As per the new bylaws that were recently adopted, the USATT has formed a new Nominating and Governance Committee. The Committee shall immediately outline the process for selection and election of the 7 Board of Directors, along with the Athlete Advisory Council Members.
The current three Elite Athletes on the USATT Board selected Jasna Reed to be one of the members on the NGC, and the US Olympic Committee selected the other Four Committee members.
The Nominating and Governance Committee members are as follows:
- Jill Chalmers, Partner, Holme Roberts &
Owen. Chalmers practice emphasizes
the representation of sports organizations, as well as other nonprofit and
for-profit organizations. Her
sports practice involves advising clients about corporate governance,
management issues, sponsorship, licensing and resolving membership
disputes, eligibility issues, team selection and compliance rules. From 1996-2000 Chalmers competed
full-time as an elite triathlete for the U.S. National Triathlon Team.
- Clint Kofford, Manager, Learning & Leadership
Development, United States Olympic Committee. Kofford is responsible for overseeing and developing
training and development programs, organizational talent management, and
employee engagement. Prior to
joining the USOC, Kofford was an HR Business Consultant for a wireless
services company where he provided strategic support through performance
management, employee relations and coaching to various divisions. Currently, Kofford sits on the Advisory
Board for the Leadership Forum at Silver Bay, a non-profit leadership
community focused on addressing complex leadership issues through
organizational and social change.
- Bob Fox, Professor, Metropolitan State
University. Fox teaches in the
First College: Individualized and Interdisciplinary Learning, and has
taught Constitutional Law, History of the Civil Rights Movement of the
1960s, Chemical Dependency and the Law, and First Amendment to name a few. Fox has served as the Table Tennis Team Leader for three Olympic
Games, four Pan American Games and eight World Table Tennis Championships.
- Chris Vadala (Chair), Senior Director, Sport
Partnerships, United States Olympic Committee. Vadala has been with the USOC for over 17 years and in his
current position oversees and coordinates the Sport Partnerships
operations, which includes all aspects of the USOC Resource Allocation
Process.
- Jasna Reed,with over 20 years of international and professional table tennis exposure, Jasna brings experience and insight of elite athletes. She’s competed and excelled at every level of the sport, from winning the Bronze Medal in the 1988 Olympics to currently serving as the Head Coach in US's most prominent University promoting table tennis (Texas Wesleyan University), including being a United States Women’s National Team member since 2000. Through her competitions, training, and residency at several of the World’s most dominant Countries in the sport of table tennis, she has observed and interacted with many of those country’s organizations. She should serve a fine role in the selection of our future Directors.
