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Staff Directory

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Mylene Andrade

Member Services Coordinator

Phone: 416-426-7132

General Inquiries; Membership Registration System (MRS); Letters of Good Standing; Online Shopping Cart; Insurance; Special Event Sanctioning; Volunteer Management, OVAtion Banquet and Hall of Fame.

Jo-Anne Ljubicic

Executive Director

Phone: 416.426.7414

Strategic Planning, Grant Applications, Board and Committee Governance, Sponsorship and Revenue Generation

Operations


Alishia Lidums

Director of Volleyball Operations

Phone: 416.426.7431

Program Development & Delivery for Indoor, Beach and Sitting; Operational Budgets; Grant writing; Management of Operations Staff; Special Event Management Lead (Ontario Championships, Hall of Fame and OVAtion Banquet);  Ontario Championships Host City Selection, National Event bid writing and hosting. 

Carrie Campbell

Manager of Indoor Programs

Phone: 416-426-7433

Responsible for planning, developing, and guiding Association staff for all OVA Youth Competitions and Ontario Championships deliverables; Overseeing the growth and development of all OVA Indoor athlete programming; Indoor Adult Recreational Leagues

Suzanne Wallace

Manager of Beach Programs

Phone: 416.426.7396

Ashbridge's Bay Beach Volleyball; Beach Adult Recreational Leagues, Beach Court Rentals, Special Event Permitting, Ashbridge Camps & Clinics; OVA Beach Tour

Kelvin Cheng

Manager of Operations

Phone: 416.426.7233

Refereeing Program; Coaching Program; Police Screening Management;  Coach Certification; Beach Tour lead.

Michelle Kozlowskyj

Operations Coordinator

Phone: 416-426-7316x102

Mark Wiersma

Youth Competitions Lead

Phone: 416.426.7428

16U-18U Girls & Boys Indoor Youth Competitions; Facility Partnerships; Ontario Championships; Sport Court rentals. 

Jacob Barker

Indoor Programs Coordinator

Phone: 416.426.7321

4V4-15U Girls & Boys Indoor Youth Competitions and Ontario Championships; Convention Centre events. 

Marketing & Communications

Kerish Maharaj

Manager of Marketing, Communications & Community Outreach

Phone: 647.477.2942

Sponsorship, Marketing, Sitting Volleyball, OVA Grassroots Programs (Spikes, Smashball, Parent & Player, Spikes on the Beach) and Community Outreach Initiatives. 

Dylan Brennand

Digital Media Coordinator

Phone: 416-889-8079

Website Maintenance; Communications; Public and Media Relations; Digital and Social Media

George Huffman

Communications Coordinator

Written and Video Communication; Website Maintenance; Event Coverage; Hall of Fame ; AGM Annual Report; Community Interest Stories.

Athlete Development


Louis-Pierre Mainville

Director of Athlete Development

Phone: 416.426.7047

Process and Policy for High Performance Sport and Team Ontario programs; Long Term Athlete Development (Indoor, Beach & Sitting); Coaching Development (Indoor, Beach & Sitting);  Manage Indoor and Beach athlete development staff

Angie Shen

Senior Manager of Coaching Culture & Beach Development

Delivery of coach development/coach mentorship framework supporting the quality and effectiveness of the athlete-centred coaching culture in Ontario Volleyball. Direct coaching of Train to Compete and Learn to Compete Team Ontario athletes; Develop curriculum for beach development pathway; Manage OVA Beach High Performance Programs, Identification camps and processes.

Oklend Llakaj

Athlete Development Coordinator

Phone: 647-277-7963

Coordinate athlete development programs across a wide variety of LTD stages in beach, indoor and sitting volleyball. Develop and implement the Team Ontario Beach, Regional Program and Tall Maples programs; Deliver the athlete identification process; Annual coordination of the SPIKES grassroot program.

Lauren Sokolowski

Athlete Development Coordinator

Plan, coordinate and deliver the Team Ontario indoor programs year-round including Team Ontario White/Red/Black & Canada Games; Manage the Team Ontario Elite program; Plan and deliver the OVA’s integrated programs (Regional Program and Tall Maples); On-site support to athletes and coaches during training camps and be the onsite liaison to participants and the Facility Operation staff.

Finance & Administration


Jennifer Harkness

Director of Finance & Administration

Phone: 416.426.7318

Financial Operations, Human Resources, Risk Management and Administration

Mario Rando

Accountant

Phone: (416) 426-7105