Eastern and Third Vice President. Pacific Coast and Second Vice President

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1 Nominating Committee Recommendations for 2012/2013 OFFICERS President Midwestern and First Vice President Pacific Coast and Second Vice President Eastern and Third Vice President Secretary Treasurer GROUP COORDINATORS Athlete Services Membership Development Technical Administrative/Legal COACHING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS Adult Skating Athlete Development Coaches Collegiate Program Competitions Dance Ethics Grievance International International Judges and Officials Judges Membership Memorial Fund Pairs Parents Program Development Rules Sanctions and Eligibility Selections Singles Special Olympics/Therapeutic Skating Sports Sciences and Medicine State Games Strategic Planning Synchronized Skating Technical Panel Tests Theatrical Skating Patricia St. Peter Kathy Slack Hal Marron Kathaleen Kelly Cutone Samuel Auxier Warren Naphtal Justin Dillon Lainie DeMore Wendy Enzmann Gretchen Bonnie Brittney Bottoms Karen Kwan Oppegard Gail Sombati Benjamin Ben Miller Alex Chang Michelle Zeles-Hahn Lynn Goldman John Millier Karen Terry Perreault Steve Wolkin Doug Williams Kristina Lundgren Kathleen Harmon Joe Blount Susan Bonn Nancy Ruedebusch Linda Ogawa Mary-Elizabeth Wightman Linda Chihara Melissa Dillenbeck Lorrie Parker Kim Heim Jean Fahmie Jennifer Burke Bonnie Boaz Terri Levine Robin Greenleaf Dana Graham Diana Wisner Judy Edmunds

2 Patricia St. Peter President: Pat is completing her third term as President of U.S. Figure Skating. She previously served on the U.S. Figure Skating Board of Directors as the Midwestern Vice President (07-09) and as Administrative/Legal Group Coordinator (05-06). She has also served as the chair of the Compensation Committee (07-09), chair of the Ethics Committee (00-04), and has been a member of the following committees: Competitions; International; International Judges & Officials; Membership; Memorial Fund Operating; Selections; Strategic Planning; and Referee & Accounts Training & Education Subcommittee. Pat served on the ISU Disciplinary Commission (04-06) and as a U.S. team leader for Grand Prix events. She is also a national singles/pairs judge and national referee. Locally, Pat served as the president of the Twin City Figure Skating Association (98-00) and was a member of the executive committees for the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the 2000 World Synchronized Skating Championships, and the 1998 World Figure Skating Championships. Pat is an attorney with a national litigation and appellate practice specializing in complex business disputes. She also serves as her law firm s Diversity Coordinator and, for five years, she was the managing partner of the firm s headquarter office. She resides in Minneapolis, MN with her husband Tom and her daughter Claire. It is a great honor and privilege to have been selected by the Nominating Committee to serve a fourth term as President of U.S. Figure Skating. My goals during the coming year will be to work with many others in U.S. Figure Skating to: ensure that U.S. Figure Skating remains in stable financial condition; increase U.S. Figure Skating s revenue; diversify U.S. Figure Skating s revenue sources; continue fundraising efforts to fund existing and new programs; manage expenses to ensure the quality of existing programs; explore new marketing opportunities for our athletes, our programs and our sport; prepare for and represent the United States at the ISU Congress in June; work with other volunteers in leadership positions and Headquarters staff on continuing to improve communication networks throughout U.S. Figure Skating; and continue to develop future leadership. I am confident that we can achieve these goals by working together in a positive, collaborative and collegial manner. To have continued success in the many years to come, there must be a team effort by all!

3 Kathy Slack Midwestern Vice President: Slack has been involved in skating since the age of 9 and competed nationally in pairs while in her teens. She has been an active member of the Troy Skating Club for more than 45 years, serving on its board and as an officer. U.S. Figure Skating involvement has included serving on the Judges, Competitions, Singles and Pairs Committees as well as being chair of the Judges Education and Training Subcommittee and Judges Committee, Membership Development Group coordinator and member-at-large of the Board of Directors. Slack has had the pleasure of serving the association as a team leader for the past 17 years. She retired three years ago after 30 years in the wallpapering business. She has been married to her husband, Bill, for 46 years, and they have two children and four grandsons. I am extremely honored to be asked to continue to serve as Midwestern vice president. Keeping the lines of communication open with Midwest clubs and their members will be a priority. In these difficult financial times, the board will have to be looking at programs to increase our membership, membership retention and sponsorship opportunities. We will also be working diligently to balance our budget. I look forward to working with the board to make a positive contribution to the betterment of the association and do the very best for all our athletes.

