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 program • Conference agenda • Speaker 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