Posted: December 5, 2006

Athletics: USATF News & Notes - Election Results; Pilgrim Heads To LPGA

USATF election results Several USATF committees and other positions held elections at the recently concluded USATF Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. Below are results. Youth Committee Chair - Lionel Leach Vice chair - Bob Flint Vice chair, Admin - Dorothy Dawson Vice chair, Operations - Samuel Germany Secretary - Mona Mascher Associations Chair - Alan Roth Vice chair - Karen Krsak Vice chair - Clifton McKenzie Secretary - Linda Bommicino Treasurer - Kountez Moore Masters Long Distance Running Vice Chair - Jack Wing LDR chair - Don Lein Masters Track & Field Chair - Gary Snyder Vice Chair - Janet Smith Athletes Advisory Committee Chair/USOC Athlete Representative: Sandra Farmer-Patrick Vice Chair: Tony Cosey Secretary: Erica Wheeler Treasurer: Jon Drummond IAAF Council - Bob Hersh Women's committee - Dee Jensen Technical - David Katz Walking committee and chair - Bob Bowman Masters committee - Rex Harvey Committee member - Anne Timmons Delegate - Dr. Evie Dennis For more news from the USATF Annual Meeting, visit USATF.org. Pilgrim named LPGA General Counsel USA Track & Field general counsel and director of business affairs Jill Pilgrim in January will become general counsel of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), the LPGA announced Monday. Pilgrim will prepare and negotiate business agreements, manage the LPGA's intellectual property rights and provide corporate governance advice. Since 1998, Pilgrim has served as general counsel and director of business affairs for USA Track & Field, the national governing body for track and field. She has overseen the in-house business affairs and legal departments of USATF as well as disciplinary and grievance procedures. \During her tenure, she oversaw drug-testing litigations and the transition of drug testing to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, worked to standardize USATF event contracts and bid applications and was the USATF National Office liaison to the Law & Legislation Committee, the Diversity and Leadership Committee and the Committee on Sports for Disabled, among others. "Under Jill's leadership, USATF was able to bring much of our critical legal work in-house and to more effectively represent the interests of USATF and the sport as a whole," said USATF CEO Craig Masback. "We wish her well at the LPGA and know that the organization will benefit from her vast expertise in the sports law arena." Prior to USATF, she worked at Pilgrim & Associates; Kurzman, Karelson & Frank; Cowan, Liebowitz & Latzman; and Willkie, Farr & Gallagher. During her work in private practice, she serviced clients in the sports and entertainment industries and handled real estate, tax and corporate legal matters. Pilgrim received a B.A. in Politics from Princeton University in 1980 and studied at the Alliance Francaise and Sorbonne in France prior to graduating with a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1984 Comment on this story. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest

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