4 Hal Marron Pacific Coast Vice President: Hal Marron has been involved with U.S. Figure Skating for over 40 years and is currently serving as the Group Coordinator - Technical. He has completed his gold medal tests in figures, free skating, pairs, and ice dancing. He competed at the national level in men s singles and ice dancing, and at the international level in pairs skating. Hal served as a board member of the Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona for 20 years, including two terms as president. His past service to U.S. Figure Skating has included; first chairman of the Athletes Advisory Committee; Vice-chairman of the International Committee; athlete member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, At-Large member of the Board of Directors, Singles Committee Chair, and member of numerous committees. Hal has also served as the chairman or a director on many local organizing committees including National, Jr. National, Sectional, Regional, North American Challenge, ISU Junior Grand Prix, Future Champions, and local non-qualifying events. He currently holds national appointments as a judge, referee, technical controller, and technical specialist in singles, pairs, and ice dancing. Hal also holds appointments with the ISU as a judge in singles / pairs (international) and ice dancing (ISU), as a referee in ice dancing (international) and as a Technical Controller (ISU) in ice dancing. Hal and his wife Molly ( a national dance judge) have three children, two of which have been active competitors in the sport. When not involved in skating, Hal serves his clients as a consulting civil engineer with a specialty in water resources. It is an honor to be nominated as the Pacific Coast Vice President. For the last three years I have worked closely with the 12 committees that make up the technical group. Through this position I was able to meet many club officials across the country who are passionate about our sport. As the Pacific Coast Vice President I will get a chance to work with these types of individuals to help improve skating in the west. I feel that my service on the board and as president of a figure skating club will assist me in serving as a voice for the clubs in the Pacific Coast Section.

5 Kathaleen Kelly Cutone Eastern Vice President: From the Boston area, I am a former National and International Competitor in Singles, National Collegiate Champion, and a current National Technical Controller in Singles, Sectional Technical Specialist in Singles, National Data/Video Operator, a National Singles/Pairs/Dance Judge and a Regional Referee. I have served as Chair of the Athlete's Advisory and Collegiate Program Committee and served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of U.S. Figure Skating from I served on the Board of Trustees for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics as a figure skating representative and have attended three ISU Congresses as part of the delegation from U.S. Figure Skating. I have also represented U.S. Figure Skating at USOC Congresses and served on the Audit Committee of the USOC. I have served as an Assistant Team Leader at St. Gervais and Oberstdorf international competitions. I am a member of the Skating Club of Lake Placid, where I have served on the Board and continue to assist in running their summer Free Skating Competition and the Empire State Games, and was a member of the Skating Club of Boston and the Colonial Figure Skating Club while competing in college and after law school. I graduated from Harvard University and Northeastern University School of Law and am admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New York. I met my husband Butch in college and we have 3 beautiful children, Mario (13), Courtney (11) and Gerald (9) (all hockey players, sorry, they took after their dad!). I currently work as a Independent Consultant with a health and wellness company. My goal as Eastern Vice President is to be the voice of this Eastern section of our organization in furthering the goals of U.S. Figure Skating of increasing medals and membership and addressing the pressing needs of our organization at this time. We have been fortunate to have some wonderful people fill this roll and I look forward to learning from them how best to serve the organization in this capacity.

6 Samuel Auxier Secretary: Auxier has been involved with figure skating since he was 7 years old and he has competed in singles and passed the gold figure and free skate tests. Auxier has been a judge for more than 25 years and is an ISU singles and pairs judge as well as a national judge and referee and a sectional technical controller. He has also served as a team leader at international competitions. Auxier currently serves as the secretary and as chair of the Audit Committee. Prior to this position, he served as the chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, leading the update of the strategic plan and the implementation plan. He has also served as a regional vice chair for both the Judges and Competitions Committees and has been an active member of several other committees. Auxier lives in Glen Ellyn, Ill., with his wife, Lynn, and has four adult children. He is a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP in the Capital Markets practice where he serves several global financial services organizations. I am excited about the opportunity to serve another year as the Secretary. I will leverage my skating, international judging and business experience to serve as an active board member and effective secretary. Having served as a leader on the task force to review the Governing Council format, I know that we can implement changes to make our governance process more efficient and more inclusive and I look forward to helping implement those changes. As a Board member and Officer, I feel a great sense of stewardship for the sport, the athletes and our members and will do everything I can to make sure that U.S. Figure Skating remains strong financially and operationally.

7 Warren Naphtal Treasurer: Naphtal has been involved in figure skating as a volunteer and parent of two skaters for almost 20 years. Within the organization, Naphtal currently serves as the treasurer of U.S. Figure Skating. He has served on the U.S. Figure Skating Finance Committee for the last seven years. He has also served as a trustee of the U.S. Figure Skating Foundation for the last four years, including serving as secretary for two years. On the local level, Naphtal has served as the treasurer of The Skating Club of Boston for the last 10 years and has been co-chair of Ice Chips for the last 13 years. Professionally, Naphtal has 26 years of experience in the finance area. Currently, he is the president of P/E Investments, an investment management firm he co-founded 16 years ago. Statement of Purpose My purpose is to support U.S. Figure Skating in meeting its strategic and tactical objectives while maintaining the ongoing financial operations. Specifically, I will provide financial expertise to the U.S. Figure Skating board on policy initiatives, interface and work with the U.S. Figure Skating financial staff and provide business expertise in negotiating contracts, structuring partnerships, reviewing vendor relationships, prioritizing investments and defining the role of the foundation. As a team player, I will work on whatever is required to be done including developing sponsorships, providing contacts, and presenting the organization s vision to potential partners/sponsors. Finally, I will help generate ideas for how we grow the sport, how we make the sport more accessible financially, how we support member clubs that are struggling and how we support our athletes in the most effective way possible.

