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JANUARY 2015 | Washington Athletic Club Magazine | 5 WAC ® MAGAZINE January 2015 Volume 34, Number 1 ISSN 1091-7985 Washington Athletic Club ® 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 206.622.7900 / fax 206.464.3058 www.wac.net / magazine@wac.net 206.464.4631 / fax 206.464.1392 Subscription: $36 / Single copies: $3 Published monthly except for combined issues: February/March, June/July, November/December, plus a December holiday issue. Periodicals rate postage paid at Seattle, WA Publisher: Michelle Pinson Editor in Chief/Creative Director: Barbara Schmitt Managing Editor: Darrick Meneken Designers: Stephanie Ward, Krista Serianni, Lynn Campbell Design Assistant: Stephen Oh For advertising information: Kirk Tourtillotte Advertising & Marketing Sales Varsity Communications, Inc. p 888.367.6420, ext. 114 • f 888.273.1763 kirk@varsitycommunications.com EXECUTIVE STAFF Chuck Nelson President & Chief Executive Officer cnelson@wac.net Paul Lowber Chief Financial Officer plowber@wac.net Wayne Milner Senior Vice President Athletics, Special Projects & Community Partners wmilner@wac.net Bill Cohen Vice President Operations wcohen@wac.net Michelle Pinson Vice President Membership & Marketing mpinson@wac.net Peter Christian Vice President Food & Beverage pchristian@wac.net Melissa Borders Vice President Club Programs mborders@wac.net Wendall Smith Vice President Human Resources wsmith@wac.net WASHINGTON ATHLETIC CLUB - Dedicated 1930 - MISSION To enrich the quality of life of our members VISION To be the premier athletic club in America VALUES Leadership, Excellence, Integrity, Service and Sensitivity POSTMASTER Send address changes to: Editor, WAC Magazine, P.O. Box 1709 Seattle, WA 98111-1709 WAC and Washington Athletic Club are registered trademarks of the Washington Athletic Club. Letter from the President & CEO Chuck Nelson, President & Chief Executive Officer / cnelson@wac.net A nd in the blue corner … are all the WAC members who intend to come out fighting this year, to get into fighting shape, to fight the good fight, to get to their fighting weight! As in most things, the battle is not against an opponent but against ourselves. January is the typical time to start again, to re-commit, to vow this will be the year things are different. One January we will be right. We'll put down the fork and step away. We'll get the metabolic testing and truly understand how to get ourselves lean and fit. We'll visit a personal trainer and learn how to exercise smarter. Maybe it starts not with a monster plan but with a small commitment to walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes a day—see where that leads. It will likely lead in the right direction, and you'll feel so good you can't stop. You'll see positive results and you'll want more and more and … and your friends will say you look spectacular and seem really happy. Positive momentum is a wonderful and powerful thing. Yes, this could be the year, this could be the January to get started. And it could all start TODAY! Late this month you'll see some great examples of what commitment and passion in athletics are all about. The 18th annual Main Event, set for January 23–24, will be the biggest yet. Expanding to two nights for the first time, the event will draw more than 500 WAC members and guests to see the finest in collegiate boxing in a fashion only we can provide—a great meal, top-tier comedy entertainment, and amateur athletics at its finest. The only reward for these young men and women is the thrill of victory and the glory of competition. The WAC stays true to the inspired inscription by our front door. For more on that and on The Main Event, see page 28. Thank you for your support of the Club's Friends & Family new member initiative. Our list of WAC Membership All-Stars is growing! Your sponsorship of new members and your usage of the Club's many facilities is how the Club gets even stronger. Great things and unique experiences happen at the WAC. Have fun and enjoy the Club. That's why we're here. Happy New Year! Come out fighting this year