England Lacrosse are excited to announce that Sallie Barker has been elected as the Finance & Governance Director on the World Lacrosse Board of Directors.
Sallie received 60 per cent of the votes from the 42 eligible voting delegates (37 full members and 5 elected board directors).
She will serve a four-year term which will formally begin after the 2020 General Assembly but she will serve as a Director-elect until that time, “with voice but no vote on the World Lacrosse Board of Directors.
Sallie is well-known to those in the lacrosse community as she has been involved in the sport since the 90s!
She is the current Chair of Great Britain Lacrosse, England Lacrosse’s Grassroots & Events Committees, British Blind Sport, and the Safeguarding Adults in Sport Group as well as a co-opted board member of England Lacrosse.
In the past, Sallie has also chaired the 2017 Women’s World Cup Local Organising Committee and the amalgamation of the men’s and women’s lacrosse associations in England and was also a member of the Transition Committee that led to the development of FIL, now World Lacrosse.
Despite never having played lacrosse, Sallie is a knowledgable figure in the sport and simply cannot wait to get started on the World Lacrosse Board of Directors, telling England Lacrosse:
“I have been passionately committed to lacrosse’s development in England and internationally for over 25 years and I am delighted that I’m going to be involved in the next stage of WL’s development journey, as we seek our goal of Olympic recognition”!
England Lacrosse would like to place on record our congratulations to Sallie upon her election and wish her all the best in her new role.