USA OFFICIALS IN THE FIE

BY SERGE TIMACHEFF

Join us in showing our appreciation for these impressive individuals who are representing you on the international fencing stage.

Every four years, typically after the Summer Olympics, the FIE holds an “elective congress” where a president, officers, executive committee and commissions and councils are elected or selected (in the case of councils) to hold office for a quadrennium. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the elective congress was held in December 2021 after the Tokyo Games. For elected positions, federations put forth candidates for each position and are voted on by the Congress participants, representing the 155 member countries of the FIE. Following the Congress, members of each commission elect a president of their respective organizations.

The next elective congress is scheduled to take place in November 2024.

Members meet several times annually, communicate with FIE athletes, staff, officials and coaches to offer advice to the FIE and world fencing in their various areas of expertise. Several USA Fencing members were elected to various posts, including the following:

FIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (“COMEX”) Donald Anthony

- COMMISSIONS ATHLETES’ COMMISSION

(Elected by fellow athletes at the Senior Fencing World Championships in Cairo) Alexander Massialas

ETHICS COMMISSION Lorrie Marcil Holmes

LEGAL COMMISSION

Sam Cheris (president)

MEDICAL COMMISSION Jeremy Summers (president)

PROMOTION, COMMUNICATION, MARKETING & COMMISSION Carl Borack

REFEREEING COMMISSION Kelly Koehler

SEMI COMMISSION

Donald Anthony is the representative of the Executive Committee to the SEMI commission

- COUNCILS COACHES’ COUNCIL Greg Massialas

DISCIPLINARY COUNCIL Donald Alperstein

FAIR PLAY COUNCIL Jennifer Yamin

VETERANS’ COUNCIL Rita Comes

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