I don’t think I ever posted in here about this, but independent board member Jill Pilgrim did not work out for some reason. Everyone is being very tight-lipped about it.
But the good news is that the nominating and governance panel chose Dolf Berle to replace her, and I am SO pumped about this!
Dolf is best known in our sport as a masters decathlete/pole vaulter. His day job is CEO of Top Golf. And he really is independent, he has no history getting involved in any of the politics of our sport. SUPER AWESOME GUY!
The other change to the Board happened back in January. It was decided somehow that since Mike Conley was occupying the position of President, High Performance needed someone else on the Board.
So allegedly the High Performance committee had some sort of meeting at some point after the Annual Meeting and voted that Sandra Farmer-Patrick should represent them on the Board.
If Vin wins his grievance (which I believe will be heard sometime in September), he will return as President and Mike Conley will return to his HP seat and Sandra will be off the Board.
Stephanie comes off the Board in October when her IAAF term completes. Presumably, Willie Banks will be elected to the IAAF Council and take a seat on our Board.