ARLINGTON, Texas – The United States Bowling Congress Nominating Committee has slated four candidates for election to the USBC Board of Directors, and delegates also will vote on four legislative proposals at the 2025 USBC Convention and Annual Meeting.

The 2025 USBC Convention will take place May 5-8 at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with the Annual Meeting legislative sessions taking place on the final day.

Delegates will vote to fill three open positions on the USBC Board of Directors. The USBC Nominating Committee, which may slate up to two candidates for each opening, set the following slate of four candidates:

• Cindy Akin, Placerville, California
• Zachary Boulanger, Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Chrissie Kent, Newark, New York
• Nathan Shock, Brighton, Colorado

Akin, who has been a USBC member for the last 17 years, notes that her passion for the sport has led her to assist with the oversight and development of ideas and programs, problem solving and fund raising for her local bowling association (Sierra Gold USBC) since 2015 and to joining the board for her state association (California State USBC) two years ago. With her husband, she runs approximately 20 small tournaments annually in different centers in Northern California and Nevada. Akin also has served on various education boards including her local school board (president for four years). She also was elected to serve as a Delegate Assembly Member representing four counties to the California School Boards Association where she served on numerous committees. That experience led her to a staff position with that same organization as a Senior Policy Consultant Manager from 2006-2014.

Boulanger has been a USBC member for 28 years and has served as Association Manager for the Green Bay Area USBC since 2017 and as a director with the Wisconsin State USBC since 2018 where he is the chair of the Awards and Promotion Committee. Among other things, his duties as local association manager include ensuring compliance with national and state policies and planning and executing approximately 10 tournaments annually. He is currently Chief of Staff/Director of Operations for WOW Marketing/Bowling Business Builders International. Boulanger notes that he has been serving in some capacity on his local board since he was a junior in high school. His current roles have allowed him to work with stakeholders from across the bowling industry, and he is committed to using his marketing and communications skills to serve the interests of the sport and to help grow youth participation.

Kent, a USBC member for 30 years, is completing her first term on the board after joining the International Bowling Campus Youth Committee during the 2016-2017 season. She took over as the chair for the IBC Youth Committee in July 2020 and has served as a director on the BPAA and Lake Ontario USBC Boards. She and husband, USBC and PBA Hall of Famer Doug Kent, have owned Doug Kent’s Rose Bowl Lanes since 1999, where she helps manage the day-to-day operations and has built the youth program as its director. Outside of bowling, Kent has served on the Newark Rotary Board and as President of the Newark Chamber of Commerce Board.

Shock has been a USBC member for the last 25 years and has served with Greater Denver USBC since 2013 where he is currently president. Shock also is a teacher in the Adams 12 Five Star School District in Thorton, Colorado, and has previous experience as a shift manager at Coal Creek Bowling Center in Lafayette, Colorado (2022-2024). His experience with the Greater Denver USBC has allowed him to work with a variety of vendors to create successful events through the creation and implementation of successful marketing campaigns. Shock has been supporting and representing bowlers in his local community for the past 20 years in multiple capacities including serving on the transition committee during the merger, being a delegate on the state and national level, running workshops, events and tournaments, and creating a summer outreach bowling program with the local police department.

The board positions became open as two current board members, Anthony Colangelo and Melissa McDaniel, have reached their term limit, and Bo Goergen chose not to seek another term.

Additional candidates for the USBC Board of Directors may run from the floor provided they give notice of their candidacy to the committee by April 7. Go to BOWL.com/Convention for Nomination from the Floor information.

Full biographies of all the candidates will be published in the coming weeks at BOWL.com/Convention and included in the USBC Convention program.

There are four proposed amendments to be voted upon by delegates at the USBC Annual Meeting. Each is a bylaws proposal (one national, two state and one local). The bylaws proposals require a two-thirds majority vote for adoption. The proposed amendments will be detailed here once updated.

The 2026 USBC Convention will remain in Nevada, but heads north to Reno at the Silver Legacy Resort and Casino, April 27-30.

Visit BOWL.com/Convention in the coming weeks for more information about the 2025 USBC Convention and Annual Meeting.