2018 USA Field Hockey Summit Program

SUMMIT

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March 16-18, 2018

The Lord Baltimore Hotel
20 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

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LETTER FROM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear USA Field Hockey Summit attendees,

A huge welcome, big thank you and special congratulations to you. By stepping forward and making the commitment to be part of the
inaugural USA Field Hockey Summit. You are continuing to play a part in actively shaping our sport and that is deserving of much admiration.
I believe our sport has the special power to bring people together, develop young athletes with important life skills and bring joy to us all.

The concept of the Summit is to unite those who care passionately about our sport to discuss, explore, learn and collaborate so that field
hockey can thrive. Our ambition is to do just this, and to regularly host Summit so that it becomes a forum where the leaders of field hockey
can meet to assess and respond to the challenges and opportunities of today and tomorrow.

We are delighted to be hosting the event in partnership with the City of Baltimore and The Lord Baltimore Hotel. They have been outstanding
partners with a wonderful venue and city located so centrally to the hub of our sport. Thank you to Tim Johnson and Lorreine Kokolis from
The Lord Baltimore Hotel, Al Hutchinson and Christina Ghani from Visit Baltimore, and Lindsey Adler from the Radisson Hotel. We also greatly
appreciate and thank our presenting sponsor, AstroTurf, for supporting our inaugural Summit and creating the AstroTurf Demonstration
Field. Thank you to our Welcome Reception sponsor, espnW, Coach Education track sponsor Harrow Sports, Club Administrator track sponsor
Sports Labs USA, Hall of Fame sponsor STX and all our excellent exhibiting partners. Please visit their booths this weekend!

We are privileged to welcome Denise Parker as our Summit keynote speaker. Denise has an esteemed career encompassing sport at all
levels from grassroots to the Olympic Games, and she is at the very center of what makes sport thrive. Denise serves as Vice President of
National Governing Body Services at the United States Olympic Committee and is uniquely placed with oversight of our 48 Olympic sports.
We appreciate her help in developing field hockey at every level and thank her for joining us this weekend. We have a truly outstanding
compilation of presenters and global experts in their areas, whose passion for field hockey inspires us all. A huge thank you to all those
contributing their time and skills to speak at Summit.

On Saturday evening, we are delighted to be hosting the 2018 USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame and Awards Gala. We will be inducting a trio
of outstanding individuals who have achieved so much in field hockey. Steve Danielson, Kelli Smith Puzo and Amy Tran Swensen are three
incredible USA athletes who had wonderful careers representing our country and continue to grow the game respectively. We are also
privileged to be recognizing Honorary Hall of Fame inductees Helen Allen and Barb Carreiro.

We are also proud to be presenting several new awards, nominated by our members and selected through People’s Choice voting.
Congratulations to Jean Lipski (Humanitarian), Matthew Kogut (Grow the Game),
Carolyn King Robitaille (Coach of the Year), Suzi Sutton (Umpire of the Year) and Windy
City (Club of the Year), and to all those who were nominated. A special thank you to the
Hall of Fame Committee who so adroitly handled their responsibilities.

I also wish to thank the USA Field Hockey Board Members, and Trustees of the USA Field
Hockey Foundation and Men’s Hockey Foundation who give so much time and energy
to supporting the organization. And finally, thanks to the staff of USA Field Hockey who
work to deliver so many incredible field hockey experiences, now including the USA
Field Hockey Summit.

Enjoy the Summit and thank you for your contribution and support of USA Field
Hockey’s mission to Grow the Game. Serve Members. Succeed Internationally.

Simon hoskins

USA Field Hockey
Executive Director

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

contents & page

Schedule 5
Presenter Biographies 10
Exhibitors & Vending Hours 22

Hall of Fame Class 32

Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor:

Event Sponsors:

Track Sponsors:

Club Administrator Track Coach Track

Opening Reception Sponsor:

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2018
SCHEDULE

pre-summit Events

Wednesday, March 14 Thursday, March 15 Friday, March 16

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Learn to Play Event Level 2 Instructional
Level 1 & Level 2 Instructional
UA House at Fayette Coaching Clinic Coaching Clinic

Friday, March 16 UA House at Fayette UA House at Fayette

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Umpire Workshop (Free)
Lord Baltimore Hotel Day 1

12:00 PM Summit Check-In Begins Lord Baltimore Mezzanine

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Club Admin Workshop: Efficiency through Webpoint Lord Baltimore Theater
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM with Matt Esposito and Club Admin Track Speakers Lord Baltimore International Room
Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom
Field Hockey Fields Explained
Day 2
with Andy Belles and Alastair Cox

Welcome Reception, presented by espnW

opening address given by Simon Hoskins and Missy Meharg

Saturday, March 17

7:00 AM - 7:45 AM Morning Workout Radisson Ballroom Field
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Lord Baltimore Hanover B
with Team USA Athletes Carissa and Michelle Vittese
Radisson Ballroom Field
Club Admin: Dynamic Fundraising for Your Club Lord Baltimore Theater

with Dr. David Kelley

Coach: Teaching Games for Understanding

with Dr. Stephen Harvey and Craig Parnham

Umpire: 21st Century Umpiring

with Craig Gribble

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Club Admin: Protecting Your Club, Athletes & Coaches Lord Baltimore Hanover B
Radisson Ballroom Field
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM with Katie Hanna Lord Baltimore Theater
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Coach: Developing the Next Generation of Goalkeepers Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom

with Phil Edwards Lord Baltimore Ballroom Lobby
Lord Baltimore Hanover B
Umpire: Positioning for Today’s Game Radisson Ballroom Field
Lord Baltimore Theater
with Craig Gribble

Keynote Speaker: Denise Parker, Growth for Success:
Grassroots Field Hockey & the Olympic Games

USOC Vice President of NGB Services

Lunch

Club Admin: Leading Your Organization

with Joanna Lignelli

Coach: Basic Skill Instruction

with Janneke Schopman

Umpire: Applying the Rules

with Steve Horgan

*Schedule, Presenters & location Subject to Change

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2018
SCHEDULE

Saturday, March 17 Day 2

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Club Admin: Grow Your Club & Grow the Game Lord Baltimore Hanover B
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
discussion and panel with Sally Goggin, Caitie Tornes, Carolyn King Robitaille, Meg Dudek, and Chip Rogers

Coach: Attacking & Defending the Circle Radisson Ballroom Field

with Craig Parnham and Team USA Athletes

Umpire: Working with the Players Lord Baltimore Theater

with Suzi Sutton

Club Admin: Keep Your Club Safe & Protected Lord Baltimore Hanover B
Radisson Ballroom Field
with Matt Sicchio and Amee Arledge Lord Baltimore Theater

Coach: Developing Backhand Skills

with Janneke Schopman

Umpire: Keeping the Game Under Control

with Steve Horgan and Craig Gribble

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Club Admin: Recruiting 101 for You & Your Athletes Lord Baltimore Hanover B
Lord Baltimore Theater
with Zowie Tucker Radisson Ballroom Field

Coach: Trends in Modern Hockey

with Craig Gribble

Umpire: Fitness & Lifestyle for Umpires

with Maggie Giddens

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Hall of Fame & Awards Gala, presented by STX: Cocktail Hour Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Hall of Fame & Awards Gala, presented by STX: Dinner Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom

*Separate registration required for Hall of Fame & Awards Gala events

Sunday, March 18 Day 3

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Yoga for Hockey Radisson Ballroom Field
*Bring yoga mat or towel
with Rachel Dawson

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Club Admin: Utilizing Social Media to Grow Your Brand Lord Baltimore Theater
Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom
with Cassie Calvert

