High Flyers Coaches & Staff
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Our instructors are highly qualified gymnastics enthusiasts with backgrounds ranging from gymnastics and physical education to child development and licensed educational professionals. Our instructional team is comprised of adult gymnastics professionals including coaches, judges and former competitive gymnasts. High Flyers is committed to providing professional, supervised, safe, and fun classes with quality curriculum for all students. To ensure students receive a consistent, positive experience, High Flyers provides regular, ongoing training, and certification opportunities for all instructors and assistants.
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Director: David Vosburgh
Executive Director and Coach
David Vosburgh is a lifelong businessman and entrepreneur and a longtime gymnastics enthusiast. He has served as Executive Director of Los Alamos High Flyers Gymnastics since its inception and brings a wealth of business experience to the organization. His leadership, technical, and business experience includes founding and running several successful businesses. In addition to his professional experience, David has been active in community organizations including helping with and serving on the board of two youth athletic organizations, a homeowner's association and serving as treasurer on a community political campaign. He is a Level 1 certified ski instructor as well as a certified team gymnastics coach, and teaches downhill skiing and racing at Pajarito Mountain. He is an active USA Gymnastics professional, has attended numerous national and regional congresses and is safety-certified and first-aid certified. He is also a USA Gymnastics Level 2 Developmental Coach certified.
Coach: David Kilman
Recreational Coach
Coach: Robin Kelly
Level 5+ Team Coach
Robin grew up in Wisconsin and began gymnastics at the age of 5. Robin was a level 9 gymnast, and also competed for her high school gymnastics team, D.C. Everest, where she won the conference all around championship in 2006, was an all-around state qualifier in 2006 and 2007, and was selected as a National High School Gymnastics Association Senior Showcase competitor. She attended college at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, where she majored in chemistry and competed as a NCAA division 3 collegiate gymnast. She moved to North Carolina, where she completed a PhD in chemistry, and began coaching competitive gymnastics prior to moving to Los Alamos. She is the mother of a lovely little boy, born in 2018. She has coached team gymnastics at High Flyers for the past 3 years, and currently coaches our Level 5, 6, and 7 teams.
Coach: Jennifer Newman
Recreational and Level 2-3 Team Coach
Coach: Jerrica Poetzman
Recreational and Level 4 Team Coach
Coach: Leslie Puckett
Level 3 Team Coach
Leslie started gymnastics and Scottish Highland dancing at the age of five, while living in Mississauga, Ontario. When she moved to Los Alamos at age 11, she continued both gymnastics and dancing. She trained with Zia Gymnastics until she retired from the sport at the age of 17.
Leslie taught gymnastics at daycare centers and an elementary after-school program in Fort Collins, CO in 1998. She taught the Little Big Tumblers class for one year at the YMCA. She has taught preschool gymnastics at Quemazon Montessori for 7 years. This is her tenth year teaching with High Flyers Gymnastics. She is a safety-certified USA Gymnastics Professional Member.
Leslie also teaches Scottish Highland dancing (privately and is in her third year with DALA). She performed and competed in Highland dancing in Ontario, the Eastern Provinces, around the United States, and in Scotland. She stopped competing in 2001, but she still performs with the ABQ & Four Corners Pipes and Drums. She has been a Highland member of the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD) since 1990.
Leslie taught gymnastics at daycare centers and an elementary after-school program in Fort Collins, CO in 1998. She taught the Little Big Tumblers class for one year at the YMCA. She has taught preschool gymnastics at Quemazon Montessori for 7 years. This is her tenth year teaching with High Flyers Gymnastics. She is a safety-certified USA Gymnastics Professional Member.
Leslie also teaches Scottish Highland dancing (privately and is in her third year with DALA). She performed and competed in Highland dancing in Ontario, the Eastern Provinces, around the United States, and in Scotland. She stopped competing in 2001, but she still performs with the ABQ & Four Corners Pipes and Drums. She has been a Highland member of the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD) since 1990.
Coach: Linda Vosburgh
Recreational Coach, Level 10 Judge
Linda first became involved in gymnastics in 1994, when she enrolled her then 2 year old daughter in a local gymnastics school. In 2003, Linda became a women's artistic gymnastics judge and currently holds a Level 10 ranking. She has been a USA Gymnastics professional member the past 16 years with women's artistic and group gymnastics disciplines, and has served on the board of three gymnastics clubs and the New Mexico State Board for the National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges. She is USA Gymnastics Level 2 Development Coach certified, and is first-aid and safety-certified. She teaches girls pre-competitive and recreational classes.