Officials Governance

The Officials Assembly

The Officials Assembly, comprised of officials from all roles and levels, helps the recruitment, education, certification, deployment and retention of officials throughout volleyball. See who represents you on the OA and in other roles.

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Officials Assembly Administrative Council
Name	Position	Career Highlights
Carlos Rodriguez	Officials Assembly Chair	Over 30 years of officiating experience Lone Star Region Beach Referee Chair since 2017 Texas Board of Volleyball Officials Chair since 2002 Coordinator of Volleyball Officials for several collegiate conferences Two-time Head Referee at USAV’s High Performance Championships Scorer at 1996 Paralympic Games, 2019 VNL Finals
Ken Taylor	International Officials Commission	More than 33 years of officiating experience FIVB International Referee from 1997-2012 Officiated at seven NCAA Men’s NCAA Championship Finals SCVA Referee Chair 1987-2000, 2015-present Coordinators of Officials for NCAA Men’s Volleyball for multiple conferences USAV Glen Davies Referee Service Award winner in 2017
Lena Gustafson	National Indoor Officials Commission	Officiating since 2008 Earned National Referee Certification in 2016 Bronze Whistle recipient from Junior National Referee Candidate Class in 2013 NCAA Division I Referee since 2012 FIVB Line Judge since 2009 Earned Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2014
Thang Nguyen	National Beach Officials Commission Rep	Over 20 years of officiating experience Member of USAV Advisory commission as Beach Officials Chair, 2018-present Member of Lone Star Region Board of Directors, 2005-present Head Referee and Event Assigner for Lone Star Region, 2000-present Parapan American Zonal, Games Referee (2013, 2015, 2017) USAV Robert L. Lindsay Meritorious Service Award Winner, 2008
Donnie Goodwin	At-Large RVA Indoor Referees Rep	More than 32 years of officiating experience Earned National Certification with PAVO and USA Volleyball in 1995 Pioneer Region Officials Chair since 2000 Served as head Official at BJNC, GJNC, USAV Opens and HP Championship since 2000 PAVO Board Chair from 2000-2020 Referee Chair of the Year 2007-08 USAV and PAVO training and evaluation team member
Jane Dong	At-Large RVA Indoor Scorers Rep	Over 25 years of scoring experience USAV National Scorer since 2009 USAV International Scorer since 2012 24 years experience scoring NCAA Men’s volleyball Nine years experience as a National Scorer Rater Trainer and/or evaluator at USAV Opens, HPCs and GJNCs
Ryan Macdowell	At-Large RVA Beach Officials Representative	Over 21 years of officiating experience USAV National Indoor Referee since 2004 USAV National Beach Referee since 2001 Officials Assembly Admin Council rep since 2008 Rocky Mountain Region Beach Officials Training/Evaluation CO/WY Board of PAVO Officials – Coordinator of Beach Officials Training
Steve Franco	At-Large National Indoor Referees Rep	Over 23 years of officiating experience Sun Country Region Official, Scorers Chair since 2016 Officiated at USAV GJNC for 15 years, BJNC three Sun Country Officiating and Scorer Clinician since 2000 Sat on Sun Country Region Board of Directors 2013-16 NCAA ref since 1996
Bonnie Apol	At-Large National Indoor Scorers Rep	Over 22 years of scoring experience Over 20 years of scoring in FIVB Beach tournaments Scoring in NCAA Division I since 2001 Rocky Mountain Region tournament director and USAV championship desk staff Scored at 2019 FIVB Beach World Championships Has coached in elementary school, high school and club volleyball
Tony Chan	At-Large National Beach Officials Rep.	USAV National Referee since 1997…National Beach Referee since 1999 FIVB International Beach Referee since 2012 USA Volleyball Beach Volleyball Rules interpreter USA Volleyball Referee Coach/Mentor SCSN Region Beach Officials chair NCAA beach official since 2016 Officiated at five NCAA Men’s NCAA Championship Finals Officiated multiple NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships
Tim Harlow	At-Large ParaVolley Officials Rep	Over 30 years of officiating experience International World ParaVolley-certified since 2010 USAV National Official since 1995 Over 21 years experience scoring NCAA volleyball 23 years experience as a USAV assignor Experience on USAV Rating and Training teams
Travis Karlin	Board of Directors Rep	34 years of officiating experience Fomer fficials chair of North Country (2007-2011, 2019-2025) Holds a USAV National Referee and Certified International Scorer FIVB Scorer’s Certification PAVO National Certification (retired) USAV Board – Personnel Committee & Strategic Planning Committee
Ron Pellham	OA Rep to the USAV Admin Council	Veteran of the United States Air Force where he served for over 20 years Officiates for the PAC 12, SEC, Mountain West, Big West, Conference USA, WAC and ACCAC Coordinator of Officials Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as well as the Assignor of Officials Volleyball, Grand Canyon University Sand Volleyball, University of Arizona Sand Volleyball and Arizona State University Sand Volleyball. High Performance Director, Adult Coordinator and The Director of Beach Officials for the Arizona Region of USA Volleyball Serves on the Board of Directors for Arizona Region and PAVO Began officiating in 2000

