MEET THE TEAM

Get to know the The Women's Shooting Academy Team of NRA Certified Instructors.

[ Vicki Kawelmacher ]   [ Tim Kawelmacher ]   [ Hanae Mansfield ]
[ Kristy Cambra ]   [ Jenny Teague ]

Vicki Kawelmacher

I am a certified instructor through the NRA in multiple disiplines.

I have been a resident of Washoe County, Nevada since 2006. I lived in the State of California, Sacramento County from 1991 to 2006. There I worked in the hospitality industry as a corporate trainer for a national chain. I also operated a State of California Licensed Day Care Facility. In both of these industries, I learned and studied techniques of professional training. I have found that training techniques are transferable to other disciplines.

Hence, I am an excellent trainer with the highest standards of safety for the citizens of Nevada and all States in regards to handgun operation. Teaching is my passion, it is not just what I do but is who I am.

Qualifications:

NRA- Basic Pistol

Advanced Hand Gun Operation

Nevada CCW Instructor Certification

Washoe County CCW Permit Holder

NRA- Certified Instructor

NRA- Personal Protection in the Home Instructor

NRA- Personal Protection Outside the Home-Student

Tactical Handgun One (Personal Defense- Tony Klein)

Utah CCW Instructor Certification

NRA- Refuse to be a Victim Certified Instructor

Force Training Seminar (Instructor- Robert Fellner)

Certified OCAT (Oleoresin Capsicum Aerosol Training) Instructor

Toastmasters Award-Winning Speaker

Certified NRA Range Safety Officer (RSO)

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Tim Kawelmacher

I have been involved with firearms since the traditional "Hunter's Safety Education" course in 1968. Coupled with my love for the outdoors, it seems I have always had rifles or pistols around. My first rifle when I was 12 was a Mossberg .22 used for small varmint hunting. I still have it today.

I grew up in a law enforcement family so hand guns have always been a part of my life. Safety was always a top priority. This was reinforced in many ways but none more than achieving Eagle Scout. The various merit badges related to the outdoors, hunting, marksmanship and safety set in place a life long joy of exercising my 2nd amendment right.

Today, I enjoy the peace of mind of having secured my permit from the State of Nevada to carry my pistol of choice concealed. Aquiring it, lead me to further my passion by becoming a Certified Pistol Instructor from the NRA.

I now hope to pass on my life long learning to the students of my wife's business, The Women's Shooting Academy. While specializing in women only hand gun training, WSA also trains both men and women in obtaining their CCW from multiple states.

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Hanae Mansfield

I was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, raised in Northfield Minnesota and reside in the Reno area.

I began shooting as a child hunting with my Dad. I also started shooting for competition at local shoots. I still to this day hunt big game and waterfowl annually in addition to shooting trap, skeet and sporting clays in the local Reno area.

As a young woman, I concluded it would be wise to develop skills for personal protection. Therefore, I completed the necessary training to secure my Nevada CCW. This has given me a great deal of empowerment in a culture that routinely has headlines on news shows depicting the victimization of women. I have chosen to never be an unarmed victim.

My love for shooting lead me to become a certified NRA Pistol Instructor. My life lessons and passions have led me to share my knowledge of shooting and firearms both for protection and sport. I extend my enthusiasm of shooting by coaching and mentoring those whom I am blessed to cross paths with.

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Kristy Cambra

My story starts with my upbringing on a small ranch in California. When I was very young my family moved from our ranch to a small town in Nevada where my parents substituted camping and fishing for the ranch we no longer had. My father with his three daughters and no sons longed for a hunting partner. After a great deal of pleading and persuading I was the one to finally give in and agree to go elk hunting with my dad. Little did I know at that time that this hunt would change my life forever. I immediately realized that if I had any chance of harvesting an animal, I would have to learn how to shoot, and shoot well. This began my dad's and I Sunday morning ritual of target practice. I was so nervous the first time I went to the range because I had no idea what to expect! My nervousness has long since subsided and my fears and apprehension have been substituted with knowledge, familiarity and practice practice practice. Since that summer day many years ago, when I picked up my first gun I have never put one down.

Firearms are incredibly important to me, for both personal defense and sport. I have never believed in anything as much as I do our second amendment rights. I have been blessed to be in a position where I am able to meet people everyday who share the same passion as myself.

It is an honor to join Vicki's team as an NRA Pistol Instructor. I truly enjoy working with people in our community to raise awareness of the positive benefits of firearms for recreation, sport and self defense.

My name is Kristy, and I welcome you to the Women's Shooting Academy. I hope your experience here changes your life to the extent it has changed mine.

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Jenny Teague

Jenny Teague is your average Gunslinging Housewife... a little bit Betty Crocker, a little bit Davey Crocket. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Van Nuys, CA with a heart set on excitement and resourcefulness. As a child, she was a Girl Scout and took her artistic skills to college at CalArts in Valencia, CA studying fine art. She grew fond of screen printing and graphic design, always enjoying the messy hands-on creative methods.

She has always been fascinated with guns, from shooting her dad's BB gun in the back yard at milk jugs, to learning to shoot pistols and rifles as an adult. She had an ex-boyfriend tell her she couldn't handle anything more than a .38, so when her future husband took her out to shoot his AR-15 and Mauser 98, she knew for a fact there was no such thing as "too much gun" for her and she felt confident enough that she could shoot any gun handed to her.

Jenny is currently working on getting her NRA Pistol Instructor Certification and helping The Women's Shooting Academy with their marketing, and would additionally like to organize an all-women shooting club. When she's not shooting, she likes to sew, make shooting themed art, and of course bake pies, breads and garden. It only made sense that Jenny would wind up married to a gunsmith and have a son, a pug, a beagle and a fish.

A Jenny of All Trades, she is always up to something or finding interesting things to do. Life is long and she finds ways to make each day an adventure; never waking up dreading the day to come.

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