi Gerasimo – Head Coach, Twin Cities Amazons; Coach, Midwest + WI U23s

Yeny Olivas – Fairfield University Women; Fairfield Lady Pegasi

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