Staff Directory


Operations Staff

Name Title Email
Kevin James Executive Director kjames@vys.org
Puja Tucker Finance Director puja.tucker@vys.org
Oscar Leon Operations Director oscar.leon@vys.org
Stephen Lehany Travel Program Manager slehany@vys.org
Adam Coolbaugh Recreation Operations Director adam.coolbaugh@vys.org
Stephen Bird House Director stephen.bird@vys.org
Mike Clark Fields Manager mike.clark@vys.org
Brady Knotts Club Administrator brady.knotts@vys.org
Kate Morford Marketing & Community Relations Manager kate.morford@vys.org

Technical Staff

Name Title Email
Kevin James Technical Director kjames@vys.org
Michel Vanderhart Director of Coaching - Girls mvanderhart@vys.org
Vincent Kooijman Assistant Director of Coaching - Girls U9-U12 vincent.kooijman@vys.org
Adam Coolbaugh Assistant Director of Coaching - Girls U13-U19 adam.coolbaugh@vys.org
Dale Blair Assistant Director of Coaching - Girls U13-U19 dblair@vys.org
Steve Lehany Director of Coaching - Boys slehany@vys.org
Gwyn Jones Assistant Director of Coaching - Boys U9-U12 gwyn.jones@vys.org
College Placement & Support
Babak Yektafar Assistant Director of Coaching - Boys U13-U19 babak.yektafar@vys.org
John Ciampa Assistant Director of Coaching - Boys U13-U19 john.ciampa@vys.org
Director of Sports Performance
Austin Roser Director of Goalkeeping - U13-U19 austin.roser@vys.org
Richard Gunney Director of Coach Development richard.gunney@vys.org

Board of Directors


Name Position
Heather Helmstetter President
Paul Dennis Vice President
Marshall Ramos Treasurer
Jayme Van Horn Secretary
Christina Ulen Vice President of House Soccer
Ashlie Strackbein Vice President of Travel Soccer
Nausheen Khan Vice President of Marketing & Community Relations
Matt Shinkman At-Large Member 1
Melissa Burgum At-Large Member 2
Alanna Baker At-Large Member 3
Greg Cullison At-Large Member 4

Board Meetings & Minutes


The VYS Board of Directors (BOD) will congregate on the 1st Wednesday of every month. Any changes to this schedule will be reflected in the events calendar on the home page.


BOD meeting minutes are available upon request.

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