HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, February 12. ROANN Costin, John Hendrickson, and Sandy Nitta have been named to the USA Water Polo Board of Directors it was announced by Chairman Michael Graff.<\/p>\n
"I am delighted that we are able to add three outstanding individuals to our board of directors," said Graff. "This expands the board's geographic coverage to the Mountain zone and New England, and we have added directors with both a proven knowledge and commitment to our sport as well as special management and marketing skills. They will greatly strengthen our organization as we grow significantly across the country. Their appointments bring the USA Water Polo Board of Directors to a total of nine members."<\/p>\n
RoAnn Costin was a three sport athlete at Harvard University playing water polo while earning All-American status as a member of the swim and crew teams. Her competitive fire has served her well in the business world as Costin is the founder and president of Wilderness Point Investment a private equity company which focuses on investing in early and expansion stage consumer products and retailing companies. In addition to Wilderness Point, Costin sits on the Board of Directors of Lululemon Athletica, Olly Shoes and Gear Six Technologies. RoAnn also serves in the non profit arena residing on the Advisory Board of the Stanford Business School.<\/p>\n
John Hendrickson is no stranger to USA Water Polo as a current member of the Olympic Club in San Francisco (previously he played for the New York Athletic Club when he lived in New York), and a former player at Stanford University during his undergraduate days. Hendrickson is the Founding Managing Partner of SFRi LLC, an independent investment and advisory firm specializing in the insurance and related sectors. In his free time Hendrickson is involved in a variety of causes as he is a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Opera, the Board of Overseers of St. John's University School of Risk Management in New York City, the Board of Trustees of Children's Day School in San Francisco, and is also a Trustee of the Stanford University Water Polo Foundation.<\/p>\n
Sandy Nitta got her start as an Olympic swimmer in 1964 before making a transition to the game of water polo. One of the pioneers of the groundbreaking Commerce Aquatics program, Nitta served as the Head Coach of the Women's National Team for parts of two decades guiding the team to Bronze Medals at the 1982, 1986 and 1991 World Championships. Currently she heads up the Henderson\/Vegas Masters Club while also hosting the annual Masters Festival held in Nevada. <\/p>\n
Costin and Hendrickson are independent directors and Nitta is an at-large director, in accordance with USA Water Polo Bylaws. The three new directors will be ratified at the next USA Water Polo assembly.<\/p>\n
"Water polo is fortunate to have three such accomplished individuals volunteer for board service," said Christopher Ramsey, CEO of USAWP. "The USAWP board has been courageous and unselfish in its governance, and I am confident that RoAnn, John and Sandy will be key contributors toward sustaining our federation's competitive excellence and expanding participation in our sport."<\/p>\n
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