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Synchro Canada
700 Industrial Ave, suite 401, Ottawa, ON K1G 0Y9
Phone: (613) 748-5674, Fax: (613) 748-5724, www.synchro.ca
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2016
Margie Schuett has been elected to a two-year term to the Board of Directors at the
2016 Annual Meeting & Convention of Synchro Canada held in Montréal Quebec
effectively immediately.
Margie brings extensive volunteer experience in the area of high-performance sport
having served on a number of multi and single-sport Boards including the
Commonwealth Games (24 years); Diving Canada (4 years) and Motivate Canada (15
years). Schuett returns to the Synchro Board having served a two-year term four years
ago. She brings an enormous amount of competition experience have been on the
Mission Staff of nine (9) Olympic and Pan Am Games; six (6) Commonwealth Games and
eight (8) times as Chef de Mission at the World Aquatic Championships.
Her corporate background extends to working most recently with Hudson’s Bay as
Director of B2B Olympic Business Development as well as a number of years with Sears
Canada as Corporate Fashion Director, Director of Marketing (apparel and soft lines
products) as well as Director of Sponsorship and Community Investment.
Margie will play a role in sharing her extensive experience in marketing and brand
management to returning Board Members Henry Scheil (President), Judi Bradette, Gail
Donohue, Joel Sanders, Guy Côté and Jackie Buckingham (CEO) as together they will
ensure the sport of synchronized swimming embraces a pro-active, transparent and
creative approach that will end with optimal success on and off the pool deck.
Synchronized swimming and the rest of Team Canada is already preparing now for its
next major event, the 17th FINA World Championships being held in Budapest Hungary
July 14-30, 2017.
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For more information please contact:
Jackie Buckingham
Executive Director
Synchro Canada
jackie@synchro.ca