Associate Professor of Physical and Health Education; Chair of Physical Education, Performing Dance Group Advisor
sspalding@mbc.edu
www.mbc.edu/faculty/sspalding/
Director of Athletics and Wellness; Professor of Physical Education; Exercise Specialist for VWIL; Cross
Country Coach BS, James Madsion University; MEd University of
Virginia; ACSM Exercise Specialist, (certified)
Lynda Alanko joined the Department of Athletics and Wellness during the 2007-08 academic year. Since that time she has taught both tennis and fitness classes. Along with teaching, her other duties include: Head Tennis Coach, Assistant Sports Information Director, Senior Woman Administrator, and assistant coach in basketball and cross country.
Prior to joining the team at Mary Baldwin, she worked as a Personal Fitness Trainer in Duluth, GA. There she taught classes in weight training, developed individual fitness plans, and administered exercise testing. She also served as the Athletic Director of Stuart Hall School in Staunton, VA. There she was an administrator, teacher, and coach. She also served as president of the Blue Ridge Athletic Conference from 1993-1995.
Alanko received her BS in Exercise Science from The University of Florida. In addition, she is a 2009 NACWAA/HERS Institute for Administrative Advancement graduate and a certified tennis instructor with the Professional Tennis Registry.
Fencing Instructor Valerie Gangwer is a native of the Shenandoah valley. She grew up in Dayton, Virginia and got interested in fencing in college, where she took it as her Phsycial Education requirement. Some 20 years later Valerie joined the Mary Baldwin staff in Audiovisual Services (now Media Services) and began to fence with the club. After several years helping previous coaches, she went to a certification course through the USFA, and is now running the program.
Charles Angersbach
Patricia
Davis
Sheree Kiser
Pamela
McCray
Peter Parikakis
John Stuart
Heather Ward
Paul Yee