Coach & Umpire Panel:
Conversations & Perspectives

with Janneke Schopman, Steve Horgan and a Panel of Coaches and Umpires

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Club Admin: Best Practices in Club Communication Lord Baltimore Hanover B
Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom
discussion and panel with Sarah Dawson, Amanda Fishwick and Nick Salen
Lord Baltimore Theater
Coach: We’re Not There Yet! See Team as Work in Progress

with Dr. Jamie Robbins

Umpire: You Make the Call

with Steve Horgan

*Schedule, Presenters & location Subject to Change

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2018
SCHEDULE

Sunday, March 18 Day 3

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Club Admin: Creating Leagues & Expanding Playing Opportunities Lord Baltimore Hanover B
Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom
with Sarah Hulsman, Kendra Lucking and Nigel Traverso
Lord Baltimore Theater
Coach: Preparing Youth Athletes for Competition

with Nick Shedd

Umpire: Mental Skills & Performance Excellence

with Whit Ryan

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Closing Remarks Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Summit Adjourns/Lunch On Your Own

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Introducing Baltimore Project Play & USA Field Hockey’s Lord Baltimore Theater
Play to Support Growth in Baltimore City

with Andre Fountain, Blake Maciel, Sally Goggin and Carey Fetting Smith

*Schedule, Presenters and location Subject to Change

Thank You

Thank you for being a part of the USA Field Hockey Family and for attending the inaugural USA Field Hockey Summit, presented by AstroTurf!
We appreciate all you do to support field hockey in the United States, and our mission to Grow the Game. Serve Members. Succeed Internationally.

Grow the Game.
Serve Members.
Succeed Internationally.

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PRESENTER
BIOGRAPHIES

club admin track

Amee Arledge

Integro Club Insurance Representative

Arledge has been a member of the Integro service team since 2001 and brings a thorough and comprehensive understanding of
the specialized needs of our sports and entertainment clients. Responsible for the marketing and management of some of Integro’s
more complex accounts, Arledge’s commitment to service excellence has fostered confidence and trust, making a difference for
each of her clients. She holds the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) professional designation, and is a licensed Property and
Casualty Agent in the State of Georgia.

An enthusiastic world traveler, Arledge’s passport has more stamps than the post office. She travels to distant time zones including
favored destinations such as Italy and anywhere her daughter is working or studying abroad.​

Saturday, March 17 | 3:00 p.m. Keep Your Club Safe & Protected Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Cassie Calvert

Baltimore Ravens Social Media Coordinator

At the Baltimore Ravens, Calvert runs all the team’s social media platforms day-to-day, which include Facebook, Snapchat, Insta-
gram, Twitter and YouTube. Her role includes traveling with the team to road games and attending players’ local community events.
Before joining the Ravens, she worked for the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, where she contributed to their social channels,
served as an on-camera host for team content and co-hosted and produced a team podcast.

At Summit, Calvert will present on the basics of utilizing social media platforms to reach your target audience and grow your brand.
In today’s world, social media is one of the best ways to engage with your audience, but maintaining (or even starting) multiple
social channels can be a daunting task. Calvert will guide clubs on how to best direct their efforts to maximize results, as well as
teach the best practices utilized by Ravens.

Sunday, March 18 | 9:00 a.m. Utilizing Social Media to Grow Your Brand Lord Baltimore Theater

Matt Esposito

Ai Group Lead Developer & Customer Support

Esposito has worked at Ai Group for 15 years. Starting as an associate developer straight from college, he has moved up the ranks
to Lead Developer and Customer Support. He has ensured that all of his nine National Governing Bodies clients receive the best
technology possible while providing excellent customer service.

Esposito currently resides in Colorado Springs, Colo. with his wife, Tracey, and daughter, Sophia.

Esposito will show club administrators all the excellent features that their USA Field Hockey Club account includes by educating
club administrators on Webpoint, with the goal to save club administrators time that they can spend on other important projects.
USA Field Hockey will be reviewing new and existing features to help better serve the attendees’ club and members.

Friday, March 16 | 3:00 p.m. Workshop: Efficiency through Webpoint Lord Baltimore Theater

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PRESENTER
BIOGRAPHIES

club admin track

Katie Hanna

United States Center for SafeSport Director of Education and Outreach

Saturday, March 17 | 10:00 a.m.Hanna is the Director of Education and Outreach for the United States Center for SafeSport. She has more than 14 years of
experience working with youth and adults to prevent sexual assault at the local, state and national level. Most recently, Hanna was
a Visiting Fellow in the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) at the
Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Ohio Alliance to End
Sexual Violence, and has provided counseling and advocacy on a college campus and in the community. She is the 2017 Visionary

BiosVoice Award recipient for Ohio from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
Protecting Your Club, Athletes & Coaches Lord Baltimore Hanover B

2Dr. David Kelley

University of Cincinnati Assistant Professor

Dr. Kelley is a Certified Athletic Administrator with 20 plus years of combined experience and currently is an assistant professor at
the University of Cincinnati. He spent more than a decade as a teacher, coach and athletic administrator in the Vinton County Local

School District in McArthur, Ohio and studied at Ohio University where he received a Ph.D. in 2002. While at Vinton County Local

School District, he wrote and secured grants from the United States Government and General Mills Foundation to improve facility

and equipment needs.

Today, Dr. Kelley’s professional/teaching interests revolve around revenue generation. He is the author of Sports Fundraising:
Dynamic Methods for Schools, Universities and Youth Sport Organizations, published by Routledge in 2012. In 2014, Dr. Kelley was
appointed to the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Capital Conference Committee which addressed the current and
future challenges within interscholastic athletics in the State of Ohio. He is looking forward to sharing new methods with our club
administrators to help offset costs and reduce the barrier to entry to field hockey.

Saturday, March 17 | 9:00 a.m. Dynamic Fundraising for Your Club Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Joanna Lignelli

Positive Coaching Alliance Trainer

Lignelli played Division I field hockey and lacrosse at The College of William and Mary from 1990-1994. After playing collegiately
she coached numerous recreation, youth and club field hockey and lacrosse teams. Currently, she is a recreational coach for
11 and 12-year olds playing field hockey and lacrosse. She serves as a committee member of the Federation of International
Lacrosse Development and is a master trainer and mentor through the U.S. Lacrosse Coaches Education Program. She is also the
U.S. Lacrosse Coaches Education Program Women’s Game Chairperson. At Positive Coaching Alliance, Lignelli serves as a trainer.

Saturday, March 17 | 1:00 p.m. Leading Your Organization: Developing Culture Lord Baltimore Hanover B

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club admin track

Matt Sicchio

Integro Club Insurance Representative

As the Sport North America Business Development Leader for the Integro Entertainment & Sport team, Sicchio’s role is to lead the
company’s Colorado-based operations, deliver exceptional risk management and insurance services to Integro Sport clients, and
provide in-house legal expertise across the business.

A lawyer by trade, Sicchio is a veteran sports industry executive. His sports career began with the U.S. Soccer Foundation, where
he served as the Director of Corporate Partnerships and Legal Affairs. Following his time at the Foundation, he served in a C-level
position in “the other football” – as the General Counsel and Senior Director of Business Operations for USA Football. He has
extensive experience in business operations, program development, strategic planning, risk management, and legal affairs inside
sports businesses and non-profits.

A native of Wellesley, Mass., Sicchio received his Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Va. and his
Bachelor’s degree in Geoscience and Environmental Studies from Hobart College, in Geneva, N.Y.

Saturday, March 17 | 3:00 p.m. Keep your Club Safe & Protected Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Zowie Tucker

Next College Student Athlete Recruiting Specialist

Tucker is a recruiting specialist for Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) specifically working with field hockey. She played the sport
at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she was an NCAA Second-Team All-American and NCAA First-Team Regional
All-American. She also played on the Great Britain Junior Olympic Team and Wales Senior National Team.

Tucker also coached at Northeastern University from 2001-2010 and The College of the Holy Cross from 2010-2014. Her coaching
experience also includes coaching the U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team, New England High Performance and at the National
Futures Championship.

