Click for Map	The #1 Choice in Kansas City for Gymnastics and Cheerleading Instruction! Anne Duncan Anne began gymnastics at the age of seven, competed through age 14, and began teaching recreational gymnastic classes to children at the age of 15. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a B.S. Degree in Health/Wellness. She is safety certified, CPR certified , and PDP Level 1 certified through USA Gymnastics, and a Level 1-4 Skill Evaluator. Annie has been coaching at KGDC since 1993. She teaches classes and coaches all levels of gymnastics. She has coached KGDC team members to Levels 9 and 10 Regionals and Level 10 Nationals. Email Anne Duncan Billie Pinkham Billie began gymnastics at the age of four, competed through age 16, and began teaching recreational gymnastic classes to children at the age of 16. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Degree in Family Relations and Child Development. Billie began her coaching career at KGDC in 1999. She teaches preschool gymnastic classes and coaches Levels 5-7 for the KGDC Twisters competitive team. She is safety certified, through USA Gymnastics and CPR certified. Email Billie Pinkham James Sampel James joined the KGDC staff in 1999. He brought with him five years of previous experience teaching recreational gymnastics as well as competitive gymnastics in the state of Kansas. He currently coaches developmental groups as well as all levels of the KGDC Twisters Team. He is a USA Gymnastics National Safety Instructor, First-Aid and CPR certified and a Level 1-4 Skill Evaluator. Email James Sampel Kristen Butcher Kristen began her gymnastics career at a local private club and was a competitive gymnast for eight years. She began teaching gymnastics in 1990 at KGDC while in college at the University of Kansas. After receiving a B.S. Degree in Lifetime Health and Fitness, she left Kansas and moved to Boston, Massachusetts. While in Boston, Kristen was the director of the Gymnastic Academy of Boston for seven years. She returned to KGDC as the recreational program director, Kristen is safety certified and PDP Level 1 certified through USA Gymnastics. She is also First Aid and CPR certified. Email Kristen Butcher Aaron Kabler Aaron comes to KGDC as Cheerleading Director after working with the University of Kansas as both a cheerleader and cheerleading coach in the late 90s. Along with his experience at the University of Kansas, Aaron choreographed numerous routines for cheerleading competitions for NCA, UCA, and USA squads in Arkansas, Southern California, Las Vegas, and Kansas City with multiple state and regional championships. Also, he served as the Summer Camp Director for the United States Competitive Cheerleaders Association, where he developed a program to provide private and semi-privates camps to thousands of cheerleaders throughout the Southwestern United States. In addition, he also served as a summer staff member for UCA and was the full time head coach for Lawrence High School. Email Aaron Kabler Christy Bowlin Christy began the sport of gymnastics at the age of three, and competed Levels 5-10 from the ages of seven through 17. Christys college career took her from Johnson County Community College to Southeast Missouri State University, but she finished up at Kansas State University in 2006 with a B.S. degree in Kinesiology. Christy has been with KGDC since January of 07, and her responsibilities include being the birthday party director, head AAU coach, and coaching all levels of recreational classes. Email Christy Bowlin