Kevin Dornberger was named Chief Operating Officer of the United States Bowling Congress in July 2007 after being involved with the sport of bowling for more than 45 years. He has served in many leadership positions over his career. He was formerly an American Bowling Congress executive vice president, USA Bowling president and administrative director. He was elected President of the World Tenpin Bowling Association in August 2007 and was Federation Internationale des Quilleurs first vice president. Formerly USBC's General Counsel, he oversaw the organization's legal affairs and as Director of Team USA, he oversaw the program that determines the sport's national team and national amateur champion. He also serves as USBC's liaison to the United States Olympic Committee. He joined the ABC Board of Directors in 1985 and was elected a vice president in 1995. Active as a volunteer for youth bowling, Dornberger served as a youth coach and later became president of the Sioux Falls YABA local association in 1989. The former Sioux Falls, S.D. attorney is a top-flight competitor, finishing fifth in the 2000 ABC Senior Masters. He also was a member of the 2001 ABC Tournament team all-events championship team. Along with numerous state and local titles, he has 16 perfect games and four 800 series to his credit. He was inducted into the South Dakota Bowling Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Sioux Falls Hall of Fame in 2000.
Susan Merrill joined USBC in October 2008 to oversee operations in Association Development, Finance, Human Resources, Membership Development, Travel/Housing and Youth Development. Most recently she served as corporate controller for Atlanta-based AmeriCold Logistics Inc., a leading provider of refrigerated warehousing with more than 6,000 employees. Merrill is a certified public accountant, holds a law degree and brings more than 20 years of accounting and finance experience. While at AmeriCold Logistics, Merrill oversaw a department responsible for accounting and financial management of about $900 million in annual revenue. She also served as a member on key executive committees including pension, quarterly disclosure and insurance. Prior to her position at AmeriCold Logistics, Merrill worked as controller for nearly eight years at KHOU-TV in Houston. While serving as the television station's senior financial executive, Merrill led operational initiatives to improve profit levels by aggressively focusing on the identification of inefficiencies. Her work helped the station consistently perform at a profit level above the industry average. Merrill also has worked as an expert consultant providing testimony in litigation proceedings related to sports and entertainment, oil and gas, patent infringement, breach of contract and fraud/forensic accounting. Merrill holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska and a law degree from South Texas College of Law. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and a certified public accountant in the state of Georgia.
More than 30 years of grassroots involvement with American Bowling Congress members and volunteers provides Jack Mordini with unique experience and background to his position as United States Bowling Congress Vice President of Membership/Tournament Services.
Mordini, a Milwaukee native, joined ABC shortly after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1970. After starting in ABC’s Membership Services Department, he became Specifications and Certification Assistant Manager in 1973.
In 1977 Mordini transferred to the Rules Department and became manager in 1980. In 1985, he served in the dual role of Rules Manager and Tournament Sanctions Manager.
As Rules Manager, Mordini was responsible for leading the department that provided clarification and interpretation of ABC rules, processed proposed rules to be voted on at ABC’s annual convention and adjudicated disciplinary cases. As Tournament Sanctions Manager he ran a department which provided rules counseling and format approval for more than 10,000 sanctioned tournaments annually. His department also handled tournament protests, disqualifications and appeals.
Mordini was named ABC Group Executive-Technical in 1989 where he assumed responsibility for equipment specifications and testing and lane certification. In 1997 he was elevated to the post of ABC Assistant Executive Director where his primary responsibilities included oversight of the highly-successful ABC Championships Tournament and ABC Masters.
He became United States Bowling Congress COO on Jan. 1, 2005, making him responsible for the day-to-day operations of the three-million-member organization.
Mordini also has been a lifelong enthusiast on the lanes, helping his UW-La Crosse bowling team to a pair of conference titles and a second-place finish in the 1970 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Collegiate Bowling Championships. He rolled a 300 game in the 1996 Wisconsin Bowling Association Tournament.
Mordini and his wife Char have two sons and two daughters.
Jim Oberholtzer of New Berlin, Wis., was named to oversee USBC's four IT related areas – Technical Architecture, Applications Development, Business Analysis and the Customer Call Center – in March 2008.
He has more than 25 years of applications systems architecture and administration experience and is recognized by IBM as a subject matter expert in the areas of System i architecture and system administration. He is a member of the group of IBM world wide subject matter experts who create certification exams offered by IBM on the System i. In addition to a Masters, Software Engineering, Oberholtzer is a certified information technology architect by The Open Group, a consortium of information technology companies including IBM, HP, Intel, Capgemini and EDS.
Oberholtzer comes to USBC from Logicalis, based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., where he was a technical architect.
Stremmel was named to oversee USBC operations in equipment specifications, Team USA, USBC Coaching, USBC Sport Bowling, USBC High School, USBC Collegiate and rules in March 2008.
The Stillman Valley, Ill., native previously served as USBC Technical Director and Bowling Inc. Director of Research for eight years. He led the USBC Equipment Specifications and Certifications team which tests all bowling equipment to verify compliance with specifications set by USBC.
A mechanical engineer (BSME from Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.), Stremmel is an International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association certified technician and a Bronze certified coach. Neil is a member of the IBPSIA Board and also serves as co-chair of the World Tenpin Bowling Association Technical and Coaching Committee. He sits on multiple other industry panels including the IBPSIA Advisory Board.
Stremmel previously worked in various engineering positions in the nuclear power and aerospace industries. He has served as a local American Bowling Congress director and is a lifetime bowler with multiple 300 games who began working in a center at age 13.
He and wife Kari have one son and one daughter.
Pete Tredwell, Hamden, Conn., is a two-time Emmy award-winning producer for ESPN and a former collegiate bowler. He was USBC's first director-at-large on the USBC Board of Directors before joining the USBC staff in April 2008.
He was with ESPN for more than 11 years after one year with CBS Sports in New York City, a year in media relations for the University of Florida athletic department in Gainesville, Fla., and a year in a similar position at the University of California-Berkeley. He graduated from Indiana University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in sports marketing and management. He also received a certificate from the Indiana School of Business.
He started for three years and part of a fourth on Indiana University’s bowling team from 1991-95 including the 1994-95 season when the Hoosiers spent most of the season as the No. 1-ranked team in the nation by the Bowling Writers Association of America. He has a 300 high game and 794 high series. He also owns six Junior Bowlers Tour titles after joining his first league at age 9.
Tredwell and his wife Kathy have two children.
