Tournament Staff, Sponsors, and Exhibitors
2002 Pan American Youth Championships
June 26-28, 2002
2002 U.S. Open/ITTF Pro Tour
July 3-7, 2002
Thank you to all of the volunteers who provided invaluable work and unfailing support. Without you, the 2002 Pan American Youth Championships and 2002 U.S. Open/ITTF Pro Tour would not have been possible.
Pan American Youth Championships Tournament Director Debbie Moya Referee Azmy Ibrahim Deputy Referees Wendell Dillon Adolpho Vasquez Chief Umpire Peter Chamberlain Assistant Chief Umpire Dick Evans
U.S. Open Operations Tournament Director Jim Wilson Staff Theresa Barnett Carlos Barrientos Carl Belnavis Jason Denman Changping Duan Juan Escobedo Fong Hsu Olga Kahan Stan Kahan Ann Kesler Herbert Lau Paul LeBlanc Richard Lee Charlene Liu Marilyn Miller Bob Sanders Suzanna Sanders Joy Schwartz Sonya Sharron Zachary Sng Alan Williams
U. S. Open/Paralympics Operations Tournament Director David Huggins Technical Director Christian Lillieroos Staff Ken Brooks Elisa Huggins
ITTF Pro Tour Operations Tournament Director Allen Watson Staff Bob Fox Sarah McAfee Media and Public Relations Dave Williams Wade Shuman
Officials U.S. Open
Referees Tournament Referee Allen Barth Deputy Referee Xiao-Ming Yang U.S.
Open/Paralympics Referees Referee Mal Anderson Deputy Referee Larry Kesler ITTF Pro Tour
Referees Referee Bill Walk Deputy Referees Nobuyuki Shirakawa (JPN) Mike Skinner (CAN) Chief Umpire Aly Salam Assistant Chief Umpire Pat Collins Domestic Umpires Jun Amon Terry Bell Peter Chamberlain Wendell Dillon Valeriy Elnatanov Yuriy Elnatanov Dick Evans Grady Gordon Joseph Helfand Azmy Ibrahim Yelena Karshtedt Paul Kovac Cindy Marcum Tom Miller Erdogan Ozel Duke Stogner Joseph Yick Visiting Umpires Don Burgess (CAN) Lindsey Drummond (AUS) Kazue Goan (JPN) Masae Higashijima (JPN) Zhang Hua (CHN) Junko Ishikawa (JPN) Akiko Kamiya (JPN) Momoko Kobayashi (JPN) Kazuko Konno (JPN) Sachiko Kosuge (JPN) Delano Lai Fatt (CAN) Rigoberto Martina (AHO) Misao Mitani (JPN) Shizue Morita (JPN) Hideo Nagae (JPN) Yasuko Nakao (JPN) Hou Ningniing (JPN) Albert Rooijmans (NED) Bertus Schotmeijer (NED) Tony Shaw (CAN) Keiko Shibata (JPN) Nagako Tamura (JPN) Isabella Torrenti (ITA) Oscar van der Biest (AHO) Rodrique Volkwyn (RSA)
Directors, Representatives, Sponsors,
Exhibitors, and Staff Facilities Director Chris Burner ITTF Representatives Zlatko Cordas ITTF Competition
Manager Miguel Delgado ITTF Vice President for
Latin America Sheri Pittman ITTF Vice President
for North America Event Sponsors Butterfly Florida Sports Foundation Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward
County Convention Center Marina Marriott Hotel Nittaku United Airlines Exhibitors Body Kneads California Table Tennis Killerspin Martin-Kilpattrick Company Paddle Palace Spin Technologies Table Tennis International Table Tennis Pioneers Program Book Editors Larry Hodges Debbie Moya USATT Headquarters Staff Margaret Smith, Director of
Operations Debbie Moya, Director of Programs Deborah Gray, Accountant Fran Boardman, Ratings
Coordinator Peter Chamberlain, Intern
Umpires