LINES FROM LINDA CANDID CANDIDATES: PART ONE AKC BOARD CANDIDATES COMPETE FOR THE CLASS OF 2025
BY LINDA AYERS TURNER KNORR
O n March 9, 2021, our American Kennel Club Delegates will vote for four members to serve on the AKC Board of Directors for the Class of 2025. The Nominating Committee has chosen four current Board Members to continue to serve: Rita J. Biddle, Esq., Dominic Palles- chi Carota, Dr. Thomas Davies, and Thomas S. Powers. Two additional candi- dates have submitted signed petitions to qualify to run: Patricia M. Cruz and Dr. Gregory J. Paveza. The following is biographical information on each candidate, which was sent to all members of the AKC Delegate body to be shared with their club members. Now is the time for you, the members of our sport, to contact your club Delegates and voice your opinion on who you wish to guide the future of our American Ken- nel Club.
MEET THE CANDIDATES
Rita J. Biddle, Esq., Ingham County Kennel Club Lansing, Michigan
AKC Board of Directors since 2017. What a privilege to work with fellow board members help- ing clubs, breeders, and the fancy grow and thrive by: Better response and communication; improved on-line resources/services for all of the fancy and public; greater publicity about the good we do for dogs and the sport; more staff and support to fight anti-dog legislation; and meeting the COVID chal-
lenge with creativity and innovation. • Board committees: Appeals, Audit, Sample Constitution/Bylaws, Detection Dog.
• Board Liaison to three Delegate Committees: Parent Clubs, Dog Show Rules, All-Breed Clubs. Chair, AKC Reunite (disaster relief, microchip services, lost dog recovery). • Past AKC Trial Board Chair. • Life Member, Ingham County KC; Delegate since 2005, officer/dog show committee positions. • Member: Akita Club of America and United States Neapolitan Mastiff Club; past officer positions in both, including President. • Akita Breeder (BOM) 1983-present; Great Danes, 1965-1997. • Active Exhibitor, 1965-present; obedience work. Teach conformation classes. • AKC Judge: BIS; Hound, Working, Non-Sporting Groups; 1/2 Herding Group; JS. • Education: Graduate Degrees and JD, Cum Laude. • Career: Retired after 40+ years in public service, 13 as top-level executive, in state/regional government (Medicaid Finance, Medicaid/welfare fraud, and criminal justice). • Business: Owned/operated successful, large, boarding kennel.
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