8 Justin Dillon Athlete Services Group Coordinator: From the San Francisco Bay Area, I am a former National and International competitor, and current National Technical Specialist. Since 1997, I have worked as a coach and choreographer in Northern California. Was Athlete Advisory Committee (AAC) Chair , and I will be entering my second year as Athlete Services Group Coordinator. Since 1996, I have served on most U.S. Figure Skating committees, as an athlete representative. I am currently a Board Member for the St. Moritz Ice Skating Club. I love volunteering, and giving back to a sport, that has brought me so much joy, for more than 20 years. It is my goal as Athlete Services Group Coordinator to be the voice to the Board of Directors for any of the committee chairs that are within my group. I would also like to provide any assistance necessary to any of the committee chairs within Athlete Services. I plan to work smoothly with Headquarters as well as bring my knowledge of this sport to the Board. I want to be a part of U.S. Figure Skating realizing its mission of membership and medals. I look forward to serving U.S. Figure in this exciting and challenging role.

9 Lainie DeMore Membership Development Group Coordinator: Lainie DeMore started skating as a toddler and continued to skate through high school. She summer skated at Lake Placid for four seasons passing her 7th Figure Test and Pre-Gold dances before she actively stopped skating. Returning to skating after college and graduate school, she became a National Accountant and Technical Accountant. She has officiated at numerous qualifying and international competitions and was the Chief Accountant for the 2000 Nationals in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. In the Cleveland area, Lainie has served on the Board of the Winterhurst Figure Skating Club as well as Chair of the Greater Cleveland Council of Figure Skating Clubs. She has also served as an At-Large Board Member of U.S. Figure Skating and on various U.S. Figure Skating committees. She is completing her first year as Membership Development Group Coordinator. Lainie is married to Harry Gleeson (U.S. Figure Skating Announcer), whom she met at a figure skating competition. Prior to her retirement, she worked in the non-profit sector as the Information Technology manager at PlayhouseSquare, a multi-theatre entertainment complex in downtown Cleveland and as a project manager in the Information Technology area for a large multi-state financial institution. It is an honor to be asked to continue to serve as the Membership Development Group Coordinator. The five committees under the Membership Development Group Coordinator provide major building blocks for the organization. It s important to keep these areas growing refining and refreshing areas that are working as well as reviewing and refocusing areas that are not. It s also important to keep the activities of these areas appealing to a wide spectrum and most of all, FUN! I look forward to continuing to work with and for these Committees to help them meet their goals and be extraordinarily successful. And I look forward to continuing to work with and for the membership of U.S. Figure Skating.

10 Wendy Enzmann Technical Group Coordinator: Wendy s skating background is extensive, both as skater and as an official for U.S. Figure Skating. She competed at the National level in singles, pairs, and synchronized skating and was an international competitor in singles and synchronized skating. Wendy holds official appointments as national judge, national referee, national technical controller, national technical specialist, as well as a national data & video for singles, pairs and synchronized skating. Additionally, she is an international judge for singles and synchronized skating. She has served on numerous committees including Judges, JETs, Competitions, Selections, IJOC, Nominating, Pairs, Synchronized Skating and Membership as well as the Board of Directors for U.S. Figure Skating over the last 17 years. She is the current chair of the Technical Panel Committee for U.S. Figure Skating. Wendy works as a Kindergarten teacher at a private school in her hometown of Stow, MA where she lives with her husband, Alexander and their three children, Robb, DJ and Johanna. It is an honor to be nominated as the Technical Group coordinator and I look forward to serving U.S. Figure Skating in this new and challenging role. My vision as coordinator is to provide both guidance and assistance to all the technical committees and to ensure that each committee continues to keep an open line of communication with each other. Additionally, I hope to assist the committees to reflect the needs of our skaters. The work of the committees within the Technical Group affects our members on a daily basis and these committees decide the rules and guidelines that must be met and adhered to within each test or competition. I look forward to working with these committees, the Board of Directors, and Headquarters staff to help provide any assistance necessary.

11 Gretchen Bonnie Administrative/Legal Group Coordinator: Gretchen previously served three years as chairman of the Grievance Committee. She is from Columbus, Ohio and is the current vice president of Columbus Figure Skating Club. She is a sectional singles and pairs judge. Gretchen is a graduate of The Ohio State University and works as a Realtor. As a member of the Columbus Board of Realtors, she has served on many committees and is the past chairman of the Grievance and Professional Standard Committee. To oversee the following committees: Audit, Compensation, Ethics, Finance, Grievance, Rules, Sanctions and Eligibility, and Strategic Planning. To represent the activities and issues of those committees to the Board of Directors and provide feedback from the Board of Directors. To provide strategic direction, support and review all of the decisions for all of the above committees.

