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To: craig_eddy; RS; gopwinsin04

I believe this is the USOC, not the IOC.

Here is a list of the USCO Board of Directors, as found on this site:
http://www.usoc.org/11937_19359.htm

Peter Ueberroth named USOC Board Chair
By usolympicteam.com // June 14, 2004

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – One of the most recognized and respected leaders in the Olympic movement, American business and the world of sport was introduced today as Chair of the new United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Board of Directors.
Peter Ueberroth (Laguna Beach, Calif.), who served as President of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) for the landmark 1984 Olympic Games, will Chair the USOC Board of Directors.

Ueberroth, 66, developed the financial and operational blueprint upon which the Olympic movement continues to flourish two decades after the Los Angeles Games. Under his leadership and management, the first privately-financed Games generated a surplus of $238 million that continues to support youth and sports programs throughout the United States. Just as importantly, the Los Angeles Games rekindled the Olympic spirit and helped further the Olympic ideals in the United States and beyond.

Faced with the prospect of an Olympic boycott in May 1984 by the former Soviet Union, East Germany and other Soviet-bloc nations, Ueberroth convinced China and Romania to participate in the Los Angeles Games, and a total of 140 nations entered teams, creating a major success which paved the way for the gathering of the Olympic family in Seoul in 1988. It ushered in an era of unprecedented prosperity and interest in hosting the Games by scores of cities around the world, which remains strong today.

The USOC’s share of the surplus, some $143 million, helped create the U.S. Olympic Foundation, a watershed of additional financial support for American athletes which still exists, and each USOC National Governing Body received $1.3 million for its benefit. The USOC had guaranteed some $25 million against a shortfall from the 1984 Games and in return was awarded a 40-percent share of the eventual surplus, along with a 20- percent share that went to the NGBs.

Ueberroth was honored as the 1984 Man of the Year by both Time Magazine and The Sporting News, and is a recipient of the prestigious Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee.

He is a strong supporter and advocate for the bid by New York City to win the honor of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, and recently appeared in New York to speak on behalf of NYC2012 and its efforts.

Following the Los Angeles Games, Ueberroth went on to serve as Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1984-89. Today, he serves as Managing Director of Contrarian Group, Inc., an investment and management company based in Newport Beach, Calif. He is also Owner and Co-Chairman of the Pebble Beach Company, Co-Chairman of the Board of Ambassadors International, and a member of the Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company and Hilton Hotels Corporation.

Ueberroth replaces Bill Martin (Ann Arbor, Mich.), who has served as Acting President of the USOC since February 2003 and led the organization through its historic governance transition.

“I am honored to once again have the opportunity to serve a movement and a cause that makes such an important difference in the lives of so many,” Ueberroth said. “In accepting this assignment, I want to thank Bill Martin and the members of the outgoing USOC Board of Directors for their dedication and commitment to the Olympic movement. We look forward to their continued contributions.

“The outgoing Board wanted a new day for the USOC, and indeed this is a new day,” Ueberroth added.

Joining Ueberroth on the 11-person USOC Board of Directors, which is seated and assumes its duties beginning today under the organization’s new bylaws, are:

Bob Ctvrtlik, Newport Beach, Calif.
· U.S. member of the International Olympic Committee
· President, Green Street Properties LLC

Erroll Davis, Madison, Wis.
· Independent Director
· Chairman and CEO, Alliant Energy

Anita L. DeFrantz, Los Angeles, Calif.
· U.S. member of the International Olympic Committee
· President, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles

Jim Easton, Van Nuys, Calif.
· U.S. member of the International Olympic Committee
· Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Easton Incorporated

Jair Lynch, Washington, D.C.
· Nominated by the Athletes’ Advisory Council
· Founder, The Jair Lynch Companies

Mary McCagg, Cambridge, Mass.
· Nominated by the Athletes’ Advisory Council
· Assistant Publishing Manager, Candlewick Press

Jim McCarthy, Chicago, Ill.
· Nominated by the National Governing Body Council
· Attorney-at-Law, private practice

Mike Plant, Peachtree City, Ga.
· Nominated by the National Governing Body Council
· Executive Vice President of Business Operations, Atlanta Braves

Dr. Harold Shapiro, Princeton, N.J.
· Independent Director
· President Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Stephanie Streeter, Neenah, Wis.
· Independent Director
· Chairman, President and CEO, Banta Corporation


29 posted on 08/26/2004 8:54:50 AM PDT by Constitution Day (...Reporting live from the Holy Barbecue City of Wilson, NC...)
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To: Constitution Day

Thanks for the list of the 10 members.
I see that:

3 are from California
1 is a professor from New Jersey
2 are from Wisconsin, including a woman, and a guy from Madison
1 works for Ted Turner
1 is a lawyer from Illinois
1 is a woman from Massachusetts
1 is from Washington DC

The list does have a liberal stench to it.


67 posted on 08/26/2004 9:34:58 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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