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Ineligible and Suspended Member List

List of Individuals Ineligible for / Banned from Membership with USA Fencing

Name State Date of Dec. Add. Info.
Gustavo Ducuing CA 8/1/2012 Banned
Nitai Kfir NY 12/13/2011 Banned
John Tejada CT 4/17/2013 Banned
Adrian Colcisca AR 6/30/2017 Banned
Daniel Brown SC 2/6/2018 Banned
Brian Koby IN 2/20/2018 Banned
Jonathan Tablas-Ramirez (aka Jonathan Brundage) MD 9/18/2018 Former member ineligible for membership

List of Individuals / Organizations Under Temporary Suspension of Duties and / or Temporary Ineligible of Membership with USA Fencing

Name State Date of Dec. Add. Info.
Eric Dew CA 2/14/2009 Membership suspended until conditions are met.
Mauro Hamza TX 12/3/2014 Membership suspended until 12/4/2019, or until conditions are met, whichever is later.
Bruce Sikes MO 4/20/2017 Membership suspended until 4/20/2022, or until conditions are met, whichever is later.
Rick and Laura Kirk, Northwest Arkansas Fencing Center, Northwest Arkansas Fencing Foundation AR 7/31/2017 Ineligible for membership. Eligible for admittance or readmittance after one year following satisfaction of certain conditions, which has not yet occurred.
Jack Mullarkey MA 3/7/2018 Membership suspended pending results of an investigation by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
George Abashidze PA 12/6/2018 Membership suspended for one year, effective 8/1/2018.
John Proctor PA 11/14/2018 Former member ineligible for membership; subject to appeal by Responding Party.
George Masin NY 12/17/2018 Interim measures, pending results of an investigation by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
Joseph Pipkin NC 2/5/2019 Interim measures: Pipkin may train and / or coach athletes while under the direct supervision of other, physically-present adult(s). Pipkin shall not have any one-on-one or unsupervised contact with athletes, including communication through telephonic or other electronic mediums. In any communication with athletes outside of supervised in-person training/coaching, there must be another adult included on those communications. Pipkin shall not transport, or be transported with, an athlete without other adults in attendance.