12 Brittney Bottoms Coaching Member: Brittney s experience with figure skating has spanned more than 20 years. She has and continues to be involved in the sport from the grassroots to elite level. She just finished her first year at the Coaching Member on the U.S. Figure Skating Board of Directors. Brittney is also the past Athlete Services Group Coordinator, former Chair of the U.S. Figure Skating Athlete Development Committee, former Vice Chair of the Athletes Advisory Committee and Athlete Member of the U.S. Figure Skating Executive Committee. She has also served as a member of numerous other U.S. Figure Skating Committees. Brittney has served as a Team Leader to elite international events for Team USA, is a Certified Rated Freestyle and Field Move instructor through the Professional Skaters Association, has coached athletes at the grassroots, developmental, Regional, Sectional, National, International level, and Junior World level; she is also certified by U.S. Figure Skating as a National Technical Specialist. Brittney also has numerous community involvements including membership in the Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association, former Member-at-Large of the Blair Valley Community Association Board of Directors, and former member of the Atlanta Figure Skating Club Board of Directors. During her 14-year competitive career, Brittney represented the Atlanta Figure Skating Club at 9 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, was a 4-time Sectional Champion, and a 6-time Regional Medalist. Brittney was also a member of the U.S. Figure Skating International Team; she represented the United States in 12 International competitions, including the World Junior Championships where she ranked 4th in the world. Brittney also earned her Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health Science from Kennesaw State University and is a trained strength and conditioning coach. She resides in Marietta, GA with her husband, David, their new baby boy, Drew, and their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Annabelle. 1. To serve as a board member and liaison To serve and represent the coaches of U.S. Figure Skating as a Board of Directors liaison Carry out the government, management, and affairs of U.S. Figure Skating in cooperation with all board officers and other directors To represent all U.S. Figure Skating coaches as a board liaison 2. To act as a liaison to the Coaches Committee and the PSA Involvement in cross-organization (U.S. Figure Skating/PSA) initiatives To maintain regular communication with the Coaches Committee Chair and the PSA Encourage communication between committee chairs and coaches Participate in special projects and task forces Update the Board of Directors on coaching issues on a regular basis via and/or telephone Attend all Board of Directors meetings and other events as required

13 Karen Kwan Oppegard Coaching Member: Karen was a United States National senior ladies competitor, an international medalist, Pacific Coast and Eastern Champion. After graduating with a B.S. degree from Boston University in 2000 she worked in a fashion public relations and marketing firm in New York City and Los Angeles before returning to coaching. In 2005, she help implement the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program and became the first Skating School Director at the newly opened East West Ice Palace, in Artesia, California, which is owned and operated by her family. Currently, she coaches and choreographs many national and international level skaters. I am so thankful for this wonderful opportunity to be a Coaching Member of the Board. I am looking forward to working cohesively with the PSA and the Coaches Committee to promote the sport of figure skating and bring ideas from grassroots to elite coaches to the organization. I am so excited to bring the passion that I have for coaching into U.S. Figure Skating and I hope that this opportunity will give me a chance to give back to the sport that has given me and my family so much over the years.

14 Gail Sombati Adult Skating Chair: Skating is Sombati s passion. She began when she was 7 years old after seeing Ice Capades. Of course, she thought she could go out and do everything that she saw in that wonderful show. Shortly after that, there was a brand new ice rink built in her hometown, and they were having sign ups to be in the very first ice show, so her dad signed her up. She never was a competitive skater or took any tests, but in the 11 years that followed, she continued taking group lessons, accomplished getting her Axel and enjoyed doing ice shows. At the age of 25, the skating bug struck again and struck Sombati hard. She learned that there was something called an adult skating program through U.S. Figure Skating. She took all of the adult free skate tests by the time she was 27 and competed in the adult gold level for many years. She is now a PSA rated coach and enjoys sharing her passion of skating with others. Ironically, she is now the skating director at the very same rink where she learned to skate. Sombati has been on the Adult Skating Committee since 2002, having served most of that time as the Midwest vice chair. She enjoys being an adult skating advocate. She listens to the concerns and questions of adult skaters and takes them very seriously. At the same time, she has been able to determine what is a valid concern and what is simply idle chatter. She has chaired three Midwestern Adult Sectional Figure Skating Championships, including the 2011 championships which just took place. She was also a volunteer at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships. I consider it an honor to be nominated for the Chair of Adult Skating. My dual roles as a skater and coach as well as my experience of being a three-time chairperson of Midwestern Adult Sectional Championships will allow me to look at things from all different angles and perspectives. I will continue the diligent work of the past chairs to improve upon the structure of adult skating. This includes but is not limited to testing, marketing and the premiere adult skating event, the U.S. Adult Championships, fondly known as AN among adult skaters.

15 Benjamin Ben Miller Athlete Development Chair: Miller is a former national, international and World Junior competitor as a singles skater. After finishing his singles career he went on to train in ice dancing and passed his gold dances, making a four time U.S. Figure Skating gold medalist. Miller is currently serving U.S. Figure Skating as the chair of the Athlete Development Committee and as an athlete representative on the International Committee. He has served as a team leader for both figure skating and synchronized skating events. He currently coaches at the St. Paul Figure Skating Club in St. Paul, Minn., and is also a senior at the University of St. Thomas, where he is pursuing a bachelor s degree in business. I am looking forward to serving as the Chair of the Athlete Development Committee Chair for U.S. Figure Skating. I will continue to work with my committee to innovate and find new and innovative solutions that keep our athletes in the sport and progressing towards their personal best.

