Staff Directory

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Staff Directory
Name Title Email Address
League Office Staff
Michelle McAteer Commissioner mmcateer@wcha.com
Byron Synstegaard Assistant Commissioner, Operations bsynstegaard@wcha.com
Mykenzie Hunt Director of Strategic Communications & Brand Advancement mhunt@wcha.com
Greg Shepherd Director of Officiating
Kendall Nelson Communications & Digital Content Intern knelsonwcha@gmail.com
Dillon Loft Operations Intern dloftwcha@gmail.com
2025-26 Advisory Council
Kevin Buisman Director of Athletics (Minnesota State) kevin.buisman@mnsu.edu
Dr. John Davidson Faculty Athletics Representative (Ohio State) davidson.92@osu.edu
Dr. Bill Hudson Faculty Athletics Representative (St. Cloud State) wchudson@stcloudstate.edu
Mark Johnson Head Coach (Wisconsin)
2025-26 Board of Directors
Britt Lauritsen Director of Athletics (Bemidji State) brittany.lauritsen@bemidjistate.edu
Dr. Donald Dengel Faculty Athletics Representative (Minnesota) denge001@umn.edu
Forrest Karr Director of Athletics (Minnesota Duluth) fkarr@d.umn.edu
Kevin Buisman Director of Athletics (Minnesota State) kevin.buisman@mnsu.edu
Dr. John Davidson Faculty Athletics Representative (Ohio State) davidson.92@osu.edu
Dr. Michele Mumm Assistant Provost (St. Cloud State) mmmumm@stcloudstate.edu
Dr. Phil Esten Director of Athletics (St. Thomas) athleticsdirector@stthomas.edu
Jason King Senior Associate Athletic Director (Wisconsin) JWK@athletics.wisc.edu
2025-26 Management Council
Britt Lauritsen Director of Athletics (Bemidji State) brittany.lauritsen@bemidjistate.edu
Dr. Shannon Norman Faculty Athletics Representative (Bemidji State) shannon.norman@bemidjistate.edu
Amber Fryklund Head Coach (Bemidji State) amber.fryklund@bemidjistate.edu
Travis Cameron Executive Associate AD / Chief Revenue Officer (Minnesota)
Greg May Head Coach (Minnesota) mayx0117@umn.edu
Dr. Donald Dengel Faculty Athletics Representative (Minnesota) denge001@umn.edu
Forrest Karr Director of Athletics (Minnesota Duluth) fkarr@d.umn.edu
Katie Schofield Faculty Athletic Representative (Minnesota Duluth) kscho@d.umn.edu
Laura Schuler Head Coach (Minnesota Duluth) lschuler@d.umn.edu
Kevin Buisman Director of Athletics (Minnesota State) kevin.buisman@mnsu.edu
Dr. Jeffrey Pribyl Faculty Athletics Representative (Minnesota State) jeffrey.pribyl@mnsu.edu
Shari Dickerman Head Coach (Minnesota State) shari.vogt@mnsu.edu
Janine Oman Senior Deputy Athletic Director & SWA (Ohio State) oman.7@osu.edu
Dr. John Davidson Faculty Athletics Representative (Ohio State) davidson.92@osu.edu
Nadine Muzerall Head Coach (Ohio State)
Holly Schreiner Director of Athletics (St. Cloud State) hjschreiner@stcloudstate.edu
Dr. Bill Hudson Faculty Athletics Representative (St. Cloud State) wchudson@stcloudstate.edu
Mira Jalosuo Head Coach (St. Cloud State)
Ben Fraser Deputy Athletic Director (St. Thomas) benjamin.fraser@stthomas.edu
Dr. Mary Daugherty Faculty Athletics Representative (St. Thomas) msdaugherty@stthomas.edu
Bethany Brausen Head Coach (St. Thomas)
Jason King Senior Associate Athletic Director (Wisconsin) JWK@athletics.wisc.edu
Dr. Doug McLeod Faculty Athletics Representative (Wisconsin) dmmcleod@wisc.edu
Mark Johnson Head Coach (Wisconsin)
2025-26 Media Relations Contacts
Tyler Christiansen Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations (Bemidji State) tyler.christiansen@bemidjistate.edu
Jagr Rinehart Communications Assistant (Minnesota) rineh055@umn.edu
Kelly Grgas-Wheeler Director of Athletic Communications and Media Relations (Minnesota Duluth) kgrgaswh@d.umn.edu
Charles Snelson Assistant Athletic Director - Communications (Minnesota State) Charles.snelson.2@mnsu.edu
Sara Lambert Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant (Minnesota State) Sara.lambert@mnsu.edu
Emilia Frizzi Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Ohio State) frizzi.3@osu.edu
Jacob Sanders Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (St. Cloud State) jacob.sanders@go.stcloudstate.edu
Abby Nosbisch Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (St. Thomas) abby.nosbisch@stthomas.edu
Mykenzie Hunt Director of Strategic Communications & Brand Advancement mhunt@wcha.com
Jake Ross Assistant Director of Brand Communications (Wisconsin) jr5@athletics.wisc.edu
2025-26 League Officials
Michaela Bahl Referee
Chris Binkley Referee
Gui Bradshaw Referee
Melissa Doyle Referee
Craig Hedlund Referee
Anthony Hoyles Referee
Mike Kaehler Referee
Samantha Kline Referee
Jordan Lee Referee
Robert Ludwig Referee
Shannon Motzko Referee
Sarma Pone Referee
Tyler Rew Referee
Scott Roth Referee
Duncan Ryhorchuk Referee
Denny Schult Referee
Jestina Vichorek Referee
Kevin Hoyle Linesman
Jamie Arola Linesman
Doug Durgin Linesman
Glenn Hagberg Linesman
Tyler Iffland Linesman
Brian Jansen Linesman
Sam Jerome Linesman
Dan Kassis Linesman
Tim Katrinak Jr. Linesman
Adam Kieffer Linesman
Ron Laituri Linesman
Aaron Neville Linesman
Brenda Reinen Linesman
Glendon Seal Linesman
Brendan Skime Linesman
Kaelyn Szymanski Linesman
Maria Gherardi Linesman
Rylie Lissebeck Linesman
Kaylen Hanson Linesman
Sarah Buckner Linesman