The Nominating Committee nominated the following slate of candidates for the 2024 election to the USBF Board of Directors, and there were no additional candidates added by petition before the December 10 deadline, so these candidates have now been elected and will join the Board on January 1,2025 for 3 year terms expiring on 12/31/2027. Welcome to all of them.
Eric Gettleman
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Xin Ge
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Geoff Hampson
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This Fall the USBF will conduct an election to fill 3 seats on its Board of Directors. The seats are for three-year terms commencing January 1, 2025.
Nominees must be Active USBF members, having paid the 2024 annual active or resident member dues of $50.
If you are interested in being nominated,
In addition to those candidates nominated by the nominating committee, candidates may be nominated by petition. Twenty-five or more Active or Resident Members of USBF may nominate an Active or Resident Member for a Board position. To file a petition nominating a candidate,
See the election timeline below for when things happen. Download the Election Procedures and Board Member Expectations for more complete information about the election.
| ACTION | Relation to BMD* | Date | Week Day | |
| Nominating Committee reports to Elections Committee |
31 Days before BMD | 11/29/24 | Friday | |
| Nominations Close | 30 Days before BMD | 11/30/24 | Saturday | |
| Last Day for Petition Candidates | 20 days before BMD | 12/10/24 | Tuesday | |
| Eligible Voter List Posted on Web site** | 15 days before BMD | 12//15/24 | Sunday | |
| Last day to protest voter list** | 7 days before BMD | 12//23/24 | Monday | |
| Ballot Mailing Date (BMD)** | 12/30/24 | Monday | ||
| End of voting period** | 1/25/25 | Saturday | ||
| Announce Results | 2/1/25 | Saturday | ||
| Last Day for protest of election |
10 days after results announced |
2/11/25 | Tuesday |
* BMD = Ballot Mailing Date
** Necessary only if more candidates are nominated than there are positions open.
The USA Senior team (Reese Milner, Hemant Lall, Bobby Levin, Eric Rodwell, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Jacek (Pepsi) Pszcola NPC, Joyjit Sensarma Coach) won the gold medal, and the Women's team (Lynn Baker, Olivia Schireson, Jill Meyers, Kerri Sanborn, Cecilia Dwyer Rimstedt, Sandra Rimstedt, Joe Stokes NPC, Sam Dinkin Coach) won the bronze medal in the 2024 World Bridge Games. Three members of the Senior team (Reese Milner, Hemant Lall, and Zia Mahmood) were defending their 2016 gold medal (the World Bridge Games are held every 4 years, but were not held in 2020); one other player from the 2016 gold medal Senior team, Chip Martel, played in Buenos Aires, his Open team lost to Switzerland in the Quarterfinal. Kerri Sanborn won gold in 2016; sadly, two of her teammates (Lynn Deas and Beth Palmer) are no longer with us; two others (Janice Molson & Sylvia Shi) played in the Mixed event in Buenos Aires, losing to silver medalist China in the Quarterfinal.
Reese Milner, NPC Jacek (Pepsi) Pszcola, Bobby Levin, Hemant Lall, Eric Rodwell, Coach Joyjit Sensarma, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, photo by Chrissie Albice.
Coach Joyjit Sensarma, Hemant Lall, Zia Mahmood, Reese Milner, Michael Rosenberg, Bobby Levin, Eric Rodwell
Olivia Schireson, Lynn Baker, Sandra Rimstedt, Kerri Sanborn, NPC Joe Stokes, Jill Meyers, Coach Sam Dinkin, Cecilia Dwyer Rimstedt; photo by Constance McAlvoy.
Congratulations to Joel Wooldridge and Kent Mignocchi who won gold in the National Open Pair competition and to Mike and Allison Cappelletti who won bronze in the National Mixed Pairs.
Joel Wooldridge and Kent Mignocchi. Photo by Lynn Baker.
MIke and Allison Cappelletti. Photo by Lynn Baker.
Congratulations to the Shourie team (USBF members Rajath Shourie, Gavin Wolpert, Vince Demuy, and John Kranyak, with Norwegians Tor Elvind Grude and Geir Helgemo) who won gold in the Pablo Lambardi teams, and to the US Mixed team (Susan Zhang, Eddie Wold, Sylvia Shi, Daniel Korbel, Janice Molson, Geoff Hampson, NPC Bob Morris) who won bronze.
Vince Demuy, Rajath Shourie, Tor Elvind Grude, Geir Helgemo, John Kranyak, Gavin Wolpert. Photo by Boye Brogeland
Geoff Hampson, Janice Molson, Eddie Wold, Susan Zhang, Sylvia Shi, Dan Korbel, NPC Bob Morris.
Seven young USBF players earned medals in events at the 8th World Youth Transnational Championships in Wroclaw, Poland.
JACK, an all-US team, led the medal parade with GOLD in the U16 event. The team name is based on the players' first names:
J for Jeff Xiao, 12,
A for Andrew Chen, also 12,
C for Charlie Chen, the senior member of the team at 14, and
K for Kyo Chen (not related to brothers Andrew and Charlie) who becomes the youngest player ever to win a World Championship, at 10 years old!
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Coach Steve Chen (father of Andrew & Charlie), Charlie Chen, Andrew Chen, Kyo Chen, Jeff Xiao
13-year old Brian Zhang, joining with friends from China, won the U21 bronze medal. Brian is still under 16, but chose to play in the U21 event.
Feng Zhu, Bruce Wu, Yuekei Yang, Brian Zhang, Ziao Wang, Hanxi Ma, Coach Jichao Hu
Brian Zhang repeated his bronze medal in the Pairs event, this time with fellow American Kayden Ge, who is 14-years old. Both Brian and Kayden are a part of Silicon Valley Youth Bridge as players and volunteers.
Brian Zhang and Kayden Ge
Adam Kaplan, playing on a truly Transnational team with top players from Canada, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Norway, earned Gold in the BAM event, which was open to all of the teams that didn't qualify for the KO stages of the U21, U26, and U31 events (there was a separate BAM for U16). 
Sibrand van Oosten (Netherlands), Coach Charlotte Baumgart (Germany), Matthew Brown (New Zealand), Christian Bakke (Norway), Jacob Freeman (Canada), Giovanni Donati (Italy), and Adam Kaplan (US).
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