Posted: January 22, 2007

Athletics: Running USA Announces Its 2007 Board of Directors

11 elected to new terms Running USA recently held elections for 11 Board of Directors seats and its members selected the following distance running industry leaders for the newly constituted 17 member board which is listed below with affiliation. Elected for two-year terms (7): Virginia Brophy Achman (Minneapolis, MN), Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Mike Burns (Ann Arbor, MI), ChampionChip USA Andrew Hersam (New York, NY), Runner's World Leslie Jordan (Portland, OR), Leslie Jordan, Inc. Doug Kaplan (Chicago, IL), Gen-A Media & Marketing Creigh Kelley (Englewood, CO), BKB Ltd. Tracey Russell (Atlanta, GA), Atlanta Track Club Elected for one-year terms (4): Lee Corrigan (Elkridge, MD), Corrigan Sports Enterprises David Deigan (San Francisco, CA), AFMInc. Larry Herman (Frederick, MD), Frederick Marathon Glenn Latimer (Peoria, IL), Steamboat Classic Previous board members (6): Dave Alberga (San Diego, CA), The Active Network Steve Baskin (Atlanta, GA), ING U.S. Financial Services, VP, Head of Brand Development & Sponsorships Fred Finke (Longwood, FL), USATF LDR Division Chair Chris Miller (Ft. Worth, TX), brightroom, Inc. Bill Roe (Bellingham, WA), USATF President Allan Steinfeld (New York, NY), ING New York City Marathon The officers of Running USA are: president, Allan Steinfeld; vice presidents, Virginia Brophy Achman and Doug Kaplan; secretary, Tracey Russell and treasurer, Bruce Franke, MarathonFoto. The new board will hold its first meeting on Monday, February 5 at 1:00pm at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in conjunction with Running USA 2007: The National Conference for the Running Industry, powered by Running USA, The Active Network, Inc. and Gen-A Network. The annual signature event for the road racing and distance running industry returns to the San Diego area, February 5-8, 2007. More Running USA 2007 conference information including registration, hotel reservations, schedule, speakers and attendees is available at RunningUSA.org or by calling (805) 696-6232. About Running USA Running USA, founded in 1999, is a tax-exempt, non-profit association devoted to improving the status of road racing and long distance running in the United States through education, research, communications, collective marketing, promotions and services to runners and events. Running USA, through its conference and other communication channels, provides the community "meeting place" for major road race, media and athletic industry personnel. Its event members represent over 500 U.S. races including many of the leading ones with over 2 million participants and millions of spectators and over $3 million in prize money. For more information on Running USA, its objectives, 200 plus members and annual conference, visit RunningUSA.org or call Ryan Lamppa at (805) 696-6232. Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Director (805) 696-6232; Fax = (805) 659-0016 Ryan@RunningUSA.org www.RunningUSA.org.

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