| The EDMONTON DRAGON BOAT RACING CLUB is led by several volunteer
members, who bring both their professional expertise and their racing experience to the
club. None of the executive are paid for their efforts; the club leadership is fuelled
solely by passion, sportsmanship, and a love for the camaraderie of this cultural sport.
President
Dennis Belair is an experienced not-for-profit director and a race veteran of many
Dragon Boat Festivals. He has strong leadership skills and a passionate motivation to make
this sport a big part of the Edmonton community. Dennis has paddled on medal-winning teams
for the last 4 years.
Vice
President
Michelle
Manovich is an oil-and-gas professional, and a long-time
competitive paddler. Her leadership strength, organization skills, and
energy are valuable assets to our club.
Treasurer
Brian Lee is an experienced professional accountant and veteran of the 1999
Dragon Boat Race Season. His financial wizardry will be invaluable to our non-profit
group, which needs every fiscal advantage it can leverage. Brian also speaks rudimentary
Maori, and is our resident translator of New Zealand lore.
Chief
Information
Officer
Paul Gil is a 4-year veteran of dragon boat racing, and is a Certified Web
Professional and Database Developer. Paul will keep the electrons and information moving
within the EDBRC, and will implement databasing, publishing, and a solid web
infrastructure for our organization.
Marketing
Representative
Rob Borrelli, also an Information Technology professional, is our primary marketing
liaison with corporate entities around Edmonton. Rob liaises with our community sponsors,
while doing double-duty as an I.T. person to ensure that the EDBRC remains a high-tech
organization.
Coaching Staff
is comprised of volunteers at
intermediate or advanced levels of paddling skill. All of our executive members do
double duty as coaches for beginners and intermediate paddlers. Our advanced-level coach,
Andy Lee,
is a 10-year veteran of dragon boating, including long seasons with the False Creek Racing
Canoe Club (home of the World Champion Canadian Womens Team).
Our Directors-at-Large
Our D.A.L. members are
those volunteers who share in the logistical and executive duties
necessary to keep our club moving forward. Their job descriptions
are amorphous-yet-critical, and they do everything from securing boats to
purchasing supplies to databasing member info to desktop publishing to
fundraising to race logistics. Thank you to all the new
Directors-at-Large for 2001:
Michelle Follensbee
Lisa Jordan
Angie Guerreiro
Nick Hindle
Elaine Wannechko
Bilinda Wagner
Annette Hudon
Catherine Lea (hop a long Cassidy)
Sheila Porter (The Big "O")
Tania Topolnysky
Nykie Graham
Speedo Boy Robyn Young
John Bohaychuk
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