National Indoor Officials Commission
Name	Role	Email	Career Highlights
Margaret (Lena) Gustafson	Chair	[email protected]	Officiating since 2008 Earned National Referee Certification in 2016 Bronze Whistle recipient from Junior National Referee Candidate Class in 2013 NCAA Division I Referee since 2012 FIVB Line Judge since 2009 Earned Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2014
Donnie Goodwin	Member	[email protected]	More than 32 years of officiating experience Earned National Certification with PAVO and USA Volleyball in 1995 Pioneer Region Officials Chair since 2000 Served as head Official at BJNC, GJNC, USAV Opens and HP Championship since 2000 PAVO Board Chair from 2000-2020 Referee Chair of the Year 2007-08 USAV and PAVO training and evaluation team member
Tim Harlow	Member	[email protected]	Over 30 years of officiating experience International World ParaVolley-certified since 2010 USAV National Official since 1995 Over 21 years experience scoring NCAA volleyball 23 years experience as a USAV assignor Experience on USAV Rating and Training teams
Becky Brockney	Member	[email protected]	45 years of scoring experience USVA National Scorer since 1988 USAV International Scorer since 2006 Worked as a trainer and evaluator at both the national and international level Former Scorers chair of the Cornbetl Region (now Iowa) Work as a socrer/libero tracker for the Mountain West Conference
Rod Rodriguez	Member	[email protected]	Over 28 years of officiating Hoosier Region Scorer Chair since 2002 USAV National Referee and USAV National Scorer PAVO National Referee Certification 2008 USAV Rating and Training teams since 2019 NCAA Men and Women’s Division I official since 2004 USAV Silver Whistle Award recipient 2006 and USAV Gold Whistle Award recipient 2011
CRAIG MADSON	USAV Director of Officials	[email protected]	Director of Officials for USAV More than 24 years of officiating experience USAV National Official since 2012 NCAA Division I, II & III official Referee for two NCAA DIII Women’s Volleyball National Championships Challenge Referee for LOVB Secretary of Wisconsin Board of Officials 2018-2021 Member of 1998 Lewis University Men’s Volleyball MIVA Tournament Champion and National Semifinalist Team

