June 30, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association has announced the election of a new Board of Directors to serve a two-year term beginning July 1, 2016. Vanderbilt women’s tennis head coach, Geoff Macdonald, is one of six ITA member coaches selected.
A nine-member ITA Nominating Committee, including five tennis coaches who were current ITA Board members, considered approximately 40 candidates for the new Board. The ITA is the governing body of college tennis. For almost four decades, David A Benjamin was its Chairman, CEO, and Executive Director, and the Board was comprised of Benjamin and over two dozen college tennis coaches.
Under the new Bylaws, the Board will now be comprised of 17 directors, six of whom shall be Head Coach Members (Macdonald), and two of whom shall include the Chairman of the Board and the CEO. The remaining nine directors are now free to come from other walks of life, such as education, business, law, medicine, sports science, technology, media, entertainment and philanthropy.
ITA Board of Directors:
ITA LEADERSHIP –
Jon Vegosen, of Chicago, Illinois, Chairman of the Board of the ITA
Dr. Timothy Russell, of Phoenix, Arizona, Chief Executive Officer of the ITA
ITA MEMBER COACHES-
Betsy Kuhle retired after 33 years as the Head Women’s Tennis Coach at Western Michigan University.
Geoff Macdonald, Vanderbilt University Women’s Tennis
David Roditi, TCU Men’s Tennis
Bryan Shelton, Florida Men’s Tennis
Alison Swain, Williams Women’s Tennis
Vince Westbrook, Tulane Men’s Tennis and senior associate athletic director
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS-
Dr. Charles M. Ambrose, University of Central Missouri.
Rick Dickson served 16 years as the Director of Athletics at Tulane
Dr. Karin Lee, Ball State University Senior Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator
EXECUTIVES, ENTREPRENEURS, AND PHILANTHROPISTS-
William (“Bill”) Dutton has been playing tennis for over 50 years, including four years of college tennis at Princeton University
Harold Edwards is President & CEO of the Limoneira Company (NASDAQ: LMNR)
Barbara Georgescu, a retired advertising executive with Young & Rubicam
Neel Grover is the founder and CEO of Indi.com, Chairman of the Board Bluefly.com and The SWI Group, and the former CEO of Rakuten.com and Buy.com.
Dr. Mark Kovacs is a performance physiologist, researcher, sports executive, professor, author, speaker and coach.
Sean S. Mayo, of Naples, Florida, was one of JP Morgan’s top bond brokers.