Joanna Cook - Performance Manager
Leading the UKSport NSSF, with a focus on performance progression for the senior beach and sitting volleyball programmes, whilst working to professionalise the operations of the organisation, and afford greater opportunities for the sport to progress in the future.
Joanna comes from a vast background of Olympic sport. At British Taekwondo as programme manager, assisting in the creation of a centralised high-performance academy, which culminated in the first taekwondo Olympic medal for Great Britain in the Beijing Olympic Games. For British Swimming, working specifically with British Water Polo she was responsible for leading the world class programmes through to the London 2012 Olympics. For British Fencing, as head of Pathway Development, she developed a new logical and systematic pathway obtaining significant further investment from Sport England.
Veronica Rusich - Beach Volleyball Coordinator
Veronica, focussing on beach volleyball, supports the Performance Manager in delivering the NSSF strategy and performance pathways of British Volleyball. She is working closely with the funded athletes to support them in their planning and performance tracking.
Veronica comes from a strong international volleyball background. She works full time in volleyball and has great experience across all the disciplines, from elite to grassroot volleyball. She started her sports career thanks to an internship at CEV to then participate in the LOC of the European U16 championships in Italy. From there she moved to Scotland to pursue a full time career in volleyball, where she earlier worked as head of competitions and events, and now focusses on development and clubs . She recently completed her postgraduate studies in Sports Law.