Saturday, March 17 | 4:00 p.m. Recruiting 101 for You & Your Athletes Lord Baltimore Hanover B

*Schedule, Presenters and location Subject to Change

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PRESENTER
BIOGRAPHIES

club admin track Panelist

Sarah Dawson

Freedom HKY Head Coach and Administrator

Dawson is the head coach and administrator for Freedom HKY based out of Edgewater, Md. She has extensive international playing
experience as a former member of the U.S. Women’s National Team, having competed in the World Cup, Pan American Games,
Pan American Cup and two Champion Challenge events, including the Belgian Honor Division. She was also a standout player at
the University of Iowa.

Dawson’s coaching experience includes within the USA Field Hockey Futures Program, Balanced Athletics Camps, multiple clinics
and tournaments, and she was the Braxgata Hockey Club U-18 coach. Her greatest field hockey memory was scoring the winning
goal in a high school game to beat Shawnee High School for the first time in years. This goal helped advance her team to the State
Championship. Dawson loves helping kids grow into great field hockey players and people. She has enjoyed helping Freedom HKY
to become a nationally known club team.

Married to William Strydom, Dawson has three kids, Grayson (5), Berkeley (3) and Campbell (2).

Sunday, March 18 | 11:00 a.m. Best Practices in Club Communication Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Megan Dudek

Potomac Field Hockey Club President

Dudek is the varsity head coach at Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Va., U-12 head coach for Rapids Field Hockey, President
Emeritus of Potomac Field Hockey and also a USA Field Hockey Futures Program head coach in Region 8. Field hockey did not
exist outside of private schools in Loudoun County, Va. until 2006 when Dudek introduced the first youth recreation program. Her
ultimate goal was to have field hockey added to the Loudoun County Public Schools high school varsity sports program. Loudoun
was the only county in the 20+ neighboring counties in the Washington, D.C. area that did not offer it. Ten years, hundreds of
players and several school board meetings later, she, alongside several players, parents, coaches and supporters, got their wish as
hockey was added as a Tier II self-funded sport in the fall of 2016. Field hockey is now booming in Loudoun County and is home
to two youth recreation programs, two youth travel programs, 15 high school teams, a USA Field Hockey Futures site, and several
camps and clinics.

Saturday, March 17 | 2:00 p.m. Grow Your Club & Grow the Game Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Amanda Fishwick

Horizon FHC Founder & Director

Fishwich has been coaching youth field hockey for 18 years in the Delaware County, Pa. region as both the head coach at Strath
Haven High School and director of Horizon Field Hockey Club. In an effort to further the success of the Haven Panther program,
Horizon FHC was born in 2006. Driven by her passion for the game and deep desire to pass on the life lessons of hockey to young
women, Horizon FHC was born and now boasts more than 150 members. Horizon competes in the fall, fielding teams for the
National Hockey Festival, presented by CranBarry. The indoor season plays host to more than 15 teams in the U-12, U-14, U-16
and U-19 age divisions. The spring season is ever-growing as the club participates in the Junior Premier Outdoor League as well as
regional 11v11 and 7v7 tournaments. The spring is open to any player of any level and has helped to provide quality field hockey
instruction to the non-traditional club player.

Fishwich is a 2000 graduate of Ursinus College (UC) where she played field hockey during UC’s Division I years under the direction
of Hall of Fame coach Vonnie Gros. She is a full time Social Studies teacher at Strath Haven High School in Wallingford, Pa. where
she resides with her husband Chris and future hockey player daughters, Emma and Cecilia.

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HOW IT WORKS

We’re looking for dedicated field hockey coaches and players at every level, all over the country, to promote Harrow in their
communities. By purchasing our CBA Starter Kit, you have the initial gear you need to represent the brand. CBAs receive a wide range
of benefits including commissions for online consumer and direct team sales, free gear, special sales, and access to wholesale
pricing for yourself and your customers. Becoming a CBA not only gets you paid for doing what you love, it helps grow the game and
build community. Our mission is to get the right field hockey equipment into the hands of more people around the country.

THE CBA STARTER KIT *KITS MAY DIFFER BASED ON AVAILABLE INVENTORY

- 4 FIELD HOCKEY STICKS - 1 PULLOVER - 1 PAIR OF GOGGLES - 1 DRAWSTRING BAG - 2 T-SHIRTS
- 2 PAIRS OF SHIN GUARDS - 1 FACEMASK - 2 PAIRS OF GLOVES - 2 PAIRS OF SHORTS - 1 BACKPACK

THE PERKS

- 10% OF ALL FIELD HOCKEY SALES ON HARROWSPORTS.COM IN YOUR TERRITORY.
- GENEROUS PROFIT MARGIN, EARN UP TO 50% PROFIT BY SELLING ITEMS PURCHASED AT WHOLESALE FOR UP TO MSRP.
- USE THE WHOLESALE PRICING ON EQUIPMENT FOR YOURSELF OR YOUR TEAM! YOU’LL ALSO GET 5% ON ALL TEAM SALES, NO MATTER WHAT.
- THE FREEDOM AND FLEXIBLITY OF CHOOSING YOUR OWN HOURS AND WORKING AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
- BECOME A TRUSTED SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE MAJOR SOURCE FOR EQUIPMENT AND TEAM APPAREL IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
- YOU’RE THE ONLY CBA IN YOUR TERRITORY, GIVING YOU MAXIMUM COMMISSION POTENTIAL.
- COMPETE NATIONALLY WITH OTHER CBAs. TOP PERFORMERS ARE REWARDED WITH FREE GEAR AND FEATURED ON HARROWSPORTS.COM.

THE PROCESS

1. APPLY TO BE A CBA.
2. GET ACCEPTED AND PURCHASE A STARTER KIT.
3. START PROMOTING HARROW THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS, LOCAL SALES, AND SENDING PEOPLE TO THE WEBSITE.
4. MAKE 10% COMMISSION ON ALL DIRECT TO CONSUMER WEBSITE SALES OF FIELD HOCKEY EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES IN
YOUR TERRITORY AND 5% COMMISSION ON ALL TEAM SALES.
5. GET PAID.

PRESENTER
BIOGRAPHIES

club admin track panelist

Sally Goggin

USA Field Hockey’s National Development Director

Goggin is a native of Illinois where she started playing field hockey at Deerfield High School. She went on to play at Dartmouth
College, where she received All Ivy League First-Team Honors and was the team captain. After college, Goggin went on to work for
Leo Burnett in Media and Client Services for Fortune 500 companies. More recently, she has been a successful entrepreneur and
helped bring field hockey to Glen Ellyn, Ill. and Glenbard West High School.

Goggin has just hit the two-year mark working for USA Field Hockey as the National Development Director. Her main responsibility
is to grow the game of field hockey in the United States and her infectious enthusiasm has done just that by providing more
than 26,000 athletes the opportunity to try the sport at events such as Celebration of Field Hockey and Learn to Play Day held
at high school state championships, the NCAA Final Four and many USA Field Hockey National Events. She is passionate about
developing opportunities for kids of all ages to experience the great game of field hockey as players, coaches, umpires and fans.
She also oversees the Coach Education Program that hosts multiple training courses and clinics throughout the year to elevate the
knowledge and level of coaches in the United States.

Saturday, March 17 | 2:00 p.m. Grow Your Club & Grow the Game Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Sarah Hulsman

USA Field Hockey’s Senior Membership Coordinator

Hulsman is currently the Senior Membership Coordinator at USA Field Hockey, where she joined the staff in June of 2017. At USA
Field Hockey, she manages the sanctioned event program as well as services members accounts.

Prior to her time at USA Field Hockey, Hulsman worked for the Cincinnati Reds, Florence Freedom Minor League Baseball Team and
spent a year living in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 2015 with a degree in
Sport Administration.

