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New World Leisure professional staffing assignments

The World Leisure Organization (WLO) is pleased to announce several professional, fulltime hires and volunteer professional assignments. Johanna E. Smith has joined the organisation on a full-time basis in a professional position as Program Associate for Operations and Jackie H. Albrecht has been hired in a similar full-time, professional position as the Program Associate for Marketing and Event Management. Johanna and Jackie officially started their new positions in September of 2013. Dr André Thibault has assumed the role of Program Manager for World Leisure Commissions, and Dr Jason Lau and Prof. Peter Chen have been reassigned into the role of Co-Program Managers for World Leisure Chapters. Further, Frederic Sampson has been designated as WLO’s UNESCO Representative and will work in collaboration with Dr Iradge Ahrabi-Fard. Dr Miklos Banhidi and Dr Winnie Wong have been named Co-Program Managers for Student Services. Johanna E. Smith previously served as the Interim Program Assistant for Operations. In her new position, she will be responsible for maintenance of the membership database, information and resource referral, budget management, logistical support to the WLO board of directors, website management, and maintenance of archives and records. Prior to her involvement with WLO, Johanna was involved with USA Track & Field. In the past, her work for the organisation involved oversight to membership database, membership event promotion and event management. Johanna was previously involved in national events such as the National Collegiate Athletic Associations Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials. Johanna holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA, USA) in Leisure, Youth and Human Services. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in the same academic programme area at the University of Northern Iowa. Johanna’s expertise includes knowledge of the management of non-profit organisations, membership development and events management. Jackie comes to us from Mudd Advertising (Cedar Falls, IA, USA) where she previously served as an Interactive Project Manager. In this role, she was responsible for developing ways to maximise project efficiency and accuracy, drive project success and improve upon current practices. Before serving in her current role, she was a Marketing Analyst with the same business and was involved in developing comprehensive marketing plans and strategies. She also previously served as a communications intern in the Governor’s Office in the State of Iowa. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Wartburg College (Waverly, IA, USA) in Public Relations and Psychology graduating Summa Cum Laude. Jackie has great expertise in qualitative and quantitative data analysis, copy writing, public relations and social media strategies. In an effort to strengthen WLO’s Commission Program, former vice-chair of the WLO board of directors, André Thibault has assumed the portfolio for this area. Dr Thibault’s plans call for a much more active role in engaging the commissions and their World Leisure Journal, 2014 Vol. 56, No. 2, 178–179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2014.903734