Rules of the Game Commission
Name	Role	Email	Career Highlights
Steve Thorpe	Chair		More than 40 years of officiating experience USAV National Referee (now retired) since 1993  Collegiate referee 1995 – 2017 FIVB International Referee from 1999 – 2013 USAV Indoor Rules Interpreter 2000 – 2012  USAV Gold Whistle Award 2002 USAV Glen G. Davies Service Award 2012 Robert L. Lindsay Meritorious Service Award 2013 PAVO Honor Award – PAVO Hall of Fame Inductee 2013 NCAA National Coordinator of Officials 2017 – 2024
Tony Chan	Member	[email protected]	USAV National Referee since 1997…National Beach Referee since 1999 FIVB International Beach Referee since 2012 USA Volleyball Beach Volleyball Rules interpreter USA Volleyball Referee Coach/Mentor SCSN Region Beach Officials chair NCAA beach official since 2016 Officiated at five NCAA Men’s NCAA Championship Finals Officiated multiple NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships
Ken Taylor	Member	[email protected]	More than 33 years of officiating experience FIVB International Referee from 1997-2012 Officiated at seven NCAA Men’s NCAA Championship Finals SCVA Referee Chair 1987-2000, 2015-present Coordinators of Officials for NCAA Men’s Volleyball for multiple conferences USAV Glen Davies Referee Service Award winner in 2017
Kevin Wendelboe	Member	carolinaregionvb.org	More than 30 years of refereeing experience FIVB certified Referee since 2004 USAV Junior National Referee in 1997 and USAV National Referee since 1999 Commissioner of the Carolina Region since 2006 PAVO referee since 1993 Selected to multiple NCAA Division I and II finals games
Keith Murlless	Member	[email protected]	Almost 40 years professional referee experience. USAV National Referee and National Beach Referee 1999-present NCAA/PAVO National Referee 2000-present, multiple Tournament appearances and two men’s championships FIVB International Beach Volleyball Referee 2004-2018 (five World Championships) WorldParaVolley “Standing Beach” Referee, 2025-present Beach Referee Coordinator to BigXII, OVC, 25 Independent Schools, and also to USAV/beach Program Leader, USAV Beach Officials Training and Certification Program, 2010-present Member NORCECA Referee Commission 2020-present
Kim Greenback	Member	[email protected]	Director of Region Services, Great Lakes Region Volleyball More than 10 years of coaching experience with GLR & Illinois High School Association Eight years of officiating experience with GLR & Illinois High School Association
Kevin Anderson	Member	[email protected]
Joe Campbell	Member	[email protected]	More than 45 years of officiating experience Referee Chair LSR (2019-2025) / Scorer Chair LSR (2025-present) PAVO Referee (1995-2012) USAV Rules Commission Member (2010-present) World ParaVolley (WPV) International Referee (1992-2014) PVPA Referee Commissioner (1994-2012) / PVPA President (1012-present) George J Fisher Leader in Volleyball 2020 / Glen Davies Referee Service Award 2023 International Volleyball Hall of Fame – Board member (2016-present)
Brian Sharkey	Member	[email protected]	Badger Region Programming, Communication and High Performance Director since 2014 USA All0Star Championship Planning Committee member since 2021 USAV Junior Assembly Programming Committee Chair since 2019 Club director and coach at Southport Volleyball club since 2009 CAP III certified coach since 2018 Obtained Regional Official ranking in Badger Region in 2021 President of the Wisconsin Boys High School Coaches Association since 2023 Head boys high school coach at Kenosha Indian Train since 2012 Former collegiate volleyball coach (2002-2009) More than 14 years of coaching experience from high school to college Badger Region coach mentor since 2018 Junior Volleyball Recruiting Association Boys Advisory Committee (2018 to present) Wisconsin High School and Boys Coaches Advisory Committee member since 2015 Wisconsin Volleyball Conference Advisory Committee member (2001 to 2012)
Bill Stanley	Member	[email protected]	Over 26 years if refereeing experience College Referee since 1997 USAV Jr National Referee since 1999 USAV National Scorer since 2001 USAV National referee since 2002 PAVO National Referee since 2005 Certified International referee since 2011 USAV Indoor Rules Interpreter since 2017
CRAIG MADSON	USAV Director of Officials	[email protected]	Director of Officials for USAV More than 24 years of officiating experience USAV National Official since 2012 NCAA Division I, II & III official Referee for 2 NCAA DIII Women’s Volleyball National Championships Challenge Referee for LOVB Secretary of Wisconsin Board of Officials 2018-2021 Member of 1998 Lewis University Men’s Volleyball MIVA Tournament Champion and National Semifinalist Team

