Board of Directors:
Board President
Pete Swenson has been involved in competitive NRA smallbore rifle shooting as both a competitor and Match Director for much of his life. Realizing that conventional NRA smallbore was losing popularity, he started researching other shooting sports activities and discovered the NSSF Rimfire Challenge program. His home club, Michigan City Rifle Club, of which he is President – invested in the program to bring affordable competitive shooting activities to the club. It soon became one of its most popular activities.
Pete is an NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer and NRA Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun, Personal Protection in the Home and Outside the Home Instructor. He brings a strong background in running and managing various competitive shooting sports programs. Additionally, he has helped develop and organize youth shooting camps.
Professionally, Pete spent most of his career in International Sales and Marketing management for the machine tool industry.
Board Secretary
Lori O’Rear started competitively shooting USPSA and Steel Challenge 9 years ago. Excelling in the discipline of Steel Challenge she achieved numerous titles in Rimfire Pistol and Rifle in State and Area Championships. In 2015, she also branched out into Action Pistol (Bianchi Cup) and holds several National Records with her Rimfire Pistol. It wasn’t until 2021, Lori discovered a new passion with Rimfire Challenge and entered her first World RCSA Competition.
Along with competing, Lori is a Certified NRA Pistol Instructor. She has assisted many new shooters in learning the fundamentals of firearms plus introducing them to competitive shooting.
Lori offers over 20 years as a Certified Professional in the Human Resources Industry providing an extensive background in Recruitment and Retention, Training and Development and Employee and Client Relations.
Director of Business Development
Julianna Crowder developed an interest in competitive shooting in 2004. She mainly participated in IDPA matches, but her enthusiasm to educate others about firearm safety and the shooting sports inspired her to become a Certified License to Carry and Firearms Instructor.
In 2011, Julianna founded “A Girl and A Gun Women’s Shooting League.” Seeing a need to bring more women into the shooting community, she used her expertise in developing and managing numerous training events from the local to national levels. This league is now one of the largest firearms training organizations for women.
Julianna retired from AG & AG in 2022 and now continues to follow another passion and business as a Certified Pilates Instructor plus studying to be a Certified Scolio-Pilates Practitioner.
Advisory Committee Members:
RCSA Rules Administrator
Wayne Kidd became interested in RCSA in 2019 when he brought one of his sons to a local Rimfire Challenge match as he showed interest in the sport. As a spectator, Wayne saw how fun the match was and the next month brought his youngest son and father to shoot with him. This was the beginning of 3 generations shooting RCSA matches throughout the country.
In addition to competing in Rimfire Challenge matches, Wayne participates in Metal Madness, Steel Challenge and GSSF competitions. Wayne is a USPSA Range Officer with Steel Challenge and Multigun endorsements and in 2022 served as a RO in the RCSA World Championship.