Rochester’s Cory Sertl, President of US Sailing, was officially elected as one of seven new Vice Presidents of World Sailing at the General Assembly on Sunday, November 1. Sertl will serve on World Sailing’s Board of Directors for a four-year term.
Sertl was thrilled and honored to receive the news about her new position with World Sailing and looks forward to the challenge.
“It is indeed a privilege to serve the sport of sailing in the role of Vice President,” said Sertl. “World Sailing has immediate challenges to tackle and solve with finances and delivering Sailing at the Olympic Games next summer. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the new Board.”
In October of 2018, Sertl was elected President of US Sailing to serve a three-year term for the National Governing Body. She is especially proud of how much US Sailing contributes to the World Sailing through the efforts of its delegation of volunteers serving on committees and commissions of the federation. Sertl has been active on behalf of US Sailing as a delegate to World Sailing since 1995. She has served as a representative on the Council for North America and Chairs the Youth Events Sub Committee and Youth World Championships Committee.
Sertl has had an extensive and successful sailing career, both on and off the water. “I truly love the diversity of sailing,” she said. “Throughout my sailing career, I have been involved in small dinghies, Match Racing, Team Racing, Olympic classes, International One Design classes, One Design Keelboats, large One Design Keelboats, and handicapped racing.” Sertl was an athlete at the 1988 Olympic Games as a 470 sailor, and she also launched Olympic campaigns in 1992 and 2004. She is a two-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year award winner in 1995 and 2001. Sertl is also a certified US Sailing Instructor Trainer and coach.
Sailing is a family activity for the Sertls. Cory and her husband, Mark, have two grown children, who sailed at the college level – Katja (Boston College, 2016) and Nick (Harvard, 2018).
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