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MEET OUR STAFF

Unity Management Team

DANIEL SHERMER
President
daniel@unitysports.ca

Daniel is the founder of the Unity Volleyball Club and has over 20 years of experience in the sport as an athlete, coach, and administrator. Daniel inherited his passion for volleyball from his father George, who was also an athlete and was a founder/partner in Beach Blast, the GTA's premier indoor beach volleyball facility. Unity's success is a direct result of Daniel's vision and passion as well as the quality of coaches and volunteers he continues to attract.

OREST STANKO
Executive Director
orest@unitysports.ca

Orest's volleyball experience spans more than 45 years. He was an athlete and represented Ontario at the Canada games in 1971, and he has coached at all levels from rep to post-secondary to Volleyball Canada's Beach National Team. Orest has joined Unity as the club's Executive Director and is responsible for assisting the club with identifying and implementing growth strategies.

SYNGE CHEN
Program Manager
synge@unitysports.ca

Synge has been with the Unity Volleyball Club since 2016. Since then he has coached in both the grassroots and rep programs and now handles program logistics, growth, and communications. He has worked with the Queen's University and Ryerson University Men's Varsity Volleyball programs as well as the FIVB Nations League as a technical and Data Volley scout. He has also led volleyball programs at the MLSE LaunchPad.

Unity Technical Team

KERA SALVI

Coach Kera is a decorated volleyball athlete and coach in the OVA and NCAA. As an athlete Kera is a two-time member and former captain for Team Ontario, and played D-1 NCAA at Rutgers University for 4 years where she won multiple school and Big East Player of the Week awards while working her way up to captain. She was an unanimous selection to the First-Team All-Big East Conference and also selected to the Northeast Region All-American Team.

After her playing career, Coach Kera went on to coach at Fairfield University as a women's volleyball assistant coach for 7 years.

AARON JIN

Coach Aaron is a former OVA athlete and current coach. With over 10 years of experience as an athlete, Aaron has fine tuned his skill set as a setter. He is a well respected player in the volleyball community and currently plays in the 9Man circuit. Throughout his OVA career, Aaron has led his team to success with back to back national titles to his name. 


In addition to having a first-hand perspective of the game as an athlete, Aaron has an abundance of knowledge as a coach. While he specializes in setting, Aaron is a very well-rounded coach and has a deep understanding of the sport overall. He has coached at every level in our club - from our youngest athletes in the grassroots program to the oldest athletes in the rep program.