USA Federation for Sport Cheering

“Bill seely is president of varisity spirit, llc. Justin carrier and asia chatman are employees of varsity spirit, llc and affiliates thereof.”

“During the period of july 1, 2023 through june 30, 2024, the corporation adopted amended and restated bylaws, which included the following significant changes: guidelines for evaluating the independent status of a director were revised to eliminate the two-year lookback provision. Provisions relating to the internal grievance procedures were deleted and replaced with a provision that any grievance matters will be handled in accordance with a separate policy adopted by the board.”

“Usa cheer's board of directors is comprised of individuals representing various categories of constituencies across sport cheering and stunt. As described in usa cheer's bylaws, the following constituents have the right to elect or appoint directors: (i) athletes serving on the athlete advisory council who meet the requirements as 10 year athletes elect 5 directors to serve as the athlete representatives; (ii) the united states all star federation (usasf) elects 1 director to represent the all star cheer constituency, subject to confirmation by usa cheer's board of directors; and (iii) the national federation of state high school associations (nfhs) appoints 1 director to represent the high school athletics constituency, subject to confirmation by usa cheer's board of directors.”

“The executive director reviews the return and shares a complete copy of the return with all board of directors members.”

“Officers and directors are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest if and when they become relevant to a transaction. Officers and directors annually review the conflict of interest policy and sign a statement affirming same.”

“Usa federation for sport cheering makes form 990 available upon request.”

“Usa federation for sport cheering makes its governing documents and financial statements available as required by texas law.”

“The following individuals served on the board of directors and/or as officers from 7/01/2023 through 6/30/2024: justin carrier, as director, bill seely, as director, celia kiogima, as director, lee trudell, as director, christa sanford, as director and secretary, jeff dugas, as director, adres cantero, as director, bob dunseath, as director and treasurer, ryan o'connor, as director, john stuart, as director, asia chatman, as director, ben schreiber, as director and vice president, kaitlynn vollmer, as director and assistant treasurer, lauri harris, as executive director, jessica chatto, as assistant secretary. The following individuals served in the capacity as indicated next to their names from 9/29/2023 through 6/30/24: lee trudell, as vice president jeff geldien, as director the following individual served in the capacity indicated next to her name from 7/01/23 to 4/15/24: rhonda blanford green, as director and president”

“Usa cheer is party to an interest free, revolving line of credit loan with varsity spirit llc, with a 06/30/24 balance of $4,579,694. The board of directors complied with usa cheer's conflict of interest policy in approving the loan and all advancements and payments thereon, with the independent directors approving all such actions.”

“An audit was performed for fy2023-2024. The board of directors assumed responsibility for oversight of the audit.”