National Beach Officials Commission
Name	Role	Email	Career Highlights
Thang Nguyen	Chair	[email protected]	More than 20 years of officiating experience Member of USAV Advisory commission as Beach Officials Chair, 2018-present Member of Lone Star Region Board of Directors, 2005-present Head Referee and Event Assigner for Lone Star Region, 2000-present Parapan American Zonal, Games Referee (2013, 2015, 2017) USAV Robert L. Lindsay Meritorious Service Award Winner, 2008
Gigi Prieto	Member	[email protected]	Officiating indoors since 2003 Officiating beach since 2011 Officiating internationally since 2013 USAV National Referee and Scorer 2010 PAVO National Referee 2016 World ParaVolley International Referee 2018 General Manager for the Pan American Zone Board of Directors since 2017 Member of USAV National Beach Officials Commission since 2018
Kirsten Boessneck	Member	[email protected]	USAV National Beach Officials Commission Member since 2018 NERVA Officials Vice Chair: 2023-present Palmetto Region Membership & Juniors Officiating Coordinator since 2014 Palmetto Region Board of Directors: 2016-2019 RMR Membership Services: 2021-present International Beach Referee USAV National Beach Referee, USAV National Referee, USAV National Scorer PAVO National Referee Referee at multiple NCAA NC Beach Volleyball Championships
Greg Clark	Member	[email protected]	More than 25 years of volleyball officiating experience USAV National Beach official since 2018 USAV National Indoor official since 2025 Coordinator of Beach officials for the Cascade Collegiate Conference (NAIA) Beach Officials chair – Columbia Empire Volleyball Association since 2022 Member and President of Board of Directors – Columbia Empire Volleyball Association PAVO State Referee
Katy Meyer	Member	[email protected]	PAVO Executive Director Over 27 years of officiating in Indoor and Beach International Beach and FIVB referee since 2012 Head Coach, Collegiate Women’s Volleyball: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Associate Director of Athletics: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Representative, Beach Officials’ Commission: Beach Assembly Administrative Council of USAV Representative, NAIA: Board of Directors, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)
CRAIG MADSON	USAV Director of Officials	[email protected]	Director of Officials for USAV More than 24 years of officiating experience USAV National Official since 2012 NCAA Division I, II & III official Referee for 2 NCAA DIII Women’s Volleyball National Championships Challenge Referee for LOVB Secretary of Wisconsin Board of Officials 2018-2021 Member of 1998 Lewis University Men’s Volleyball MIVA Tournament Champion and National Semifinalist Team

International Officials Commission
Name	Role	Email	Career Highlights
Ken Taylor	Chair	[email protected]	More than 33 years of officiating experience FIVB International Referee from 1997-2012 Officiated at seven NCAA Men’s NCAA Championship Finals SCVA Referee Chair 1987-2000, 2015-present Coordinators of Officials for NCAA Men’s Volleyball for multiple conferences USAV Glen Davies Referee Service Award winner in 2017
Joe Campbell	Member	[email protected]	More than 45 years of officiating experience Referee Chair LSR (2019-2025) / Scorer Chair LSR (2025-present) PAVO Referee (1995-2012) USAV Rules Commission Member (2010-present) World ParaVolley (WPV) International Referee (1992-2014) PVPA Referee Commissioner (1994-2012) / PVPA President (1012-present) George J Fisher Leader in Volleyball 2020 / Glen Davies Referee Service Award 2023 International Volleyball Hall of Fame – Board member (2016-present)
Keith Murlless	Member	[email protected]	Almost 40 years professional referee experience. USAV National Referee and National Beach Referee 1999-present NCAA/PAVO National Referee 2000-present, multiple Tournament appearances and two men’s championships FIVB International Beach Volleyball Referee 2004-2018 (five World Championships) WorldParaVolley “Standing Beach” Referee, 2025-present Beach Referee Coordinator to BigXII, OVC, 25 Independent Schools, and also to USAV/beach Program Leader, USAV Beach Officials Training and Certification Program, 2010-present Member NORCECA Referee Commission 2020-present
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Julie Voeck	Member	[email protected]	USAV Rules Commission, Chair since 2018 International volleyball referee from 2004-2018 Serves as a referee coach at international events NORCECA Referee Commission, since 2020 Leader of the USAV Certification and Evaluations of Junior National referees Commissioner of Badger Region and President of the Board from 2007 through 2019. Badger Region Referee Chair 2001–2007 President of the PAVO board of directors 2012-2025
cRAIG mADSON	USAV Director of Officials	[email protected]	Director of Officials for USAV More than 24 years of officiating experience USAV National Official since 2012 NCAA Division I, II & III official Referee for 2 NCAA DIII Women’s Volleyball National Championships Challenge Referee for LOVB Secretary of Wisconsin Board of Officials 2018-2021 Member of 1998 Lewis University Men’s Volleyball MIVA Tournament Champion and National Semifinalist Team

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