Meet The GymCan Team

Our Staff

Behind every successful gymnastic routine is a team working the chalk and grips. 

Interested in a career with GymCan, or in the Canadian gymnastics community? Visit our job board for current opportunities.

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Denise Alivantov

Manager, Coach and Sport Development

Sport Development

NCCP Oversight & Comp 4 Program

FIG Coach Academy Hosting and FIG Gymnastics for All

CanGym

Long Term Development (LTD) lead

Gym for All technical oversight

Wyatt Barnsley

Coordinator, High Performance

High Performance

Travel bookings

International event registrations

CAIP, Bell Connect, CCES (WAG)

Caitlyn Calder

Project Manager, Safety & Safeguarding

Safe Sport

Develop and implement safety strategy

Safety Steering Committee

OSIC participation consent

Stakeholder engagement

Karen Cockburn

Program Director, Trampoline Gymnastics

High Performance

Planning and Program management

National Teams (competitions & camps)

Committees

Rules and regulations

Engagement

Mary Degrasse

Manager, Operations

Business Operations

Board support

Operational support

BackCheck

Info@gymcan.org inbox & phone line

Corey Dempsey

Program Manager, Rhythmic Gymnastics (maternity leave replacement)

High Performance

Planning and Program management

National Teams (competitions & camps)

Committees

Engagement

Patrick Desjardins

Coordinator, High Performance

High Performance

Prepaid/Sportzsoft registration platform

Major Games (COC, PAGU, Pan Am Games, Pacific Rim, Commonwealth)

Training camps

Culture of Excellence Team Member

Administrative support across all disciplines

Jimena Gravelle

Coordinator, Finance

Business Operations

Bank reconciliations

AR collection

Credit card statements

Bookkeeping support

Payment coordination

Michelle Haralovich

Assistant, Finance

Business Operations

AR & AP vendor forms

Prize money

Bookkeeping

Greg Jackson

Program Director, Men’s Artistic Gymnastics

High Performance

Planning and program management

National Teams (competitions & camps)

Committees

Rules and regulations

Engagement

Niki Lavoie

Program Manager, Trampoline and Emerging Discipline

High Performance

Planning and Program management

National Teams (competitions & camps)

Trampoline, ACRO, Tumbling, Double-Mini Trampoline

Committees

Rules and regulations

Engagement

Technical lead for Tumbling & Double-Mini Trampoline

Kalie McKenna

Director, Operations

Business Operations

National Events Strategy

Human Resources

Policies and Procedures

Insurance

Funding & Partnerships

Darren Murphy

Director, Finance

Business Operations

Budget & cashflow

Expense policy & procedure

Compliance and reporting

Payroll

Purchasing & contract management

Kacey Neely

Director, Safe Sport

Safe Sport

Oversee Safety Strategy

Complaints & case management process including OSIC & ITP

Abuse prevention

EDIA initiatives

Mental health

Katia Perin

Manager, Communications & Marketing

Business Operations

Communication strategy

Website & social media

Media requests

Translation

Branding & Marketing

Andrew Price

CEO

Business Operations

Strategic & Business Planning

Financial Oversight

Governance

External Relations & Partnerships

Risk Mitigation & Legal

Alyssa Scalera

Coordinator, Sport Development

Sport Development

Locker transcript inquiries

Coach Developer Training

NCCP Pilot Courses

Canadian and World Gymnaestrada registration

Coach evaluation challenge applications

Emma Stanley

Coordinator, Sport Development & Communications

Sport Development

Social Media

E-learning

Graphic & video design

Coach, LTD, and other program evaluation and revisions

CanGym online platform

Jenny Trew

Program Director, Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

High Performance

Planning and program management

National Teams (competitions & camps)

Committees

Engagement

Rules and regulations

Vacant

National Team Coach, Rhythmic Gymnastics

High Performance

Vacant

Director, Rhythmic Gymnastics

High Performance

Ed Van Hoof

National Team Coach, Men’s Artistic Gymnastics

High Performance

High performance development

Tammy Younker

Coordinator, High Performance

High Performance

FIG licensing

Uniform management

Event storage