16 Alex Chang Coaches Chair: As a former national and international competitor, Chang understands the dedication, integrity and collaboration required of competitive figure skating, and he is delighted to serve the interests of skaters and coaches of all levels. His enthusiasm for teaching is complemented by his service as a national technical specialist and sectional data operator. Prior to coaching, Chang received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and served as marketing manager for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Disney Consumer Products. He currently serves as coaching chair of the U.S. Figure Skating Board of Directors and as the U.S. Figure Skating representative to PSA. He is honored to serve as chair of the Coaches Committee. I am honored to serve another term as Chair of the Coaches Committee. I hope to bring clarity to coaches through a series of nation-wide IJS webinars specifically for coaches following the rule changes this year. Additionally, I am working with PSA to create an online coaches destination/community as a fixed resource to address major coaching questions and concerns (Rule Updates, Membership Issues, etc.). I hope to provide improved communication as well as renewed direction and vision to our community of coaches across the nation. It is my firm belief that coaches have a profound impact on shaping the views, opinions, and identities of young athletes, one skater at a time. I hope to share my love for coaching with my coaching colleagues.

17 Michelle Zeles-Hahn Collegiate Program Chair: Michelle Zeles-Hahn began skating at the age of 4 and has never stopped. She has a passion and a dedication to this special sport that is evidenced by her competitive career (she is double gold medalist, 2 time sectional singles competitor, and national competitor in precision and synchronized skating) and her work as an official (sectional judge, regional referee, and non-qual technical controller). Michelle has actively volunteered and been an officer in the many clubs she has been a part of and helped to run numerous competitions. She is honored to be nominated again for the position as Chair of the Collegiate Committee. Spending 11 years in college to obtain 3 degrees (most recently a PhD in bioengineering), she has been a collegiate skater for quite some time and understands the challenges and opportunities it presents. She has been a member of the collegiate committee for the past 7 years and was National Vice Chair of intercollegiate skating prior to being appointed chair two years ago. The position, as I see it, should be one of an open dialogue between all the collegiate chairs/vice chairs and the collegiate skaters. These skaters are at the point where they can give tremendous feedback and come up with great ideas. As such, there is currently a Facebook Page dedicated to the Collegiate Program. It has been used to post intercollegiate schedules and results, scholarship opportunities, and information about the U.S. Collegiate Championship. I hope to further build on this site with ongoing discussions between colleges and universities. Running the U.S. Collegiate Championships has not been financially viable. After numerous discussions within the committee, we hope to move forward with some ideas on how to improve the competition financially. Collegiate synchronized skating has come a long way - the skating is incredible and brings such school spirit. The intercollegiate program has been fantastic for all collegiate skaters, not just those at the junior and senior level. It brings together skaters of all levels and backgrounds and makes skating a team sport. The program is self-sufficient and studentrun, with more schools creating teams all the time (currently we have around 100 teams!). This year the committee was budgeted a small amount of money to help intercollegiate teams host their own competitions. It helped three schools have profitable competitions. In addition, there is a private donor who has generously given to the collegiate program. That money has been used over the past four years to aid the LOC hosing the U.S. Collegiate Championship. The donor also created a matching funds account and I encourage those with a passion for collegiate skating to donate to the fund by going to the U.S. Figure Skating website, clicking on the donate button, then memorial fund, finally Give to the Memorial Fund and selecting the collegiate program. Finally, the Pioneer Fund has established two scholarships. The Helen M. McLoraine Scholarship assists current and former skaters in achieving their college education goals with yearly scholarships (applications due each February). The Pioneer Fund also awards a $5,000 scholarship to the winners of both the Championship Senior Ladies and Men at the U.S. Collegiate Championships each summer. I believe the collegiate programs are vital to our sport. U.S. Figure Skating loses a lot of members once they reach college. These skaters are an important source of our future coaches, volunteers, and officials. It is important that we find ways to keep them interested and active in our sport.

18 Lynn Goldman Competitions Chair: Lynn is very excited and honored to serve her third year as the Chair of the Competitions Committee. She is a national judge for singles and pairs and a national technical controller for singles. She is also a novice sectional dance judge and a sectional dance referee. She has been involved in several committees for U.S. Figure Skating as well as being past president, treasurer, test chair, competitions chair and delegate for the Austin Figure Skating Club. She has passed the 7 th figure test, the equivalent of the junior free skating test and the bronze dance tests. She was a performer with Holiday on Ice before attending the University of Texas. She has a bachelor s degree in clinical nutrition and a master s degree in health care administration. After working more than 20 years at the Children s Hospital of Austin as a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator and the clinical/research coordinator of the Cystic Fibrosis Program. She is currently working for an Independent Review Board reviewing and approving clinical research trials. The Competitions Committee will continue to make sure the competition rules are fair, up-to-date and meet the needs of our athletes, from the grass roots to the elite. The standardized non- qualifying announcement/template is ready and will be posted on the U.S. Figure Skating web site after Governing Council. The goal of this project is to make competition requirements the same across the U.S.; making it easier for clubs, skaters, coaches and officials. The Competitions Committee and sub-committees will continue to educate and promote our referees, accountants, music coordinators/technicians, announcers and ice technicians. The restructuring of the Junior Figure Skating Championships will begin this 2013 season. I am very excited to see how this plays out. As promised, after the Championships in 2014, the competitions committee will evaluate and re-assess.

