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| ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR (ARRL Photo) |
The ARRL Board of
Directors in January elected a new president for the organization and hired a
new Chief Executive Officer. Rick Roderick, K5UR, of Little Rock, Arkansas, is
the League's new president, succeeding Kay Craigie, N3KN, who did not seek
re-election to a fourth two-year term. Roderick had been First Vice President
prior to his election to the top spot.
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| Incoming ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF. (ARRL Photo) |
In addition, the board
voted to hire Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, of West Palm Beach,
Florida and New York City, to be the ARRL's new Chief
Executive Officer. He will succeed Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, who is retiring in April
after more than four decades on the ARRL staff. Gallagher is an investment
banker and financial services executive, according to the League's announcement.
He has been a ham since 1966 and calls himself "an incurable HF DXer and
inveterate tinkerer."
Finally, former ARRL/VEC
Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, is returning to the League staff as Contest Branch
Manager. He fills a vacancy created last year by the resignation of Matt
Wilhelm, W1MSW.
Still to come: A
successor to ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, who is retiring
as of March 1.
