The Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) is nearing the end of an extensive search for a new Executive Director and hopes to have the successful candidate in the office by August 1, 2005.

RRCA President Bee Andrews indicated she was "thrilled with the level of interest in our Executive Director position. More importantly, we are excited by the level of the candidates' qualifications.

We are nearly at the end of our search and selection efforts and are confident that we'll have a solid leader in place at our national office by late summer." Search Committee Chair Lisa Paige, also the RRCA's Western Region Director, has reviewed over 70 applications for the post and has led a thorough process that has included both telephone and in-person interviews. The final round of interviews will take place in Columbia following the Fourth of July weekend.

The RRCA is the nation's largest grassroots running organization, representing over 670 clubs consisting of 160,000 individual members. The RRCA provides informational resources, insurance, coaching certification, on-line event registration, support for emerging national class distance runners, and other services to the running community.