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THE USGA has announced that there are three new candidates up for election to the USGA Executive Committee.
Those three include Chicago area native Tony Anderson, Deborah Platt Majoras of Cincinnati, and Fred Perpall of Dallas Texas.
If elected at the 2019 annual meeting next Feb. 23rd in Texas, the three will replace three members who are retiring, Greg Morrison, Mark Reineman and Clifford Shahbaz.
“This is an exciting and pivotal time at the USGA, as we continue to undertake game-changing work to ensure a healthy future for golf,” said Mike Davis, CEO of the USGA. “The business acumen, executive-caliber skill, and governance experience demonstrated by these nominees further strengthen an already exceptional group of leaders who genuinely care about the game. We are thankful for their willingness to give back to the game.”
USGA CEO Mike Davis (L) and USGA President Mark Newell stand in front of the first green at the Chicago Golf Club during the U.S. Senior Women’s Open in Round 1 of the 2018 Championship.
In the center of the nominee’s is current USGA President Mark Newell, of McLean, Va., Newell has been nominated to serve a second one-year term as president of the United States Golf Association.
Newell was elected this February at the USGA annual meeting to be the associations 65th president. Newell directs the committee that serves as the policy-making board for the USGA.
Stuart Francis of Hillsborough, Calif., is nominated as president-elect, which is a position created to provide the committee leadership succession and continuity going forward. Francis competed in three USGA Amateur Championships, two NCAA Championships and was All-American honorable mention at Princeton University. With his work in the Silicon Valley technology industry, he has served as an advisor to many technology corporations and companies.
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Anderson a member at the Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, had a 35 year career with the accounting firm Ernst & Young. He has and does serve on several boards in the Chicago area. He is a graduate of Chicago State University. He took up the game of golf at age 28 when a client gave him a set of clubs and challenged him to start playing the game.
Majoras is the Chief Legal Official and secretary for Procter & Gamble. Over the years Majoras has served as chairman for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from 2004-2008, where she served as co-chair for the President’s Identity Theft Task Force, and several other boards that include both government work and as part of private corporations. She calls TPC River’s Bend her home course and has played golf for more than 15 years.
Fred Perpall a native of Nassau, Bahama’s, is the CEO of the Beck Group, and leads the firm’s domestic and international design, planning real estate consultancy and construction business. He has been an architect since 2003, and has degree’s from both University of Texas-Arlington and the Harvard Business School. He is a member of the board that built the new Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas- the home of the Byron Nelson AT&T Classic on the PGA Tour.
There are two current members of the Executive Committee that have nominated to serve as officers. Martha Lang as secretary and Thomas Barkin treasurer. Eight other members have been nominated to continue their service on the committee, with Dick Shortz being nominated to continue service at General Counsel.
For further information on the USGA and it’s committee’s, please visit USGA.org.