IOC Reveals New Commissions

(ATR) Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook founder Mark, is among the new members named to IOC commissions.

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DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 27JAN12 - Randi Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer, R to Z Media, USA; Global Agenda Council on Social Networks are captured during the press conference 'Launch of Social Media Syndicate to end mother-to-child HIV transmission' at Annual Meeting 2012 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2012.

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DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 27JAN12 - Randi Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer, R to Z Media, USA; Global Agenda Council on Social Networks are captured during the press conference 'Launch of Social Media Syndicate to end mother-to-child HIV transmission' at Annual Meeting 2012 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2012. Copyright by World Economic Forum swiss-image.ch/Photo by Monika Flueckiger

(ATR) The sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is among the new members named to IOC commissions.

Randi Zuckerberg, formerly the chief spokesperson for Facebook, is one of 300 individuals named to 20+ IOC commissions. She will serve as a member of the new Communications Commission, chaired by Dutch IOC

member and business executive Camiel Eurlings.

The Communications Commission is one of 11 commissions out of 30 which are either new or have had their name and mandate adjusted under a reorganization spurred on by Olympic Agenda 2020.

The commissions are named by IOC president Thomas Bach, who released the list May 31. In the past, commission rosters have been finalized near the start of the year, but Bach has been waiting for the adoption of Olympic Agenda 2020 before making any significant changes.

And while there have been name changes and the creation of some new commissions, the same IOC members will chair the groups they have been leading. New to the commission chairmanship roster is Prince Albert of Monaco, who will chair Sustainability and Legacy, replacing the one known as Sport and Environment.

Another notable addition to the commission roster is one for the Olympic Channel. U.S. IOC member and USOC president Larry Probst is the choice to head this group. At the same time,there is an IOC commission for this new media venture, boards of directors in Switzerland and Spain have also been named to oversee the creation and operation of the channel. Thomas Bach chairs the Swiss company; Juan Antonio Samaranch, the

Spanish company.

Eliminated commissions include Press, Radio and Television and Olympic Memorabilia.

See the IOC release and commission roster here.

Zuckerberg, 33, is one of around 80 women named to commission seats. The IOC says that represents a 49% increase over the number who served on commissions in 2014. Women now represent 32% of the seats on commissions, according to the IOC.

It may seem like semantics, but the commission known by the title Women and Sport will now be called Women in Sport. The chair of this group remains Lydia Nsekera of Burundi.

And there is a subtle change in some other commission names, such as Sport for All, renamed as Sport and Active Society. The name change is meant to help make clear the intent to "get couch potatoes off of the couch." Joining this commission is Coca Cola Olympics executive Thierry Borra. Sam Ramsamy of South Africa is the chair.

It took less than two hours for this roster of commission members to encounter its first change. Shortly after the IOC released the list, Marius Vizer announced he was resigning the presidency of SportAccord as well as his seat on the Coordination Commission for Tokyo 2020.

His departure opens a spot for a federation representative, as Vizer served through his post as president of the International Judo Federation, a position he will maintain despite his other resignations.

Written by EdHula

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