faces of picklecon

proS & CELEBRITIES:

Allie Davis

Pro Pickleball Player

Allie is one of the lead female coaches with Pickleball Getaways, working alongside top professionals Ben Johns and Dekel Bar. With a background as a kindergarten teacher, she has transitioned into a full-time pickleball pro and coach. Allie’s approach to the game emphasizes the fundamentals—dinking, resets, drops, and above all, patience.

Allie Davis

Pro Pickleball Player

Ben McNair

Pro Pickleball Player

Ben is a premier coach based out of Las Vegas, Nevada and has taught across the country. After making the jump and switching from tennis to Pickleball, Ben uses biomechanics and physics to simplify the game and improve margins and overall shot tolerance.

Ben McNair

Pro Pickleball Player

Bryanna Ojeda

Pro Pickleball Player

I’ve always been an athlete at heart. Beyond tennis and pickleball, I’ve competed in beach volleyball leagues, soccer, performed professionally in aerial silks, played a professional spikeball tournament, and even competed in beach tennis back when it was played with traditional rackets. Sport—and the performing arts—have always been my outlet for creativity, connection, and pushing limits. Pickleball just happens to be the latest (and loudest) expression of that.

Bryanna Ojeda

Pro Pickleball Player

Eli Steiner

Pro Pickleball Player

Eli, a former collegiate tennis player turned pickleball pro. is a top coach based in Northern Colorado. There he teaches over 20 private lessons a week and leads group classes and camps. Eli combines pro tour experience with a passion for helping players of all levels improve with purpose.

Eli Steiner

Pro Pickleball Player

Joseph Gannascoli

Actor/ Celebrity Chef

Joseph R Gannascoli is an American actor best known for his role as Vito Spatafore on HBO’s critically acclaimed series The Sopranos. In addition to his acting career, he is also a celebrity chef and author.

Joseph Gannascoli

Actor/ Celebrity Chef

Kasandra Gehrke

Pro/ Founder of Empowher PB

Professional pickleball player and Founder of Empowher Pickleball- the #1 women's company in the world of pickleball. We teach women's pickleball camps and retreats all over the world.

Kasandra Gehrke

Pro/ Founder of Empowher PB

panel speakers:

Angel Morales

Angel Morales

Founder of TailWag

Angela Garza

Angela Garza

Engagement Team Lead at CourtReserve

Ashlee Blakely

Ashlee Blakely

Co-Founder of Twisted Pickle

Aubri Steele

Aubri Steele

Founder of Civile Apparel

Cameron Linder

Cameron Linder

CEO of PIP and WBPI

Carrie Bartlow

Carrie Bartlow

Sr. Director of Communications - Chicken N Pickle

Coach Freddie

Coach Freddie

Pickleball & Business Coach

Denise Richards

Denise Richards

Co-Founder/ Chief Operations Officer of Dill Dinkers

Devan Egan

Devan Egan

Owner & Founder of Club Pickleball USA

Dr. Joy Macci

Dr. Joy Macci

Global Pickleball Coach

Elana Saris

Elana Saris

Founder of the Recreational Pickleball Players Association

Gary Zins

Gary Zins

Founder of Pickleball Travel

Heidi Block

Heidi Block

Founder of Play-PKL

Kaitlin Miller

Kaitlin Miller

Head of Business Development at Court Kings

Luke Wade

Luke Wade

Founder of KC Crew

Mitch Dunn

Mitch Dunn

Co-Founder of The Pickle Lodge

Ollie Taniyev

Ollie Taniyev

Director of Community Outreach for the Sport and Community Development Lab

Olu Owoeye

Olu Owoeye

sports physical therapist

Rob Harrison

Rob Harrison

Founder of Brand Caddy

Stacy Warner

Stacy Warner

Director of the Sport & Community Development Lab

Suzanne Greever

Suzanne Greever

Co-Founder of Twisted Pickle

Will Richards

Will Richards

Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Dill Dinkers