Yvonne Gómez

Yvonne Gómez Muñoz (born December 19, 1966, in San Francisco, California) is a Spanish-American former competitive figure skater who competed internationally for both Spain and the United States.

After retiring from professional skating, Yvonne spent the next decade carving out a career in television sport and entertainment programming.

Mentored by renowned CBS sports director Bob Fishman, Yvonne became an Emmy nominated television director of network entertainment television specials and international figure skating competitions (NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, Turner, PBS, Lifetime), World figure skating championships and numerous television specials featuring Olympic figure skaters and musicians such as Seal, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, Josh Groban, Burt Bacharach, Andrea Bocelli, Smokey Robinson, Demi Lavato, Wynona Judd, Gretchen Wilson, Sara Evans, Michael Bolton, Michael McDonald, OAR, Bella Thorne, Cody Simpson, Goo Goo Dolls, Backstreet Boys, Chicago, Jonas Brothers, Frankie Vali, Amy Grant, Chris Isaac, Celtic Woman, Earth Wind and Fire, Ashanti, Foreigner, Heart, Train, OAR, and Aretha Franklin.

She has earned two Daytime Emmy Directing nominations for Outstanding Directing in a Special Category (2003, 2008) While a successful television director, Yvonne returned to university and obtained a master's degree in Sport Psychology, an area of interest from her competitive figure skating days when she worked with Dr. Bruce Ogilvie, one of the pioneers of sports psychology in the United States.

She also provides coaching workshops and executive presentations for national and multinational corporations such as Divon Academy, Make a Wish Foundation, and Accenture