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dr. freddie Evans
president

Evans was appointed President Sept 30, 2021. He previously served as general secretary of the BNAA and has proven valuable to the sport of athletics in Bermuda for many years. He has also contributed extensively to the Bermuda sports community in athletics, basketball, football, and golf.

In basketball, he was involved in the development of Small Fry Basketball, a league for nine to 12-year-olds.

He was also active in the Freddie Evans Basketball Camp, which featured NBA and NCAA players as well as international and local coaches.

Evans also organized the first NCAA Division One basketball game in Bermuda between American University and the University of Delaware.

He is also a former president of the Bermuda Basketball Association.

In football, he was a member of the organizing committee for the annual Kappa Classic, the largest youth football tournament in Bermuda. He is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi.

He is a trustee of Ocean View Golf Club and a member of the Bermuda Golf Association.

Jarita vickers
treasurer

Vickers is a former track-and-field athlete and a former Bermuda national coach of middle-distance runners.

Vickers has served on the board as treasurer for the past three years and brings more than 15 years of experience in financial accounting and reporting to the post.

mia bean
general secretary

Mia was returned to the board as secretary September 30, 2021, having first been elected as a director in 2014 and then as vice-president under then President Donna Raynor in 2016.

In 2020, Bean was appointed to the position of general secretary of the board when the position became vacant.

In her full-time occupation, she works as a probation officer for the Department of Court Services.

Bean has also served as a team manager for Carifta and World Championships and as Chef de Mission for the Youth Commonwealth Games team.

terrylynn painter
coaches’ liaison

Paynter is well known within local sport, having served Bermuda in athletics, cricket and football.

In track-and-field, she is involved in coaching the throwing athletes and has served as a director of the BNAA for the last four years.

vanessa turner
parental/dysr liaison

Turner, a local engineer, has served both within Government and the private sector. She possesses a thorough understanding of project management and has led teams of consultants on various projects throughout the island.

As a sportswoman, Turner was part of Bermuda’s first women’s national rugby team and is now the parent of a young, aspiring athlete.

donna raynor
past president

Bios VIA Lawrence Trott/The Royal Gazette