Sunday, March 18 | 10 a.m. Best Practices in Club Communication Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Kendra Lucking

United States Field Hockey League & Limelight Showcases Founder & Director

Lucking is the founder and director of the United States Field Hockey League (USFHL) and the Limelight Showcases. USFHL seeks
to grow adult field hockey participation and engagement through unifying competitive United States leagues whose local winners
compete to be U.S. Adult National Champions. Also, by marketing local opportunities to play and providing important adult
information to grow the game. The LimeLight field hockey showcases host more than 1,700 athletes and 160 college coaches a year.

Lucking has actively promoted youth field hockey through her management and support of the San Francisco Youth Field Hockey
club, Cool Cats and Stanford Storm youth programs in Northern California. She has coached all levels including international
experience in The Netherlands at the Amsterdam Hockey and Bandy Club (AHBC), whose teams compete in the top leagues. In the
United States, she was the assistant coach at Pacific University and Immaculata University. She also led a USA Field Hockey Futures
site. As a player, Lucking was a three-time National All-American at Shippensburg University.

Sunday, March 18 | 11:00 a.m. Creating Leagues & Expanding Playing Opportunities Lord Baltimore Hanover B

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PRESENTER
BIOGRAPHIES

club admin track panelist

Carolyn King Robitaille

Saint Anselm College Head Coach

King Robitaille became the head coach of Saint Anselm College in 2012 and has developed a very strong and successful program.
In 2017, the Hawks equaled their highest win total in program history by posting a 17-3 overall record, while going 11-1 in the
Northeast-10 (NE10) conference, to earn back-to-back regular season championships. She was also named the Northeast-10 Coach
of the Year for the second straight year and has coached a total of eight All-Americans and four All-Rookie All-Americans.

A native of Hanover, Mass., King Robitaille served the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at State University of New

BiosYork Cortland (SUNY). Prior to joining Cortland. She also served as assistant coach with Bates College from 2009-10. King Robitaille

holds a USA Field Hockey Level II coaching certification and is a site director for the USA Field Hockey Futures Program held at Saint
Anselm College.
She is the co-founder and technical director of the Manchester Hockeyroos, a community youth field hockey program offering free
field hockey for boys and girls from fourth through eighth grade. The program also introduces students to field hockey through
physical education units at various elementary schools and after school programs throughout the community.
Saturday, March 17 | 2:00 p.m. Grow Your Club & Grow the Game Lord Baltimore Hanover B

2Chip Rogers

Miami University of Ohio Assistant Coach

Rogers has extensive coaching and officiating experience. He has been the assistant coach at Miami University of Ohio for the past
seven years and is training to become a Coach Educator for USA Field Hockey. He began umpiring in 1999 and obtained his Level
III rating in 2008. In 2017, he was selected to serve as a judge at the FIH Hockey World League Round 2 in Trinidad and Tobago. He
continues to umpire, serving as the rules interpreter for the Southwest Ohio Field Hockey League, where he was named Umpire
of the Year in 2012 and 2017.

Rogers is one of the foremost authorities on field hockey history in the United States. He maintained all statistics and records for
Division I, II and III from 1997-2008, including compiling the all-time record book, until the NCAA took over. He is the administrator
of the Fieldhockeycorner.com website, which has been used by many as a resource for all three divisions of NCAA field hockey for
the past 12 years.

He has also served USA Field Hockey and the NFHCA through his service on multiple committees, including two as the first vice
president of the NFHCA from 2012-16 and as the chair of the Adult Task Force for USA Field Hockey.

Saturday, March 17 | 2:00 p.m. Grow Your Club & Grow the Game Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Nick Salen

USA Field Hockey’s Public Relations & Communications Coordinator

Salen is an experienced sports journalist and communications coordinator having covered several sports on the club, college,
professional and governing body level. The press box has been a second home to him since a freshman in college writing for various
magazines, league websites and social media channels. He has enjoyed every moment over the years covering American football,
ice hockey, lacrosse and rugby before coming on board with USA Field Hockey in 2017.

Salen has also been a teammate for USA Hockey, USA Rugby and the United States Olympic Committee during the Sochi 2014
Olympic Games in digital media. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder in Journalism and Mass
Communication in 2012 and his Master’s in Sport Administration from the University of Northern Colorado in 2017.

Sunday, March 18 | 10:00 a.m. Best Practices in Club Communication Lord Baltimore Hanover B

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PRESENTER
BIOGRAPHIES

club admin track panelist

Caitie Tornes

USA Field Hockey’s Senior Membership Manager

Tornes grew up in multiple cities but has been happy to call Colorado Springs, Colo. home for the past 14 years. She began her love
of field hockey in early 2010 while interning within the Brand Development and Marketing Department. After graduating from the
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Tornes went on to pursue a finance career but continuously felt a calling to the Olympic
Movement and the sport of field hockey.

In September 2010, Tornes started as the Futures and Olympic Development Programs Coordinator. From 2010 to 2015, she
worked to build the Futures Program and managed all of the Olympic Development Programs and events. In September 2015,
she shifted departments to a new role of Membership Manager and SafeSport representative. Since then, she has continued the
momentum of growing USA Field Hockey’s Membership and has become a wealth of knowledge on all things USA Field Hockey,
and she very excited to help the club administrators learn more about what the organization is doing to help them as well as many
of the partners and member clubs.

Saturday, March 17 | 2:00 p.m. Grow Your Club & Grow the Game Lord Baltimore Hanover B

Nigel Traverso

Olympian, Jersey Intensity Club Head Coach & Junior Premier Hockey Co-Founder

Traverso presently serves on the Competitions Committee for the Pan American Hockey Federation, is the head coach of the Jersey
Intensity field hockey club and co-founder of Junior Premier Hockey as well as Big Apple Hockey.

He was a member of the U.S. Men’s National Team from 1983 until 1995. As a member of the team, Traverso participated in three
Pan American Games and the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. Traverso is also a member of USA Field Hockey’s Hall of Fame and
former team manager of the U.S. National Indoor Team program.

Sunday, March 18 | 11:00 a.m. Creating Leagues & Expanding Playing Opportunities Lord Baltimore Hanover B

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BIOGRAPHIES

coach track

Phil Edwards

U.S. Women’s National Team Assistant Coach & U-21 USWNT Head Coach

Edwards joined the U.S. Women’s National Team coaching staff in February 2017. He has served as the Junior High-Performance
Goalkeeping Coach for the U.S. U-17, U-19 and U-21 National Teams. In 2013, he was the assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s
National Team program. Two years later, he acted as the performance analyst for the senior men’s and women’s national teams at
the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.

Previously, Edwards was in the collegiate sports system as the assistant coach for Boston College from 2015 to 2016, as well as the
associate/interim head coach of Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. In these role, he generated student-athlete development
framework, supporting performance analysis and a video feedback system.

As an athlete himself, Edwards was part of England’s U-18 National Squad in 2000 and went on to represent Loughborough
University on the pitch while majoring in BEng Materials Engineering.

Saturday, March 17 | 10:00 a.m. Developing the Next Generation of Goalkeepers Radisson Ballroom Field

Craig Gribble

International Hockey Federation’s Officials & Appointments Manager

In his role at the FIH, Gribble’s key tasks include appointments, education and development strategies for all umpires and officials.
Although he was part of the coaching and management of umpires at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, he also
enjoys the challenge and satisfaction of developing umpires and officials throughout the world. Gribble led an excellent umpiring
course in August 2017 at the 2017 Pan American Cups in Lancaster, Pa. for a small group of umpires.

Saturday, March 17 | 4:00 p.m. Trends in Modern Hockey Lord Baltimore Theater

Dr. Stephen Harvey

Ohio University Associate Professor in Sports Coaching

Dr. Harvey completed his PhD at Oregon State University (2003-2006). In 2016, he was honored as a research fellow by the Society
of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America due to his extensive contributions to research in both physical education and
sports coaching. His main research interest surrounds game-based approaches to teaching and coaching. However, his work in
coaching has additionally been focused on the systematic observation of coaching behavior and how coaching behavior is tied to
coach biographies. Dr. Harvey has maintained an interest in educational technology and co-developed an App (Axis Coaching) that
a trained observer can use to investigate and record a coach’s behavior. Finally, Dr. Harvey’s interest in educational technology has
led to him researching with and about teachers and coach’s social media use.

