Referees' Commission
USA Fencing Referees' Commission (RC)#
The USA Fencing Referees' Commission (RC) aims to facilitate the best possible athlete experience in American fencing competitions by developing and managing a group of competent and unbiased referees and creating an environment of fairness, honesty, integrity and respect.
The Commission is responsible for:
- Developing referees
- Developing seminars and exams
- Legislation and interpretation of rules
- Selecting and assigning referees at National Team qualifying competitions
- Awarding referee classifications
- Liaising with regional event organizers, and school and college programs
- Conducting hearings on Code of Conduct or Code of Ethics breaches
- Submitting candidates for FIE licensure
- Assigning referees to international competitions
Contact Details
Rules and mask questions: RCRulesandExams@refereescommission.org
Ethics Complaints: RCEthics@refereescommission.org
Chairs
International Development and Assignments Chair
NAME | TITLE | JOINED THE RC | |
|---|---|---|---|
Tasha Martin (formerly Poissant) | Chair of the Referees' Commission | RCChair@refereescommission.org | 2020 |
Kelly Koehler | Vice-Chair of the International Referee Development and Assignments Committee | RCInternationalDevelopment@refereescommission.org | 2016 |
Jelena Zeljovic | Vice-Chair of the Domestic Referee Development Committee — National | RCDomesticDevelopment@refereescommission.org | 2024 |
Charles Astudillo | Vice-Chair of the Domestic Referee Development Committee — Grassroots | RCDomesticDevelopment@refereescommission.org | 2024 |
Bradley Baker | Vice-Chair of the Rules | RCRulesandExams@refereescommission.org | 2022 |
Sean Shumate | Vice-Chair of the Domestic | RCAssignments@refereescommission.org | 2022 |
Bobby Gibs | Referee Ombudsman | RCOmbudsman@refereescommission.org | 2024 |