19 John Millier Dance Chair: Tests: 3 rd Figure Novice Free Junior Pair Gold Dance and Free Dance and some Internationals Competition: Pairs Intermediate through Junior (Novice Sectional competitor) Dance New England Champions at the Intermediate, Novice and Junior levels Sectional Dance Champions at Novice and Junior levels National Jr. Dance Bronze Medalist Senior Dance Competitor at Sectionals and Nationals Participant at U.S. Sports Festival 1990 Coaching: Took part in the collegiate program where you could judge and coach at the same time for while in school and for 5 years afterwards. I coached low level Figures, Free Skating and Pairs. I coached all levels of Ice Dancing including National competitors. I was the skating director for the summer programs in Maine with close to 100 skaters involved and was the director for the Dance programs in several clubs throughout Massachusetts. Judging: I began judging while still an active competitor, earning my low-test appointments shortly after retiring from competition. I judge all disciplines however focused on Ice Dancing from the start. I earned my International appointment in 2001 and my ISU appointment in I am also a dance referee, specialist and controller. Team Leading: I was the youngest Team Leader to be chosen back in the late 90s when they ran a school for perspectives at one of the national camps. I was given my first assignment back in 1997 at Skate America and have since served as a Team Leader at the Goodwill Games, multiple Jr. and Sr. Grand Prix events, the Jr. Finals, the Jr. and Sr. Combined Finals, Jr. Worlds and at three Worlds Championships. U.S. Figure Skating Involvement: I have served on the Dance Committee on and off since the late 80s, and was the Eastern Vice Chair in I became chair of the committee in I have also served on the Athletes Advisory Committee and was chosen to represent them in the Athlete s Development Sub Committee. I was the first to suggest a camp for Novice Skaters at Nationals and chaired the event for the first two years. This camp was very successful and held for over a decade. During that time, I also served on the Board of Directors as an Athlete Representative. I am now involved in the Dance Athlete Development Subcommittee and have been co-chairing the new National Dance Camp for the past two year. Currently I serve as a member of the Board of Directors for my home club, The Atlanta FSC. Since coming on board as the Dance chair two years ago, there have been many changes and advancements in our discipline. The most exciting accomplishment in our sport is the historic success of our U.S. skaters. Not only did we occupy two spots on last year s World Championship podium, but for the first time in history, the U.S. team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the event. This has been many years in the making and we continue to see great depth in our program. The event at Nationals this year was a true testament of that. However, we can t take our eye off the ball. For the future, I am committed to not only making sure we stay competitive at the elite levels, but to also grow our developmental skaters as well. We need to focus on both attraction and retention within our discipline and be mindful of the economic impact on not only our skaters but our coaches as well. I hope to broaden our pool of talented skaters as well as coaches. The past two years have been both busy and rewarding. However, I have a large to do list already on my plate. I m looking forward to working hard with my committee on those and other issues as they arise.

20 Karen Terry Perreault Ethics Chair: Karen Terry Perreault is honored to be selected to serve again as the Chair of the Ethics Committee. She is a National Judge in Singles and Pairs, a Controller and Technical Specialist in Singles, and has been an International Team Leader for ten years. She has been involved in several committees for U.S. Figure Skating and has served as Regional Vice Chair of the Competitions Committee (North Atlantic Region), Sectional Vice Chair of the Judges Committee (Eastern Section) and is currently Regional Vice Chair of the Judges Committee (North Atlantic Region). She is a former National competitor, competing in the U.S. Championships in Novice Ladies in 1986, Junior Ladies in 1987 and Senior Ladies Figures in She has earned gold medals in Figures, Free Skating and Moves in the Field, and has tested through her Pre-Gold dances. Having earned her doctorate in Criminology from Cambridge University, Karen is currently a Criminal Justice Professor and the Dean of Research at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Her area of research interest is sexual victimization, and in particular sexual abuse of children. Most recently, she served as a Principal Investigator of two national studies evaluating the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests and has published widely on sex offender treatment, supervision and management in the community. As the Chair of the Ethics Committee, it is my duty to: ensure that those involved in the sport of figure skating, as volunteers or paid professionals, maintain ethical conduct at the highest professional level; educate those involved in the sport about appropriate ethical standards; and, endeavor to protect the athletes against harmful conduct or inappropriate behavior. I will continue to work with the Chair of the Grievance committee to clearly articulate what is meant by ethical behavior and the process for grieving behavior that does not fit this standard. I will also continue to work with the PSA to ensure that our standards and procedures are complimentary and in the best interest of the skaters, coaches, parents, judges, and others involved with this sport.

