Fred Perpall of Dallas, TX, was elected as the 67th president of the USGA at the association’s Annual Meeting in Napa, CA.

Perpall will serve a three-year term leading the USGA Executive Committee, the all-volunteer policy-making board that provides strategic direction and oversight to its full-time staff.

“We talk too much about what separates us and not enough about what unites us. In golf, we’re a community,” said Perpall, who addressed USGA’s member clubs, allied golf associations and guests upon his election. “When we lean in together, when we include more people in the game, not only will the game get better, but our lives will get better, too.”

Perpall was elected to USGA’s Executive Committee in 2019 and has served on its Governance, Nominating and Compensation/Leadership Development committees. In 2021 he became chair of the USGA Championship Committee, which introduced the U.S. Adaptive Open during his tenure with the announcement of USGA championship anchor sites. He was appointed president-elect during last year’s annual meeting.

A native of the Bahamas, Perpall is CEO of The Beck Group, where he leads the architectural firm’s domestic and international design, planning, real estate consultancy and construction businesses. He is an avid golfer and was a member of the board that helped build Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, TX.

He welcomed three new members elected to the USGA Executive Committee, each serving three-year terms—Leslie Henry, Houston, TX; Bryan Lewis, South Haven, MI; and Michael McCarthy, San Francisco, CA. Courtney Myhrum of Pittsburgh, PA, was elected to serve a second three-year term at the meeting. They all will serve on the committee with current members Tony Anderson, Chicago, IL; Chuck Brymer, Rancho Santa Fe, CA; Sinclair Eaddy, Jr., Baltimore, MD; Cathy Engelbert, Berkeley Heights, NJ; Kendra Graham, Winter Park, FL; Kevin Hammer, Boynton Beach, FL; Deborah Platt Majoras, Cincinnati, OH; Tony Petitti, Irvington, NY; and Sharon Ritchey, Longboat Key, FL.

Departing the Executive Committee after completing their service are Thomas Barkin, Paul Brown and Nick Price, and Stuart Francis, whose three-year term as USGA president ended this week.