Special Guest Reception Master of Ceremonies

• Former VYSA Treasuer
• Former NCSL President
• VA DC Soccer Hall of Fame Member 

General Workshop Presenters

Lula Bauer

• President, Lee-Mt. Vernon Soccer Association
• Vice President - Virginia, WAGS

Steve Bender

• VYSA Soccer Across America Co-Chair
• VYSA Board Member, North Recreation Commissioner

Jim Bonfils

• VYSA Treasurer
• VYSA Insurance Chair and Investment Chair
• 20+ years experience with non-profit  and youth organizations
• Former President and Treasurer, Loudoun Youth Soccer

Greg Burton

• ESPN Radio 950 host of sports talk show "Hardly Workin’ with Greg Burton"
• nearly 20 years of sports broadcasting experience
• winner of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Sports Reporting

Dr. Charles M. Dillard

• Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU
• Medical Director, Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Program
• Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU HS

Mike Doucette

• Commonwealth’s Attorney for the city of Lynchburg
• President, Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys
• High school and travel soccer referee

Eileen Deery

• Virginia Youth Soccer Association Office Staff

Dr. Dan Freigang

• Member, US Soccer National Coaching Staff
• Ph.D, Sport Science
• US Soccer Staff Sports Psychologist
• Works with Olympic athletes, soccer players and coaches, and NHL athletes and coaches
• Consultant for Bayern Munich
• Internationally ranked athlete

Marcelo Gangotena

• VYSA Soccer Across America Chair
• Region I, Soccer Across America Sub-Committee Member
• US Soccer "A" License Coach
• US Soccer National Youth License
• VYSA Coaching Education Instructor

David Glass

• First Touch Sports director
• Soccer Across America instructor

Nicole Eades Grevious

• Kinesiology degree with concentration in athletic training
• Works with SOCA athletes on pre-season fitness testing and conditioning

Tom Gross

• VYSA DC Recreational Commissioner
• DC Stoddert Soccer League Administrator

Debi Honaker

• VYSA Secretary
• FPYC Administrator

Dr. Wendy LeBolt

• Founder of Fit2Finish, LLC
• PhD, Physiology
• Exercise Physiologist

Sean Rose

• Works with hundreds of youth organizations
• Builds custom marketing for diffent types of organizations
• Expert in social media online messaging

Bob Sokolinsky

• VYSA Board Member
• VYSA TOPSoccer Chair
• Former President NY State West Youth Soccer
• USSF "A" License Coach

Dave Ungrady

• Former Editor, VYSA Touchline
• Author of Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias

 Lisa Wilson

• VYSA Administrative Assistant for Registration, Tournaments, and KidSafe
• US Youth Soccer Region I Registrar
• VYSA Regional Registrar
• League Registrar for NCSL, ODSL, and WAGS  
• 2006 VYSA Volunteer of the Year
• Volunteer referee assignor, team manager, club board and committee member

Justin Wilt

• Executive Director, Arlington Soccer Association

Mike Yeatts

• Executive Director, PWSI

Coaching Clinicians

Matt Badiee

• VYSA Assistant Technical Director
• VYSA ODP Head Coach, ’95 and ’97 Boys
• VYSA Coaching Education Instructor
• US Soccer "A" License
• US Soccer National Youth License
• US Soccer National Youth License Instructor

Sam Bader

• Great Falls FC Technical Dirctor
• VYSA ODP Staff
• VYSA Coaching Education Staff

Steve Danbusky

• Beach FC Executive Director 
• VYSA ODP Staff
• VYSA Coaching Education Staff

Chris Hershey

• USSF National "A" License
• USYSA National Youth License
• Director of Coaching Education NY West Youth Soccer
• Region I Goalkeeper Coach
• Nationally Recognized TOPSoccer Clinician
• Empire Revs Head Coach, WPSL

Gordon Miller

• VYSA Technical Director
• US Soccer National Head of Coaching School
• US Soccer "A" License
• US Soccer National Youth License
• VYSA ODP Head Coach, ’98 Boys
• US Youth Soccer Region I ODP Head Coach, ’95 Boys
• Former NASL and MISL professional player
• Former U17 Canadian National Team assistant coach

Ronnie Pascale

• Four-year starter at Furman University' Furman Male Athlete of the Year in 1998-99
• Former Richmond kickers goalkeeper; led team to six Championship appearances abnd two league titles
• Three-time USL Goalkeeper of the Year

Paul Shaw

• VYSA Coaching Education Director 
• US Soccer "A" License
• US Soccer Coaching School, Regional Instructor
• US Soccer National Youth License
• US Soccer National Youth License Instructor
• VYSA ODP Coach, ’98 Girls 
• NCI National Coaching Diploma  

 Travis Wells

• VYSA TOPSoccer Clinician
• Loudoun Youth Soccer TOPSoccer Coach

Nora Maguire White

• VYSA Coaching Education Instructor
• US Soccer "B" License
• NSCAA National Academy Staff Instructor
• Director, STEADY Youth Development Academy

Brian Wiese

• Men’s Head Coach, Georgetown University

Referee Presenters

Bill Dittmar

•   US Soccer National Referee
•   MLS Referee in 18th season with over 200 matches at the professional level
•   College referee for 24 years; officiated Men’s NCAA Final Four in December 2010, 2011, and 2012
•   President and Founder of Executive Lifestyle Magazine, Inc.

Brian Hall

• Director of Referee Administration for CONCACAF
• World Cup Referee
• FIFA international referee for 15 years
• Officiated matches at amateur and professional level for more than 30 years
• Four-time MLS Referee of the Year
• Chosen by World Soccer magazine as one of the 10 best referees internationally in 2004

George Vergara

• Current State Referee Administrator for the Metro DC-Virginia State Referee Program
• National Emeritus Referee and former FIFA Assistant Referee
• National-level Assessor and Instructor
• USSF Referee since 1980; USSF National Referee since 1997
• Officiated over 100 MLS games, including an MLS All-Star game and MLS Cup Final
• Member of referee team for World Cup qualifiers in Mexico, Haiti, and St. Kitts