21 Steve Wolkin Grievance Chair: Wolkin has two daughters who have been actively involved in figure skating as young children and became involved in synchronized skating. Both daughters currently coach synchronized skating. Wolkin is currently a trustee of the Shaker Figure Skating Club and a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Cleveland Council of Figure Skating Clubs. He has been an officer of the Shaker Figure Skating Club, the Garfield Figure Skating Club, TriStates Council of Figure Skating Clubs and the Greater Cleveland Council of Figure Skating Clubs. He is a test judge and a synchronized skating competition judge. He has been an attorney practicing in the family law area for over 30 years in Cleveland, Ohio. He resides in Shaker Heights, Ohio with his wife, Connie, and they recently celebrated their 35 th wedding anniversary. I would be honored to serve as Chair of the Grievance Committee. In the last 30 years, I have been extensively involved in the mediation and representing children in family law cases. In this position, it is common to find yourself attempting to negotiate difficult issues between parents. I have found it extremely important to allow people to have their say and to provide them a forum in order to express their issues. The handling of a grievance should be done expeditiously but with a view to allowing sufficient time for each party to know that they have had a forum to address the issues brought to the attention of U.S. Figure Skating. Fairness is essential to the process. Like family law issues, grievances can become highly charged and emotional matters for the parties involved. They should be handles quickly, taking into consideration the right of each party to be heard on the issues with a determination in a reasonable period of time.

22 Doug Williams International Chair: I have experienced skating at many levels. From a recreational skater to World Team member, from club volunteer of local competitions to President of the U.S. Championships held in Los Angeles, I am also a U.S. Figure Skating official of various disciplines and levels. Below, are some bullet points of my skating and professional life: Competitive Skating & Professional Skating Regional through World Team Member Gold Medalist in Figures, Freeskating and Pairs Pre-Gold Dances Blades of Glory, double for John Heder and Will Ferrell 2007 America s Next Top Model 2004 & 2005 member of Torvill and Dean Face the Music World Tour Judging and Refereeing & Technical Panel National Judge and Referee o Recent activity as a Referee at the 2012 U.S. Championships International Judge o Recent activity as a Judge at 2011 Skate America National Technical Panel member in Singles and Pairs Club and LOC President, 2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Los Angeles Co-Chair, 1997 Junior Olympic Figure Skating Championships All Year FSC board member since 1980 U.S. Figure Skating Board and Committees I have served on various committees of U.S. Figure Skating, including the Executive Committee and Board of Directors. I have held those positions as an athlete member and also as a non-athlete member. Occupation Director, Digital Business Operations; Sony DADC in Marina del Rey, California Have worked in Film/TV Production and Distribution since 1984 This committee is about the U.S. TEAM and helping to provide our team with the best opportunities to be at their very best on the international stage. My committee and I will work, as a team, with coaches, athletes and officials within our organization, to develop criteria, rules and policies that govern the selection of our athletes to numerous International events. The development and strengthening, of this team of constituents, leads to an environment of trust, confidence and team work. I believe, in this environment, our athletes and officials will have the greatest opportunity to achieve success. As Chair, I will also work to develop and maintain that same feeling of trust and teamwork with the Board of Directors and staff at Headquarters, in particular, the Director of High Performance. The continued funding of our athletes and attendance at as many events as possible are areas that I feel we must continue to invest and improve. We can only improve that experience and opportunity by continuing to maintain a teamwork approach with Headquarters staff and members of the Board. During these difficult financial times, we must do all that we can to continue to send out as many U.S. Team members, to International events, as possible. We must also be sure that we have a criteria, open and honest discussion and a selection process that continues to bring International success to our athletes and the Association. I believe the International Committee is one of the most important committees responsible to U.S. Figure Skating athletes. We will be here to protect and promote our athletes in every possible way.

23 Kristina Lundgren International Judges & Officials Chair: Current Judging Appointment: I.S.U. Judge (Appointed 2009) U.S. Figure Skating Association involvement: 1. Team Leader and Judging experience: 2009 Eric Bompard, Grand Prix event Judge 2008 Skate Canada Judge 2009 Grand Prix Final (Junior and Senior) Team Leader Seoul, South Korea 2008 World Junior Championships Team Leader Sofia, Bulgaria 2001 Grand Prix Final Team Leader Kitchner, Ontario 2006 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Team Leader and Judge 2004 Finlandia Team Leader and Judge Helsinki, Finland 2003 Triglav Trophy Team Leader and Judge Slovenia 2002 Finlandia Team Leader and Judge Helsinki, Finland 1999 U.S. Training Camp Team Leader Lake Placid, NY 1999 North American Challenge Team Leader Kitchner, Ontario 2. U.S. Figure Skating Committee/BOD/Technical Group Coordinator experience Test Chairperson, Columbus Figure Skating Club Sanctions and Eligibility, EGL Regional Vice Chair, Eastern Great Lakes Sectional Vice Chair, Midwest Strategic Planning Committee, U.S. Figure Skating Inception 3 years Marketing Committee, U.S. Figure Skating 2 years Board Member At Large, Midwest Judges Committee, Singles and Pairs Multiple yrs. Chair, Singles Committee of JETs Chair, Judges Committee and JETs 2007 Chair, International Judges and Officials Committee 2010 Participated on various task forces over the last 10 years 3. Educational activity experience involvement in training other judges/jet experience JET Committee, developed IJS Powerpoint Presentation used in schools and at Regionals and Sectionals JET: Several Regional and Sectional Championships since 1999 JET: National Championships 2004 JET: Seminar Leader, Pairs School held at Nationals 2007 As Chair of the Judges Committee, I completed the following, which relate directly to the training of judges or the trial judging process: o Developed the new guidelines for Regional and Sectional Competition Judging Appointments o Revised the evaluation process for National Trial Judges o Developed a program for trial judging at Jr. Nationals o Revised and rewrote the Judges Manual for Tests (singles) with Robert Ouellette, Vice Chair of Tests in JC

