BVA Executive
The BVA is a 100% volunteer organization and is run by an Executive Committee, elected by the general membership every two years at the Annual General Meeting, reporting to the Board of Directors. All of these Executive Committee Members are devoted to keeping the goals and objectives at the forefront of volleyball in Bermuda. The current Executive Committee members are:
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Elisabeth Rae – Co-President & Director Overall management of the BVAYears with the committee: 10 years Day job: Financial controller of self run captive insurance company, part time yoga teacher, full time mom and National Team volleyball player Volleyball is a passion since childhood and I want to see the sport grow among the Bermuda community and especially amongst Bermuda youth. |
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Lisa Leblanc – Past President & Director |
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Amy Chan – Co-Vice President |
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Zubair Hasan – Co-Vice President Oversight and management of league directors, Overall league budget management and Organization of End of Season Parties and prize budgets to league directors Years with the committee: April 2013 Day job: Working for Big 4 audit firm Interesting fact: I’m Batman….I’m kidding (I’d never tell you if I was). Looking back at my first year in Bermuda, Volleyball played a big part in making my experience unforgettable; games on the beach and swimming in the ocean after. Who wouldn’t love that?! |
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Alice Goa – Co-Vice President |
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Terri Palmateer – Secretary I’m responsible for keeping & preparing all Executive Committee: • Meeting agendas • Minutes & related attachments • Corporate Documents Years with the committee: 4 years Day job: I’m a legal secretary and a mom. Interesting fact: I once held Top Secret Security Clearance with the Canadian Government (so you can trust me). Awesome sport and awesome people! |
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Paul Bohus – Treasurer Pay bills and prepare annual financial statements which are subject to audit. Years with the committee: 3 years Day job: Work for a big 4 public accounting firm. Playing beach volleyball and having a hand in running the BVA is the best of both worlds. |
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Kristina Mierzejewski – Public Relations Manager |
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Marco Greenidge – Equipment Manager |
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Sophia Sontag – Youth Development Officer Responsible for coordinating and running youth programs such as Cool Volley, and fostering volleyball development and interest of kids ages 8-15 with the BVA. Years with the committee: 7 months Day job: Middle School Music Teacher. Interesting fact: Love to run! The BVA is a fantastic way to meet great new people through the great sport of volleyball. The members are always extremely helpful and a lot of fun to work with! |
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Bill Bucci – Coach Commission Chair My current position on the BVA executive is the Chair of the Coaching Commission. I am responsible for overseeing the certifications of local coaches. I also teach the level 1 coaching course and I hold meetings of all the certified coaches in an open discussion forum so they can learn from each other. I’ve been on and off the BVA committee since 1991, I’ve held the following positions: League Director, Secretary, Vice President, President, Past President and Chair of the Referee Commission. I am also currently the head coach for the Boys Junior National Volleyball Team and the Head Coach of the Men’s National Volleyball Team. I am a level 3 BVA certified Referee and I am also a USA Volleyball Level 3 certified Coach through their CAP program. My real job is the Purchasing and Warehouse Manager for PW Marine Center. My responsibilities include purchasing all the items that we sell at the Marine Center including both our retail product and the items used for our service department. I am also responsible for the running our all the PW’s warehouses. My interests vary, I love squash and play regularly, I enjoy reading, traveling is one of my favorite things to do and I have a thing for watches.Volleyball is a passion that the BVA helped me find. I owe the BVA a debt for helping me find something that is now a very big part of my life. I try and repay that debt by doing all the things I rised above to the best of my ability. Outside of my family there is nothing I like more then take a young player who though he or she had no athletic ability and to teach them to love volleyball and see them play the game with passion no matter their degree of skill. Every once in a while one of those players is a real diamond is the rough that shines with some attention and polish and that is icing on the cake. |
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Karen Wendy Jones – Referee Commission Chair |
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Gary Leblanc – National Team Chair I have been involved with the Bermuda Volleyball Association since 2001, starting as a Winter League Director. Since then I have held various positions within the BVA, such as Co-Vice President, Equipment Manager, Development Team Director & Head Coach, Web Designer / Administrator and have supported the Treasurer in their responsibilities. I was part of the original organization of the National Team Program in 2002 serving as the first National Team Chairperson. Since then, I have been a member of the Men’s National Team from 2002 through present and over various periods of time has been the Women’s National Team Head and Assistant Coach and Men’s National Team Head and Assistant Coach. I enjoy anything sports related and you can generally find him organizing some sort of event. |
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Stacey Dorush – Administrator |
Should you wish to contact any of the above Executive members, please send a message to the following address to the attention of the person you wish to contact.
Email: bdavb@hotmail.com
