New NASC board leadership was elected at NASC Symposium, including Mike Anderson, CSEE, Executive Director – Sports Tourism, Myrtle Beach Regional Sports Alliance as the new chair of NASC.

Additional Officers included: Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, Kindra Fry, CSEE, SMP, Executive Director, Bryan College Station Sports + Events; Treasurer, Janis Schmees Burke, CSEE, Chief Executive Officer, Harris County-Houston Sports Authority; Secretary, Michael Price, CSEE, Executive Director Greater Lansing Sports Authority; and Immediate Past Chair Ralph Morton, Executive Director, Seattle Sports Commission.

Board of Directors who were elected (Board Term Expiring 2018):  Janna Clark, CSEE, Sports and Sales Director, Elizabethtown Sports Park; Kris Smith, CSEE, Director, Detroit Sports; Roy Edmondson, CSEE, Vice President of Sports Business Development, Visit Anaheim; Pete Harvey, CSEE, Director of Sports Development, Buffalo Niagara Sports Commission.

Board of Directors who were also elected (Board Term Expiring 2019): Matt Dunn, CSEE, Vice President, Tourism Development, Palm Coast and the Flagler Beaches; William Knox, CSEE, Director, Hamilton County Sports Authority; Kathy Nelson, President/CEO, Kansas City Sports Commission; Janis Ross, CSEE, Executive Director, Eugene, Cascades, and Coasts Sports.

Board of Directors who were elected (Board Term Expiring 2020): Don Dukemineer, CSEE, Convention Sales Manager, Huntsville/Madison County CVB; Laura Gurreri, CSEE, Director of Sales, Sport York; Frank Lett, Senior Associate Executive Director/Director of Sports Marketing, Kingsport CVB; and

Ray Palmer, CSEE, President/CEO, Pensacola Sports.

Allied Representatives elected (Board Term Expiring 2018): Jason Gewirtz, Editor, SportsTravel Magazine; and (Board Term Expiring 2019) Jim Hilb, CSEE, Associated Premium Corporation.

Rights Holder Representatives elected (Board Term Expiring 2018): John David, CSEE, COO, USA BMX; and (Board Term Expiring 2019) Matthew Libber, VP Business Operations.