At Summit, Dr. Harvey will present on Teaching Games for Understanding, alongside Craig Parnham, USA Field Hockey’s Director
of Coach Education and Learning. This session will allow attendees to learn and discuss practical game play activities to enhance
player development. It will focus on age appropriate practice design for maximum player engagement and enjoyment.

Saturday, March 17 | 9:00 a.m. Teaching the Game for Understanding Radisson Ballroom Field

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Craig Parnham

USA Field Hockey’s Director of Coach Education & Learning

Parnham was appointed to the role of head coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team in January 2013. Through his determined
leadership, Parnham guided the team to FIH Hero World Ranking No. 5, as well as leading the USWNT to a 5th place finish at the
Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Among his collection of other noteworthy accomplishments, Parnham won gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games and 2014
Champions Challenge, claimed a bronze medal at the 2016 Champions Trophy and fourth place at the 2014 Rabobank World Cup.
Above all, Craig contributed greatly to shaping the USWNT into an international threat on the pitch. Following this tremendous
four-year journey that led to an impressive upward trajectory of growth within the program, Parnham now continues his passion
for developing individuals as USA Field Hockey’s Director of Coach Development and Learning, a role he started in January 2017.

Saturday, March 17 | 9:00 a.m. Teaching the Game for Understanding Radisson Ballroom Field

Dr. Jamie Robbins

Certified Mental Performance & Youth Development Consultant for USA Field Hockey

Dr. Robbins completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Michigan, and Master’s and Ph.D. in sport
psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Michigan State respectively. Her life as an athlete led to her
educational focus on sport psychology. She is privileged now to disseminate what she knows and continues her journey to learn
more as an Associate Professor at Methodist University, a researcher, a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) for
individual athletes, teams and coaches, and a youth development consultant for USA Field Hockey. In all of these roles, her goals
are simple: (a) teach individuals how to use their mind to help rather than hurt their performance, and (b) keep learning and
growing each day so she has more to offer others.

Sunday, March 18 | 10:00 a.m. We’re Not There Yet! See Team as Work in Progress Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom

Janneke Schopman

U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach

Schopman took over the role of U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach in January, 2017, after serving as the USWNT Assistant
Coach and U-21 USWNT Head Coach since April, 2014. In her role as head coach, the USWNT qualified for the Vitality Women’s
Hockey World Cup with a first-place finish at FIH Hockey World League Semifinals this past summer and competed for the first-time
at the Sentinel Homes Hockey World League Final in New Zealand in November. She also led the USWNT to a third-place finish at
the 2017 women’s Pan American Cup hosted in Lancaster, Pa.

Schopman is a former captain and a two-time Olympic field hockey medalist for the Dutch National Team. She was a part of
the silver-medalist squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and a member of the gold-medal squad in the 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing. Schopman also played on the Dutch squad that won gold at the 2006 Women’s Hockey World Cup and the
Champions Trophy on three occasions in 2004, 2005 and 2007.

Saturday, March 17 | 3:00 p.m. Developing Backhand Skills Radisson Ballroom Field

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coach track

Nick Shedd

U.S. Women’s National Team Strength & Conditioning Coach

Shedd is originally from Fairfax, Va. and moved to Pennsylvania and joined the coaching staff in January 2017. He studied Sports
Medicine at Averett University while playing football and later earned a Master of Science degree in Exercise Science (Strength
and Conditioning) from Appalachian State University. He has several years of experience in collegiate, tactical and private settings.
Shedd has worked with athletes of all levels ranging from youth to elite in more than 15 different sports, including field hockey.
He uses a holistic, multifaceted approach to strength and conditioning in order to maximize the performance of the U.S. Women’s
National Team.

Sunday, March 18 | 11:00 a.m. Preparing Your Athletes for Competition Lord Baltimore Calvert Room

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umpire track

Maggie Giddens

USA Field Hockey & International Hockey Federation World Development Panel Umpire

Giddens is a FIH World Development Panel Umpire and FIH Indoor Umpire with many years of experience as both an umpire and
player. She played collegiately at Michigan State University (‘06) where she competed in two NCAA Final Fours and an NCAA Elite
Eight. She was part of the team that won two Big-Ten Regular Season Titles and two Big Ten Tournament Championships. She also
earned High School First Team All-American Honors from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.

Learn and participate is an exercise session with Giddens as she goes over training ideas and yoga that will help keep an umpire at
the top of their game physically.

Saturday, March 17 | 4:00 p.m. Fitness and Lifestyle for Umpires Radisson Ballroom Field

Craig Gribble

International Hockey Federation’s Officials & Appointments Manager

In his role at the FIH, Gribble’s key tasks include appointments, education and development strategies for all umpires and officials.
Although he was part of the coaching and management of umpires at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, he also
enjoys the challenge and satisfaction of developing umpires and officials throughout the world. Gribble led an excellent umpiring
course in August 2017 at the 2017 Pan American Cups in Lancaster, Pa. for a small group of umpires.

Saturday, March 17 | 9:00 a.m. 21st Century Umpiring Lord Baltimore Theater
Saturday, March 17 | 10:00 a.m. Positioning for Today’s Game Lord Baltimore Theater
Saturday, March 17 | 3:00 p.m. Keeping the Game Under Control Lord Baltimore Theater

Steve Horgan

USA Field Hockey’s Director of Umpiring

From Wilmington, Del., Horgan began playing hockey with a women’s team in Delaware and eventually found a men’s team based
out of Lehigh Valley, Pa. He played for about three years before he started officiating, with aspirations to umpire internationally. He
attended the University of Delaware and began an Electrical Apprenticeship after he graduated. He has been a certified electrician
for more than 30 years.

In January 2011, Horgan accepted a part-time position as National Umpire and Technical Manager for USA Field Hockey. This position
eventually became full time and renamed Director of Umpiring. His extensive umpire and technical experience background include
involvement in two Olympic Games and many International Hockey Federation (FIH) events. Prior to joining the international ranks,
Horgan umpired NCAA, scholastic and club matches. Following the Sydney 2000 Sydney Olympics, he retired as an umpire and
began training to be an FIH Umpire Manager. Horgan currently serves as the National Assignor for the NCAA and sits on the FIH
Rules Committee. He is currently a Grade 1 Umpire Manager in FIH Official Ranks.

Saturday, March 17 | 1:00 p.m. Applying the Rules Lord Baltimore Theater
Saturday, March 17 | 3:00 p.m. Keeping the Game Under Control Lord Baltimore Theater

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umpire track

Whit Ryan

USA Field Hockey Umpire

Ryan is a master’s candidate in Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Denver. He has been playing field hockey
since the age of ten and has been an umpire for the past 15 years. As a mental skills and performance excellence consultant, he
has a specialty working with referees, officials and umpires across sports. In developing this focus, he found numerous com-
monalities and points of departure for this work. As officials, there is value of preparing physically, technically and tactically for
a game, tournament, or season but there is often not enough attention given to the mental and emotional preparation. Ryan is
excited to bring his focus full-circle and provide tools and techniques for the next level of preparation.

Learn techniques that will help you to stay focused, deal with situations when they go wrong, conflict resolution as well as giving
and receiving feedback in Ryan’s Mental Skills and Performance Excellence session.

