The National Sporting Goods Assocaition announced five new members of its Board who will serve three-year terms that began on June 1, 2004. NSGA Chairman of the Board Ron Kruse made the announcement following the election at the recent NSGA Management Conference & Team Dealer Summit.
Steve Harding, President of Kep Hardings Sport Shops in Lincoln, NE; Bill Reynolds, COO of New Balance DFW in Dallas, TX; Kevin Adams, President of Kittery Trading Post in Kittery, ME; and Don Bates, President of Allen Sports Center in Seminole, FL were each elected to district seats. Dick Coffey, President of Olympia Sports in Yarmouth, ME, was elected to an at-large seat.
The five join Chairman Ron Kruse, Haydens Athletic, Montgomery, IL; Treasurer/Chairman-Elect – Doug Pearson, The Fitness Experience, Inc., Elmhurst, IL; Past Chairman -Ron Menconi, G.I. Joes, Wilsonville, OR; A.J. Blanchard, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Katy, TX; Corky Fulton, SageSport, Kings Mountain, NC; Randy Hooper, Sports Distributors of Canada, Limited, Burlington, Ont. Canada;
Bob Polivka, Golf Shack, Rockford, IL; Randy Ruch, Schuylkill Valley Sports, Pottstown, PA; and Bruce Ullery, MC Sports, Grand Rapids, MI.
Retiring from the Board of Directors after serving the maximum two consecutive terms were Patrick Johannsen, Johannsen Sporting Goods, Augusta, Ga., and Roger Brackhan, Lous Sporting Goods, Fremont, Neb.
