
Message from Fran Trumbo, Executive Director
Thank you for visiting our site and learning more about BBOWS. Our organization recruits and trains referees for Field Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, and Lacrosse.
This is an exciting time to be a referee. Sports are growing as club programs and recruiting tournaments become the norm in athletics. Athletes are keeping pace with the growth in each sport, getting faster and stronger. In return, our referees need to be in shape, mentally and physically, to call games that challenge both our bodies and our ability to call a game in real time.
Because of the explosive growth in sports and how that growth impacts officials, BBOWS continues to lead other referee organizations in training and then ongoing education. Our reputation for setting the bar in both initial training and continuing education is one that BBOWS values. We expect our referees to work hard continuously on their game and their professionalism. Our in-season meetings tackle the current issues, thus attendance at these meetings is mandatory.
If you are interested in becoming the very best official you can be and are willing to challenge yourself to be a student of the game, then please consider joining our group. You will learn the ‘ins and outs’ of officiating in a collegial atmosphere with other referees who want to help you succeed. Finally, we value the individual official as she/he moves up the referee rating system because that individual's success makes our organization stronger as a whole. We welcome your inquiry.
Fran Trumbo
Executive Director
Baltimore Board of Officials for Women’s Sports
Executive Committee
Executive Director
Fran Trumbo
(C) 410-596-0245
President
Karen Scarlett
(C) 410-812-0542
Vice-President
Denny Lessner
(H) 410-628-6481
(C) 443-805-1922
Secretary
Debbie Swiss
(H) 410-889-6589
(C) 410-794-0257
Treasurer
Kirk Jones
(C)410-916-2664
Hospitality & Public Relations
Debbie Swiss
(H) 410-889-6589
(C) 410-794-0257
Bookkeeper
Bill Kearney
410-967-8945
Sports Chairs, Chair-Elects, Rule Interpreters and Assigners
Basketball
Chair
Angela Jones
443-992-1823
Interim Chair-Elect
Dave Gemmell
410-446-6459
Assigners
Janet Smith
410-596-1708
Rules Interpreter
Linwood Floyd
410-952-4520
Chair
Chad Goodnight
443-928-1200
Chair-Elect
Elizabeth Goodman
410-241-2783
HS Rules Interpreter
Chad Goodnight
443-928-1200
Assigners
Lea Kusner (MPSSAA)
443-353-9832
Fran Trumbo (IAAM)
410-596-0245
College Chair/ Assigner/Rules Interpreter
TBD
Chair
Kim Middlecamp
443-804-8832
Co-Chair-Elect
Maria Gore
516-426-8106
Rules Interpreter
Fran Trumbo
410-596-0245
HS Assigners
Lea Kusner (MPSSAA)
443-353-9832
Janet Smith (IAAMS)
410-596-1708
Field Hockey
Lacrosse
College Lacrosse
Chair
Larry Carr
443-867-9097
Assigner
Fran Trumbo
(C) 410-596-0245
Chair
John Link
410-598-5837
Chair-Elect
TBD
Assigner
Jay Grabowski
(H) 410-452-5453
(C) 667 276-0407
Rules Interpreter
Bud Kretzschmar
(C) 410-916-9585
Instructor
Steve Herpel
443-987-5621
Chair
Keith Melchior
410-245-9551
Chair-Elect
Heather Dikos
410-812-7858
HS Assigner
Joe Schmitz
443-286-1903
Rules Interpreter
Doug Dunkle
443-257-5037
College Chair
Joe Vrzalik
410-977-3184
College Assigner
Bill Kearney
410-967-8945