Sunday, March 18 | 11:00 a.m. Mental Skills & Performance Excellence Lord Baltimore Hanover A

Suzi Sutton

USA Field Hockey & International Hockey Federation World Development Panel Umpire

Sutton resides in both California and Pennsylvania, and is a self-employed umpire, property manager and volunteer Firefighter at
Lafayette Fire Company 63. She started her umpire career while coaching at California Cup with her mom, as the U-12 coaches had
to umpire. Her umpiring potential was spotted in 2008 and she was handed off to Roque Viegas, the head of the USA IDC Umpiring
Group. Viegas carefully molded Sutton and helped her get a last-minute appointment to the 2010 South American Championships
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she earned her FIH Umpiring Badge. Since then, Sutton developed her umpiring and has moved
within the ranks of FIH Umpiring with a FIH Promising List upgrade at the 2013 South American Championships; FIH Grade 1
upgrade at the 2014 South American Championships; and the World Development Panel upgrade at the 2017 FIH Hockey World
League Semifinals, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2016, Sutton unknowingly surpassed 100 senior international caps during one of
the many USA test series and earned her FIH Golden whistle, which was celebrated and announced at the women’s Hockey Junior
World Cup in Santiago, Chile.

Saturday, March 17 | 2:00 p.m. Working with the Players Lord Baltimore Theater

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PRESENTER
BIOGRAPHIES

Miscellaneous

Denise Parker

United States Olympic Committee Vice President of National Governing Body Services

Parker was named the USOC’s Vice President of NGB Services in September 2017. Prior to joining the USOC, she served as the CEO
of USA Archery, was vice president of the Archery Trade Association and worked for Hoyt as a marketing manager. In her current
role, Parker is responsible for improving organizational effectiveness within the USOC’s fifty National Governing Bodies through
targeted programming and assistance. She serves as the USOC’s liaison to the NGB Council and aids leaders in enhancing their
governance and managerial capabilities.

During her time at USA Archery, Parker grew revenues from $1M to $4M and increased membership from just over 3,000 to
more than 20,000 members. Additionally, Parker led high-performing teams to Olympic success at the London 2012 and Rio 2016
Olympic Games after a 12-year medal drought.

A three-time Olympian and bronze medalist in the sport of archery, Parker was the youngest member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic
Team at the Seoul Games. At age 13, she was the youngest archer ever to win a gold medal at the Pan American Games, and at age
15, she placed third at the 1989 World Championship. She is also a past junior world champion.

Saturday, March 17 | 11:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom

Andy Belles

AstroTurf’s International Field Hockey Sales Director

Belles serves AstroTurf as Field Hockey Director and also oversees International Sales. He began his career in sports surfac-
ing in 1977 in his hometown of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. estimating tennis, turf and track projects. His career in this industry spans
5 decades. He has been involved in the design, manufacturing, sales and installation of tennis, turf and track surfaces, both
domestically and internationally. He holds several patents or pending patents including the Magic Carpet II System of which he
is co-patent holder along with Ryan Paris. He currently manages field hockey in the United States and Canada as well as Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights for AstroTurf. Finally, he assists in the sale and distribution of AstroTurf products in the international
market.

Friday, March 16 | 4:00 p.m. Field Hockey Fields Explained Lord Baltimore International Room

Alastair Cox

International Hockey Federation’s Facilities & Quality Programme Manager

As the Facilities and Quality Programme Manager at the FIH, Cox has almost 40 years experience in the testing and setting
of standards for the performance of sports surfaces and sports equipment. Having worked with many of the world’s leading
international sports federations, Cox is recognized as a global expert on synthetic turf sports surfaces. As author of the recently
published FIH Hockey Turf and Field Standards, he has significantly broadened the scope of FIH Standards to ensure that those
investing in new hockey facilities, at all levels of the game, benefit from the quality assurance the FIH Quality Programme delivers.
Recognizing that many do not have the possibility of playing on top level wet hockey specific fields, the FIH Quality Programme
now includes a range of community and multisport surfaces that allow those building hockey fields and courts to be confident
they are choosing surfaces that have acceptable hockey performance, while ensuring adequate durability to make the investment
sustainable.

Friday, March 16 | 4:00 p.m. Field Hockey Fields Explained Lord Baltimore International Room

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Miscellaneous

Rachel Dawson

Three-Time Olympian, Former USWNT Athlete & Certified Yoga Instructor

Dawson, a three-time Olympian, is the co-founder and president of Praxis Athlete Development and current assistant field hockey
coach at the University of Virginia. She retired from playing with the U.S. Women’s National Team in 2016, after competing in
Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games, and helped lead USA to a fifth-place showing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Dawson, who has 298 international caps with Team USA, won five golds in international competitions, including at the 2011 and
2015 Pan American Games, and four silvers.

Dawson graduated with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007. She earned the 2007 Honda Award
as the National Player of the Year for field hockey and was selected as one of the five finalists for the Honda-Broderick Cup as the
nation’s top collegiate female athlete. With 19 goals that season, the midfielder was the top scorer for the No. 1 offensive team in
the nation while also being named the 2007 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and the 2007 ACC Tournament MVP.

Dawson is a 200 Hour RYT Certified Yoga Teacher trained in the Baptiste Power Yoga style.

Sunday, March 18 | 7:00 a.m. Yoga for Hockey Radisson Ballroom Field

Carey Fetting Smith

Middle School Academic Coach

Fetting Smith is a native of Baltimore, Md. She attended and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2005
with a Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature. She was also a two-time captain of the UNC Field Hockey Team and as a Tar
Heel, the team won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship her senior year.

After graduation, Fetting Smith joined Teach For America, New York where she worked for 6 years and earned her Masters in
Education from PACE University. During her time in New York, Fetting Smith served as an assistant field hockey coach at Columbia
University from 2008-2010. In 2010, she began to grow the game at the grassroots level. She founded the Success Academy middle
school field hockey program and led a USA Field Hockey FUNdmanetal Field Hockey programs for 5th and 6th graders.

Fetting Smith and her family moved back home to Baltimore in 2015, where she is a Middle School Academic Coach at Hampstead
Hill Academy. When she’s not at Hampstead Hill, she channeling all the Division I athlete skills that her college coach taught her as
she faces her greatest challenge to date, raising her daughters, Margaret and Francie, ages 2 and 4.

Sunday, March 18 | 1:30 p.m. Introducing Baltimore Project Play Lord Baltimore Theater

Andre Fountain

The Aspen Institute Project Coordinator in Sports and Society Program

Fountain is the Project Coordinator, Sports & Society Program at The Aspen Institute. In his role, he oversees Project Play: Baltimore,
an initiative to improve youth sports opportunities in the city. Project Play: Baltimore represents the first model community effort
by The Aspen Institute’s Project Play. The vision of it is to help local leaders and caregivers provide youth with the opportunity to
be active through sports.

Fountain co-authored the State of Play: Baltimore report, which is a resource guide that includes 40 exclusive findings on strengths
and gaps in providing access to sport and a survey of nearly 2,000 youth on sport interests. He has hosted a series of community
events to engage and connect local leaders on finding solutions to grow the quality and quantity of sport options for youth. Prior to
his role at the Institute, he served as an account executive in inside sales for Monumental Sports and Entertainment.

Sunday, March 18 | 1:30 p.m. Introducing Baltimore Project Play Lord Baltimore Theater

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Sally Goggin

USA Field Hockey’s National Development Director

Goggin is a native of Illinois where she started playing field hockey at Deerfield High School. She went on to play at Dartmouth
College, where she received All Ivy League First-Team Honors and was the team captain. After college, Goggin went on to work for
Leo Burnett in Media and Client Services for Fortune 500 companies. More recently, she has been a successful entrepreneur and
helped bring field hockey to Glen Ellyn, Ill. and Glenbard West High School.

Goggin has just hit the two-year mark working for USA Field Hockey as the National Development Director. Her main responsibility
is to grow the game of field hockey in the United States and her infectious enthusiasm has done just that by providing more
than 26,000 athletes the opportunity to try the sport at events such as Celebration of Field Hockey and Learn to Play Day held
at high school state championships, the NCAA Final Four and many USA Field Hockey National Events. She is passionate about
developing opportunities for kids of all ages to experience the great game of field hockey as players, coaches, umpires and fans.
She also oversees the Coach Education Program that hosts multiple training courses and clinics throughout the year to elevate the
knowledge and level of coaches in the United States.

