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Election of USA Field Hockey Board Members
Steve Locke February 23, 2011
This past Sunday the USA Field Hockey Board of Directors completed its election process to fill a variety of Board seats that are to begin with the 2011 term. The election had been delayed due to several structural changes that needed to be made to adhere to USA Field Hockey Bylaw standards and United States Olympic Committee National Governing Body Best Practices.
Twenty-two candidates stood for election. The USA Field Hockey Nominating Committee narrowed the field to the ten highest qualified candidates, conducted background checks, and provided verification of membership. The ten final candidates were each interviewed by the Nominating Committee with specific questions pertaining to governance and the particular skills the candidate would bring to the Board table. The field of candidates was then reduced to eight (two of whom were appointed independent directors and the remaining six considered for At-Large positions). The overall field of candidates was stellar.
The protocol for USA Field Hockey Board elections is for the Nomination Committee to appoint Independent Board members with Board ratification, and to provide a slate of qualified candidates from which the Board is to choose At-Large Board members (with the Board retaining a right to nominate candidates from the floor through provisions in Roberts Rules).
The Nominating Committee appointed Dr. Tej Singh, a vascular surgeon and the founder of a hockey club from Northern California, the Stanford Storm; and Tony Gulotta, a CPA with a major corporate entity in New Jersey as the two Independent Board members. As the other current Independent Board member, Martha Jordan, resigned in order to continue her retirement, another Independent Board seat became vacant. The Nomination Committee appointed Randal Sundeen, a Southern California attorney, to fill the remaining term of Martha Jordan. The Board ratified all of the Independent Board position appointments.
In addition to the slate of six candidates recommended for the At-Large Board positions by the Nomination Committee, the Board accepted one nomination from the floor. Incumbents Jim Johnson, Billy Ahluwalia and Heather Lewis were selected as At-Large Directors.
The terms of all of the above Board members run through 2014, except Mr. Sundeen's term runs through 2012.
USA FIELD HOCKEY appoints Los Altos Hills resident Tej Singh, MD to Board of Directors
The sport of field hockey in Northern California and especially the Los Altos Community took a major stride forward with the recent naming of Tej Singh, MD to the USA Field Hockey Board of Directors. The 10 member Board are the highest officials for the sport in America. Singh has been instrumental in youth field hockey development in the Bay area since 2002. Singh has been the Executive Director of the very successful Stanford Storm youth program based out of Stanford University and Los Altos High School. The Storm is one of the largest boys development programs in the country with over 50 players.
"This is really a great personal honor and at the same time a great opportunity for the sport of field hockey in America. I am really excited about the opportunity to help lead USA Field Hockey to new avenues of grassroots development and increasing the youth player base in America. I think my background and experience in youth sports in America, especially with the Stanford Storm, will serve me well".
Dr. Singh has been a strong local promoter of field hockey for youth in the Los Altos community. While growing up in Chicago, he was an avid ice hockey player but developed a fondness for field hockey while attending the 1984 summer Olympics as a high school student. His club, the Stanford Storm: www.stormfieldhockey.com has been one of America's most successful youth field hockey programs in terms of training and tournament success. "I think our experiences with the Storm and how we succeeded will be the template for sport growth in other regions of America and we hope to have many youth players taking on this sport in the coming months".
Singh's accomplishments with youth field hockey are impressive in the last 8 years. In addition to fostering sport development in his region and club, Singh has been instrumental in leading the charge for the sports infrastructure by enforcing age verification, parent behavior guidelines and new guidelines for safe play. Singh's clubs' success at America's largest youth tournament in America, the California Cup in Moorpark, CA every Memorial Day weekend, is second to none. Since 2003, his teams have won: 6 golds, 3 silvers, and 2 bronze medals in all youth levels in the very competitive tournament. Last year the Storm Boys U8 and u14 teams went undefeated in decisive fashion winning gold in both age groups.
When not supporting the growth of field hockey in the Bay Area, Singh is the Chief of Vascular Surgery for the Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group and the Clinical Director of Vascular Surgery at El Camino Hospital after completing his education at the University of Chicago and Stanford University. Singh resides in Los Altos Hills with his wife and 3 sons.
For information Tej Singh, MD: 650-444-2599 stanfordstorm@gmail.com.
Steve Locke: Chief Executive at USA Field Hockey 719-201-9387 slocke@usafieldhockey.com.
Stanford Storm announced a partnership with 4ufieldhockey.com
The Stanford Storm announced a partnership with 4ufieldhockey.com to be the Official Partner of the Stanford Storm 2010-2011 campaign. 4ufieldhockey is a leading provider of field hockey equipment for players of all ages.
"We are happy to build on our relationship with Robert Braasch and 4ufieldhockey and move into a great partnership this upcoming year," said Tej Singh, Manager/Director of the Storm.. "They are committed to our Storm program and seeing us develop new players and increase awareness of field hockey locally, regionally and nationally. This a great opportunity for the Storm club. All of our players will have access to great new equipment that is high quality and affordable."
As part of the partnership, all Storm players will be supported by 4ufieldhockey with appropriate advice and equipment needs. The partnership will also work to build field hockey awareness and increase the player base. 4ufieldhockey will also be an instrumental supporter of the Storm youth leagues and high school player development.
