BOARD OF DIRECTORS
VOTING OFFICERS
VOTING DIRECTORS
Andy McCard
4th Grade Tackle Director
NON-VOTING DIRECTORS
Mary Melenke
Director of Scholarships
Term Expires 2027
COMMITTEES
TACKLE FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
Schedule Plan and Execute Practices and Games Schedules
- Establish Practice Field Assignments and Schedules
- Book Game Fields with City
Coordinate activities of Grade Level Directors
Tom Nordling
Director of Football Ops - Tackle Football
NON-CONTACT FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
Coordinate all aspects of spring 1-8th grade and fall 1-3 grade flag football
- Create teams
- Recruit and train coaches and officials
- Create schedule for practices and games
- Maintain Flag football rules & equipment
Briana Koch
Director of Non-Contact Football
COMMUNICATIONS
- Maintains, creates, and publishes updates and events on both print and on social media
- Maintains MGYFA website
- Keeps coaches, players and parents up-to-date on news, events, camps and MGYFA fundraising through social media, app notifications and website/Email.
Jennifer Hughes
Director of Communications
FUNDRAISING
The Fundraising Committee is tasked with developing and implementing creative strategies to raise funds for the Spring/Fall non-contact and Fall tackle seasons
- Coordinating events
- Engaging with the community
- Exploring innovative fundraising opportunities to support the financial needs of the association
- Identifying sponsorship opportunities
Katie Hempel
Director of Fundraising
Matt Dvorsak
Fundraising Committee
Tina Hegna
Fundraising Committee
TACKLE GRADE LEVEL DIRECTORS
Ensure Grade Level Success
- Coordination of recruiting
- Coach development and teambuilding
- Issue escalation
Two positions 9-Man Tackle (4th-6th Grade); 11-Man Tackle (7th & 8th Grade)
Andy McCard
4th Grade Director
Tony Brinkhaus
5th Grade Director
Jeff Nordvold
6th Grade Director
Tony Brinkhaus
7th Grade Director
Autumn Sather
8th Grade Director
EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT
- Helmet inventory management including ordering/refurbishment and helmet check-in and check-out coordination
- Ensure hard good management of field gear, practice gear and coaches bag inventory
- Coordinate soft-good distribution and ordering
Erin Graff
Director of Equipment Management
Jimmy Nelson
Director of Equipment Management