Sunday, March 18 | 1:30 p.m. USA Field Hockey Play to Support Growth in Baltimore Lord Baltimore Theater

Simon Hoskins

USA Field Hockey’s Executive Director

Hoskins is currently the Executive Director of USA Field Hockey, a position he was promoted to in April 2015. Prior to taking
on the organization’s leadership role, Hoskins was the Chief Operating Officer since January 2013, where he was responsible
for overseeing the marketing, commercial, communications and memberships departments. He began his career with USA Field
Hockey in November 2008 as the Director of Brand Development.

He has worked in the sports industry for more than 20 years, including stints at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games and the Colorado
Rapids of Major League Soccer. Hoskins was also involved with Watford FC in the English Premiership and Saracens in the Rugby
Premiership, held marketing roles with Premiership Rugby and England Rugby, and a sponsorship role with Vail Resorts.

Friday, March 16 | 3:00 p.m. Welcome Reception Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom

Blake Maciel

BeMore Athletics Youth Basketball Coordinator and Advisor

Maciel is a Youth Basketball Coordinator and Advisor at BeMore Athletic, an education-based athletic program at Living
Classrooms focused on engaging youth in school sports to build confidence and teach sportsmanship. He is also Regional
Manager for Baltimore and Boston at Coaching Corps, a nonprofit focused on ensuring that all kids get to reap the benefits of
playing sports with a trained, caring coach.

While completing his Business Administration degree at Towson University after serving in the United States Army, Maciel began
coaching basketball at Hampstead Hill Academy and realized his passion resided in ensuring all children deserve to play the
sport of their choice regardless of circumstance. This realization, coupled with his belief that sports at their best are vehicles for
character development, fuels his work in Baltimore City.

Sunday, March 18 | 1:30 p.m. USA Field Hockey Play to Support Growth in Baltimore Lord Baltimore Theater

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Miscellaneous

Missy Meharg

University of Maryland’s Head Coach and USA Field Hockey Foundation Board Member

In the 2017 season, Meharg and coaching staff led the Terrapins to win 11 of 13 games at the end of the season, making a run
to their 18th NCAA Final Four. They fell in the title match finishing the season 16-7. This impressive run and effort led Maryland’s
coaching staff, including Meharg, assistant coaches Katie Bam and Marvin Bam, and volunteer assistant coach Stefanie Fee,
to be named the 2017 NFHCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Coaching Staff of the Year. Over the years, Meharg has accumulated an
impressive 535-130-9 record, giving her a winning percentage of .797. She has won nine National Coach of the Year awards and
nine Conference Coach of the Year Awards.

Meharg had the opportunity to be NBC’s London 2012 Olympic Games color commentator and analyst for field hockey. On top of
that, she has had a handful of athlete compete on the international stage with the U.S. Women’s National Team at the Olympic
Games. She was involved on the coaching staff for the U.S. Women’s National Team from 1993-98, having coached at the 1994
World Cup, 1995 Pan American Games and Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. A few more accolades to her name include being named
one of ESPNU’s top five recruiters in the country across all sports, a member of the University Senate and the Senate Executive
Committee.

Friday, March 16 | 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception Lord Baltimore Calvert Ballroom

Carissa Vittese

Current USWNT Athlete

Vittese joined the U.S. Women’s National Team in May 2017, after transitioning from the U.S. Women’s National Development
Squad. She played collegiately at the University of Virginia, where she graduated in 2014 with her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.
While a Cavalier, she was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Second Team and All-South Region Second Team twice.

After graduation, Vittese spent a semester as the Volunteer Assistant Coach at the University of Virginia under Michele Madison.
She then spent two years earning her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. At
Temple, she was the Director of Operations for the field hockey team under head coach Marybeth Freeman.

Vittese now helps her father, Mark, coach the Spirit of USA Club in South New Jersey, where her and her sister first started playing
field hockey. Nothing brings her more joy than growing the game, especially where she first started playing as a kid.

Saturday, March 17 | 7:00 a.m. Morning Workout Radisson Ballroom Field

Michelle Vittese

Two-Time Olympian & Current USWNT Athlete

Vittese, a two-time Olympian, has been a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team since the summer of 2010. She was part of
the 2011 Pan American Games gold medal team that qualified the squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games. After graduating
from the University of Virginia in 2013, she joined the USWNT centralized training program full-time. In 2014, she helped USA qualify
for the Rabobank Hockey World Cup in The Hague, The Netherland, where the team had a historic run and finished fourth. In 2015,
she was selected to wear the red, white and blue at the Pan American Games, where the team earned gold and punched a ticket to
the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. While in Brazil, she helped lead USA to a remarkable performance and a fifth-place showing.

After a short hiatus, Vittese rejoined the team in January 2017, where she helped the squad earn gold at the FIH Hockey World
League Semifinals and qualify to compete in the program’s first-ever FIH Hockey World League Final.

She currently trains full-time and coaches U-10 to U-19 club hockey for Spirit of USA Club, based out of Southern New Jersey. She
enjoys developing youth hockey and exposing them to the skills and habits that she has learned throughout her 16-year career.

Saturday, March 17 | 7:00 a.m. Morning Workout Radisson Ballroom Field

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HALL OF FAME &
AWARDS GALA

USA Field Hockey is excited to announce that the 30th Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place Saturday, March 17, 2018 at the Lord
Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Md. in conjunction with the inaugural Summit. Since its establishment in 1988, the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame has
recognized individuals in two categories:

• Athletes – awarded to USA Field Hockey athletes for their on-field achievement, innovation and contributions to the sport
• Honorary Members – awarded to members of the Association who have given long and exceptional service to USA Field Hockey and have

made significant contributions to the sport in the United States or internationally

For the 2018 edition, USA Field Hockey has created several additional awards to more broadly recognize, honor and celebrate individuals across the
hockey community whose contributions have made a major and lasting impact on the game of field hockey in the United States.

2018 hall of fame inductees

Steve Danielson

Danielson was a member of the U.S. Men’s National Team from 1989-2011 and accumulated more than 300 international caps for
USA Field Hockey. As one of the most accomplished U.S. Men’s National Team athletes, he continues to be involved in the sport on
a collegiate and Junior Men’s and Women’s, and Senior Men’s National Team levels. Starting his career in 1989 at the Junior World
Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, Danielson went on to be a two-time Pan American Games participant (1995, 1999), Atlanta 1996 Olympian,
two-time Indoor World Cup participant (2003, 2011) and a two-time Indoor Pan American Cup participant (2002, 2005). More
recently, Danielson represented the United States as an athlete and coach at the 2017 IMHA Masters Indoor World Cup in Krefeld,
Germany. Danielson is currently the assistant coach and technical director for Stanford University and is a consultant to the U.S.
Men’s National Team program. He resides in Stanford, Calif. with his wife Tara (Jelley) Danielson and their daughter, Luvy.

Keli Smith Puzo

Smith Puzo was a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team from 2001-2013 and accumulated 179 international caps. Starting
her career in 2000 at the Junior Pan American Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados, She went on to be a Beijing 2008 and
London 2012 Olympian, two-time World Cup participant (2002, 2006), two-time Pan American Games participant (2003, 2007) and
a participant in the 2004 women’s Pan American Cup. She also participated in two Champions Challenge Events and was named a
Pan American All-Star in 2009. Since retiring, Smith Puzo has been inspiring many young athletes while running her club FH Life.
She currently resides in Oxford, Ohio with her husband, Inako, and their two sons, Xavi and Ian.

