Governance and Leadership
USA Rugby is governed by its Board of Directors and its Congress. The Board is composed of 9 members - 6 independent directors, 2 international athletes, and a representative from USA Rugby's Congress. The Board is led by Chairman Kevin Roberts and Vice Chair Bob Latham. The Congress is composed of 27 members - 3 members from each of the 7 Territorial Unions, and 6 international athletes.
Nigel Melville, former England captain, has been CEO and President of Operations of USA Rugby since October 11, 2006. One of Melville's goals at the time of his hiring was to help rugby along the path to professionalism in the US, including creating a Super 12 competition with 4 teams each from the US, Canada, and Argentina.
Mike Tolkin is the current Men's Head Coach. Alexander Magleby is the head coach of the men's national sevens team.
Read more about this topic: USA Rugby
Famous quotes containing the words governance and/or leadership:
“He yaf me al the bridel in myn hand,
To han the governance of hous and land,
And of his tonge and his hand also;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“This I do know and can say to you: Our country is in more danger now than at any time since the Declaration of Independence. We don’t dare follow the Lindberghs, Wheelers and Nyes, casting suspicion, sowing discord around the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt. We don’t want revolution among ourselves.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)