| PANAM SPORTS ELECTS ITS LEADERS FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
The city of Asuncion, Paraguay, will be the site of this important meeting, in which the authorities who will head the Pan American Sports Organization in the next quadrennium will be determined.
In the LXII Panam Sports General Assembly elections for president, vice presidents and Executive Board members will be held. The General Assembly will be broadcast live on the Panam Sports Channel.
Asuncion, October 1, 2024.- With the presence of the President of Panam Sports, Neven Ilic, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, authorities of the 41 member countries, and representatives of the Pan American Confederations, the General Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization will be held on October 2 and 3 in Asuncion, Paraguay.
The event, which will be held at the Conmebol Convention Center in the Paraguayan capital, will be of utmost importance, since the authorities who will have the mission of leading Panam Sports for the next 4 years will be elected.
For the position of President, the current head of the Organization, Neven Ilic, will seek reelection after two terms at the helm of Panam Sports. Unlike the last election four years ago where he had no contenders and was unanimously elected by the 41 member countries, this time he will have an opponent. It is the Second Vice President of the Organization, Keith Joseph of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The election is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2.
But there will not only be an election of the President, as the Assembly must elect the Executive Board members and the 3 Vice Presidents of Panam Sports, who are elected according to the three zones determined for the elections: Group 1, North America; Group 2, Central America and the Caribbean; Group 3, South America.
At the Assembly, in addition to the elections, the traditional progress reports of the last 4 years from President Neven Ilic, Secretary General Jimena Saldaña, Treasurer Richard Peterkin and the different Panam Sports Commissions will be presented.
The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, who will participate for the last time in the Assembly of the continent before leaving office in March of next year, is also expected to make a speech.
It should be noted that the two days of the LXII General Assembly of Panam Sports will be broadcasted live for the whole world through the Panam Sports Channel.
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PANAM SPORTS ELECTIONS
On Wednesday, October 2, the elections of the authorities of Panam Sports will take place. In the morning the members who will sit on the Executive Board will be elected, and in the afternoon, the election of the President and Vice Presidents will take place.
You may find below the candidates for the positions of Vice Presidents and Executive Board members of the 3 Groups.
Group 1
Vice President
| Olympic Committee: | Nominates: |
| United States | Sarah Hirshland |
Members
| Olympic Committee: | Nominates: |
| Canada | Tricia Smith |
| Mexico | Mario Garcia |
| Nicaragua | Juan Santiago Estrada |
| Panama | Damaris Young |
| Dominican Republic | Garibaldy Bautista |
Group 2
Vice President
| Olympic Committee: | Nominates: |
| Grenada | Veda Bruno-Victor |
Members
| Olympic Committee: | Nominates: |
| Barbados | Erskine Simmons |
| Cuba | Roberto Richards |
| Puerto Rico | Sara Rosario |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | Dennis Knight |
| St. Lucia | Alfred Emmanuel |
Group 3
Vice President
| Olympic Committee: | Nominates: |
| Colombia | Ciro Solano |
| Paraguay | Camilo Perez |
Members
| Olympic Committee: | Nominates: |
| Argentina | Mario Moccia |
| Aruba | Nicole Hoevertsz |
| Brazil | Paulo Wanderley |
| Chile | Miguel Angel Mujica |
| Ecuador | Jorge Delgado |
| Venezuela | Maria Soto |