Amy Tran Swensen

Tran Swensen was a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team from 2001-2013 and accumulated 163 international caps for
USA Field Hockey. Once recognized as the No. 1 goalkeeper in the world and the 2006 Samsung World Cup Best Goalkeeper, Tran
Swensen amassed countless incredible saves while in goal. Starting her career in 2000 at the Junior Pan American Championships in
Bridegtown, Barbados, Tran Swensen went on to be a Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympian, 2006 World Cup participant, 2001
Junior World Cup Participant, two-time Pan American Games participant (2003, 2007) and two-time Pan American Cup participant
(2001, 2004). Tran Swensen also participated in five Champions Challenge Events where she was also named Goalkeeper for
the Tournament. In 2006, she also was named the WorldHockey All-Star and went on to win multiple other Goalkeeper of the
Tournament awards. Tran Swensen currently resides in Virginia Beach, Va. with her husband Mark and their sons Ivan and Zeke.

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OFFICIAL PARTNERS OF
USA FIELD HOCKEY

HALL OF FAME &
AWARDS GALA

2018 Hall of Fame Honorary Members

Helen Allen

Allen began her field hockey journey in 1941 and has stayed active in the game as an athlete, umpire and coach. As an athlete,
she was selected for touring teams to England (1953), Scotland and The Netherlands (1948). She also spent 3 years on the reserve
team (1949, 1952 and 1953).

One of Allen’s first coaches was Constance Applebee, the mother of field hockey in the United States. She also spent 50 years
evaluating umpires as a national field hockey official. She officiated at every national tournament from 1945 until 2000 and served
as a member of the United States Field Hockey Officials Committee. Allen also coached at Saint Francis High School and Hunter
College. She has also spent many years serving the game of field hockey. Most notably she appeared on NBC Nightly News speaking
as an ambassador for field hockey and served on the field hockey committee at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.

Barb Carreiro

Carreiro started her field hockey career playing at Bridgewater State College (BSC). She also played for the Rhode Island Field
Hockey Association and traveled with that group to play in The Netherlands and on the North East Sectional Team at the National
Tournament. Carreiro received her field hockey umpiring rating her sophomore year at BSC after taking an officiating course. After
graduation, Carreiro coached the Southeastern Massachusetts University team for 5 years.

After leaving coaching, she continued umpiring and is still a current umpire. Along the way, Carreiro served as the North East
Umpiring Chair and from there became actively involved with USA Field Hockey. She served as the Umpiring Chair and also on
the Events Committee of the Board of Directors, where she was a member from 2005-08. Carreiro has served as an international
technical delegate for the FIH and worked at the International Cup in Pennsylvania, Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada and
Barbados, and the Champions Challenge in the United States. Carreiro has worked in various roles at many USA camps, National
Hockey Festival and AAU Junior Olympic Games, and also served as the umpire liaison at the Junior World Cup in Boston, Mass. She
was named the first NCAA coordinator of officials for field hockey and served in that capacity for 9 years.

She is the current collegiate assigner for the Big East, Atlantic 10, Ivy League, Patriot League, Northeast 10, New England Small
College Athletic Conference and NECFHUA. She continues to train, develop and evaluate umpires at various events including the
Four Goals Collegiate Camp.

2018 Humanitarian Award Winner

Jean Lipski

USA Field Hockey’s Humanitarian Award is presented to an individual who has transcended the game of field hockey and achieve
something inspirational to us all. This individual has used field hockey to better themselves, their community and beyond.

Lipski has been the coach of the Lake-Lehman High School Black Knights since 1982 and has compiled a very impressive record
of 500-128-27, while coaching in the Northeast Pennsylvania’s rugged Wyoming Valley Conference. Lipski’s teams have won
eight conference crowns, twelve district titles, have qualified for the State Playoffs seventeen times and have won two state
championships. She has coached numerous all-conference and all-state players and helped place athletes on forty-nine different
colleges and universities. As a positive role model for her team and community, Lipski and her athletes take part in local community
events including raising funds for the American Cancer Society and local cancer patients, performing Random Acts of Kindness and
conducting Adopt-a-Highway cleanups. Lipski has a great passion for field hockey and is a tireless promoter of the sport in a very
positive way.

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HALL OF FAME &
AWARDS GALA

Grow the game award winner

Matthew Kogut

USA Field Hockey’s Grow the Game Award is presented to the USA Field Hockey Member who has helped establish a foundation, built
a lasting program and impacted their c ommunity through field hockey. This individual has provided opportunities to countless field
hockey players in their region that would not exist without their efforts.

Five years ago, Kogut took over Coastal Field Hockey Club. Back then, the club had about 60 participants and was essentially a pick-up
league started by parents who wanted to give their children more playing opportunities because there were so few in Southern Maine
for kids to play year-round. Kogut seized the opportunity to make Coastal Field Hockey Club a non-profit that would make field hockey
accessible to the Maine community, regardless of financial wealth. Today, Coastal Field Hockey has 350 members, ranging in age from
6-18 years old. Kogut was able to grow the number of athletes participating in field hockey in Southern Maine by providing annual

National Coach Award winnerscholarships based on need and acquiring donors.

Carolyn King Robitaille

USA Field Hockey’s National Coach Award is presented to a USA Field Hockey Coach Member whoexemplifies the values of sportsmanship,
fair play and healthy competition. This individual is dedicated to their craft and works tirelessly to make their players, fellow coaches
and the field hockey community better.

King Robitaille took the reins as head coach of Saint Anselm in 2012 and has dramatically transformed the fortunes of their field hockey
program. In her tenure, postseason play has become the norm. The Hawks won back-to-back regular season conferences, qualified for
the Northeast 10 postseason in three-straight seasons and earned trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament in both 2016 and 2017.
Coach King Robitaille was honored as Conference Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2017. Eight of her players were All-Americas, 16 were
All-Conference and her team’s graduation rate for four-year players is 100%.

National Umpire award winner

Suzi Sutton

USA Field Hockey’s National Umpire Award is presented to a USA Field Hockey Umpire Member who has shown integrity and love of
the game on and off the field of play. This r ecipient has treated players, coaches and fans with respect while enforcing the rules and
keeping the game safe and fair.

Sutton was introduced to field hockey by her mother,and unknowingly started her umpire career while coaching at California Cup with
her mom, as the U-12 coaches had to umpire. Injury hampered Sutton’s college playing career, but to stay involved after college, she
organized and coached a local youth club team and umpired high school hockey in York, Pa. Her umpiring potential was spotted and
she received a last-minute appointment to the 2010 South American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she earned her FIH
Umpiring Badge. Since then, Sutton developed her umpiring and has moved within the ranks of FIH Umpiring with a FIH Promising List
upgrade. In 2016, Sutton unknowingly surpassed 100 senior international caps during one of the many USA test series and earned her
FIH Golden whistle, which was celebrated and announced at the women’s Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.

National club of the year winner

Windy City Field Hockey Club

USA Field Hockey’s National Club of the Year Award is presented to the USA Field Hockey Member Club that was excelled on and off
the field of play. This club has d emonstrated skills on the pitch that are recognized by their peers and fans, and have also shown their
passion for hockey and sportsmanship off the pitch. They have used field hockey to make an impression on the lives of others and
brought opportunity to their community.

Windy City Field Hockey’s mission is to emphasize excellence through the development of individual skills, teamwork and sportsmanship.
Their philosophy is to offer a competitive field hockey environment focused on the development of technical proficiency, tactical
understanding and physical well-being of players in a constructive atmosphere. Windy City offers professionally run programs for girls
and boys of all ages, skill levels and commitments. Many of their players go on to play in college and several have made the U.S. National
Development Teams, coming from a state with just over 20 high school programs. Windy City is owned by Keith and Katie Kauffman
Beach, former U.S. Women’s National Team member and USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame Member, class of 2014. Windy City and the
Beach’s leadership has generously contributed to the growth of the sport in Illinois.

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