USA Table Tennis Announces Election Results for the Board of Directors

In a process that began with a website announcement in mid-September of 2011, USA Table Tennis is pleased to announce the results of elections held for positions on the Board of Directors for those positions that were coming to term on Dec, 31, 2010, as defined in the Bylaws.

The Nominating and Governance Committee convened on November 30 and the following is a summary of their deliberations:

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November 30, 2010 Conference Call

Purpose: Selection of Club and Independent Director Positions

Attendees: Clint Kofford (Committee Chair), Bob Fox, Jasna Reed, Jill Chalmers, Gil Skinner, Mike Cavanaugh (USATT CEO)

Overview:

The USATT Nominating and Governance Committee (NGC) convened on November 30, 2010 to review the applications and nominees for two open positions on USATT's Board of Directors. The two spots that needed to be filled included the Independent Director position and the Club Director position. The NGC reviewed the 4 applicants for the two open positions. There were two applicants for each board position. For each position there was a current board member re-applying for the position and a new applicant.

The applicants were reviewed by discussing the resumes and cover letters that were submitted. For those that had tenure serving on the USATT Board of Directors, feedback from Mike Cavanaugh (CEO, USATT) was sought as to how each Board Member fulfilled his or her duties over the past two years. In the case of those applicants who had not served on the Board of Directors information was sought to better understand their interest and qualification based on knowledge current NGC members had of these individuals and/or interactions and contributions to USATT as reported by Mike Cavanaugh. In the case of all candidates, there was inquiry and discussion by the NGC as to their background, contributions to the USATT community, and professional expertise and talents that could be brought to the Board. The NGC asked Mike Cavanaugh for an update on the direction and vision of USATT. From this update, NGC members were able to determine what skill sets would seem most important to bring to the Board of Directors and USATT over the coming term.

After lengthy debate and discussion of the candidates and their qualifications it was determined by the NGC to ask Attila Malek to serve on the USATT Board of Directors in the role of Club Director and James Kahler to continue to serve on the USATT Board in the Independent Director position. The NCG would like to extend a sincere thank you to Linda Leaf for her service and efforts to USATT and the US table tennis community over the past two years. The NGC would also like to thank all candidates who applied for Board positions.

Any questions about the selection process should be directed to Clint Kofford, Chairman of the NGC at ckofford@gmail.com. Any questions about USATT should be directed to Mike Cavanaugh, CEO, USATT at CEO@usatt.org.

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For the At Large Board of Director position that was available, a general membership election was conducted through the U.S. Olympic Committee's Audit Division. The position had three (3) candidates and the election resulted in Christian Lillieroos being elected to a second term to the USATT Board of Directors.

A special thanks goes out to the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee for their diligence and service in this process and to those members who participated in the election process by casting their ballots. USATT welcomes Attila Malek to the Board and re-welcomes Jim Kahler and Christian Lillieroos to service. We also need to acknowledge the outstanding service that Linda Leaf contributed to the Board of Directors as the Clubs Director member. We are grateful to have enjoyed the participation of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Audit Division in our general election process.

One of the first tasks of the new Board of Directors is to review all existing Advisory and Standing Committees and to re-constitute each accordingly. This task is to be completed as soon as possible with the goal of having all Advisory and Standing Committees in place by the end of the 1st Q of 2011.