IPSF Committee

Acting President

Acting President

Bianca Scholten

She was involved in the pole industry in South Africa for a number of years as a student, instructor, studio owner, competitor, and at national federation level, before moving to Germany

Acting Vice-President & Competitions Chair

Acting Vice-President & Competitions Chair

Sara Noble-Lumholdt

Sara has been an Pole Instructor since 2010 and after that she started a company containing 4 pole Studios in Sweden (2012-2018)

Acting Vice-President & Ethics Chair

Acting Vice-President & Ethics Chair

Alison Ballard

She has been a member of the IPSF since 2019 heading up the federations team, and then serving on the Technical Teams.

Anti-Doping Chair

Anti-Doping Chair

Andrea Avila

Andrea Avila was born in Colombia, she started pole dancing in 2013. As a Sports Medicine Physician, she has been interested in the growth and profesionalization of the sport.

Education Chair

Education Chair

Yana Sivirina

Having ten years of experience in international teaching, Yana has enough enthusiasm and patience to deliver ideas and helping instructions to people of different ages.

Judges Chair

Judges Chair

Szilvia Molnar

Szilvia lives in Perth, Australia and had her first pole class in 2011 and since then she has participated in many competitions. She became a pole instructor in 2013 and an IPSF qualified judge in 2015.

Acting Federations Chair

Acting Federations Chair

Lydia Bassal

Lydia is from México city and has been practicing Pole Sports for almost 7 years. Lydia has been judging for 5 years in Off-Season Competitions, various Nationals Championships, and in multiple World Championships.

Acting Marketing Chair

Acting Marketing Chair

Tania Becker

Tania Becker has been dedicated to pole sport since 2010 and has coached aerial sports since 2012. She is a seasoned competitor, having participated in the South African Nationals multiple times and represented her country at the IPSF World Championships. In addition to her athletic achievements, Tania has contributed to the sport's development by serving on the South African Federation's judging panel and as a member of its committee. In June 2024, she expanded her involvement by taking on the role of Marketing Coordinator for the IPSF.

General Secretary

General Secretary

TBC

Treasurer

Treasurer

TBC

People Team

People Team

Suzanne Vink

Suzanne Vink is from The Netherlands. Suzanne has been involved in pole for over 10 years now and have been teaching since 2015. In 2016, she competed at the Dutch National Championships (The Netherlands) and competed at the IPSF World Championships in the doubles category.

Coaches Coordinator

Coaches Coordinator

Marni Kehm

She was born in Canada, raised in USA, and currently resides in Switzerland. She is a graduate of Smith College with a B.Sc. in General Engineering and Music and from the Universität Stuttgart with a M.Sc. in Process Engineering.

PR

PR

Paulo Kümmel

Paulo has been leading the Brazillian IPSF National Federation (CBAPS) since 2021, and has been the IPSF Federations chair since 2022.

Ethics Committee

Ethics Committee

Sabina Petcu

Sabina has been an IPSF judge for 4 years and throughout her activity she has also judged 2 Worlds Championships. Her pole journey has begun 9 years ago, after graduating the University of Architecture and Urbanism in Romania

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Maya Mircheva

Maya was born in Bulgaria and has been involved in gymnastics and acrobatics since childhood. She graduated from the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she obtained her Bachelor degree in sports sciences and majored in gymnastics.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Cindy Cooijmans

Cindy is an internationally certified Pole instructor and Head Judge from the Netherlands. She had been with the IPSF from the start. Over the years she was an active part of the technical and judges committee and created the drawings for the Code of Points.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Erika Gonzalez del Pliego Revila

Coming Soon.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Lena Meidani Føssen

Coming Soon.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Kaitlin Rawson

Coming Soon.

Technical Committee

Technical Committee

Emma Vestin

Coming Soon.

Education Team

Education Team

Florentina Stoian

Florentina is a Design Engineer working as a Financial Analyst. Her first contact with pole sport was 16 years ago when she saw a YouTube video and she was enchanted. However, it was only in 2017 when the first studios opened in Romania and since then, practicing pole sport is part of her daily routine. She loves being a part of the pole sport community and contribute as much as possible to its global recognition.

Marketing Strategy Coordinator

Marketing Strategy Coordinator

Mariska Smith

Coming Soon.

Honorary Member

Honorary Member

Kate Whitley

2010 - 2017
Kate has been involved in the pole industry since 2008 and joined the IPSF as the Ethics Chair in 2010. Becoming the Vice-President in 2011 has meant she was an integral part of the IPSF from the first World Championships to where the federation is today. She firmly believes in the goal of Pole being a sport represented in the Olympic Games and has worked tirelessly in all areas of federation development to achieve that goal.

Honorary Member

Honorary Member

Florenza Pizanis

2010 - 2017
Florenza is a professional dance teacher/ballet master, choreographer, pole dance instructor and Rhythmic Sports Gymnastics trainer and judge. She has also worked in two competitive sports at national and international levels (up to Olympic qualifications) and has seen the outcome of faulty judging systems and the harsh politics that go along with it. Florenza has experienced first-hand the effect inconsistencies and injustices can have on hard-working and determined athletes of all ages. Her aim was to help prevent much of this happening in its infancy and her work on the IPSF standardised scoring system and intense and comprehensive judges training to ensure consistency for all athletes serves as the foundation of the IPSF Technical Committee’s work.

Honorary Member

Honorary Member

Tim Trautman

2009 - 2012
Tim helped create the IPSF in early 2009 to take pole sports to the ultimate level, the World Games and the Olympics. In 2006 he joined with Lizz Schofield to create Studio Soiree in Salt Lake City, Utah which became hugely successful. In early 2009, he assisted in the creation and operation of the Pole Fitness Association and started the PFA's Olympic Committee to study what it would take to get pole sports into the Olympics.

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