24 o o o o Revised the curriculum for test and competition judges schools (powerpoint, outlines, and forms) Developed a 4 day seminar on IJS for the Skating Federation of Argentina Conducted two 4-day seminars on IJS (New York and Argentina) and administered exams, including trial judging and practical exams Developed follow up exam and practice materials for prospective and current judges in Argentina o PSA Seminar, Cleveland, OH (with Carol Heiss Jenkins) 1999 o PSA Seminar, Indianapolis, IN (with Robin Wagner) 2001 Education: I received my M.B.A., Fisher College of Business (The Ohio State University), in I speak German and have found my language helpful in making personal connections with officials from other countries. I look forward to continuing the work of this committee in the areas of information dissemination, advancement, and performance among our international officials and judges. I hope to work with the committee to monitor and foster the advancement, effectiveness, and activity of our individual judges and officials. Similarly I look forward to working with a working group of ISU officials to examine trends in judging and promotion activities in other countries and getting a better understanding of the direction of the ISU and bring that information to the IJOC to work on an updated strategic plan for our international and ISU officials. I am proud to continue working with the group to prepare our judges and officials to be the best-informed, most respected, and most effective team on the international circuit, which relies heavily on information collection and dissemination.

25 Kathleen Harmon Judges Chair: Kathleen grew up in the Southern California area, where she began her involvement with figure skating. Her entire family has been involved in the sport, her father as a performer in shows, her mother as a competitor and club volunteer and sister as a coach. Kathleen is a gold medalist in ice dance, tested through the Sixth Figure Test and competed at the Regional and Sectional level in Ice Dance. She is currently an ISU Ice Dance Judge, International Singles and Pairs Judge, International Ice Dance Referee, a National Judge and Referee for Singles/Pairs and Dance, as well as a Sectional Technical Controller, Data Operator and Video Replay Operator. Kathleen has served on various committees and as a National Vice Chair of the JETs Committee, Sectional Vice Chair of the Judges Committee for Singles/Pairs as well Regional Vice Chair of the Judges committee for Singles/Pairs and Dance. On the local level, she served her club as President, Vice President, Secretary and Board Member for a number of years. She has also served as team leader for several international competitions. Kathleen holds a Bachelor s Degree as well as a Paralegal Certificate, working as a litigation paralegal in the insurance defense field for nearly twenty years. She currently resides in Washington State with her husband, Kevin where she is active at local test sessions, competitions, and seminars. As chair of the Judges Committee, I will seek ways to continue bringing more interested individuals into the judging field as well as working to retain our current judges. I will work with the committee and headquarters staff to expand the educational programs for both our test and competition judges through online training programs, providing additional ways for our officials to get affordable educational opportunities, promoting a more consistent standard nationwide. Additionally, I will seek to expand the feedback provided to our judges on their performance as well as continue providing online testing for appointments and promotions.

26 Joe Blount Membership Chair: President of The Skating Club of Boston for the past twelve years and served the club in numerous other capacities since Served as operation manager for three U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and one ISU World Championship. Co-Chair and Operation Manager for 2012 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships Served on U.S. Figure Skating Competitions Committee Delegate to Governing Council the pass twelve years Practicing Architect for fifty years, retired Served on the Town of Barrington Rhode Island Planning Board for fifteen years Graduated from Rhode Island School of Design Retired Naval Officer In reviewing the membership of our organization this past year it is abundantly clear the increases in memberships have been directly related to our Basic Skills Program, and although we need to continue to support that program I believe we need to encourage and assist clubs in retaining and expanding their membership. Presently the Membership Committee s Sectional Vice Chairs have been asked to review all of the clubs in their section whose membership is at 25 or less to see what can be done to increase their membership by adding or expanding existing programs, this outreach will continue. It is my intention to establish an agenda for the committee with the input from our Group Coordinator, Sectional Vice Chairs, Chair of the Basic Skills Subcommittee and U.S, Figure Skating Staff. I have been disappointed in the response to ballot questions and request for input from the members of the Membership Committee at all levels and intend to review and make recommendation for change in order that we receive as much feedback as possible for those who have agreed to serve.