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
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 & Federations 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
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
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
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.
Federations Committee
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
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.
Acting General Secretary
Maurits Kersten
Coming Soon.
Treasurer
TBC
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
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
Paulo Kümmel
Paulo has been leading the Brazillian IPSF National Federation (CBAPS) since 2021, and has been the IPSF Federations chair since 2022.
Acting Ethics Chair
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
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
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
Erika Gonzalez del Pliego Revila
Coming Soon.
Technical Committee
Lena Meidani Føssen
Coming Soon.
Technical Committee
Kaitlin Rawson
Coming Soon.
Technical Committee
Emma Vestin
Coming Soon.
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
Mariska Smith
Coming Soon.
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
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
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.