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; [[Arthur Moore]]
: Arthur is a lifelong SCRABBLE fan and a tournament player since 2007. He became a director in 2008 to bring tournament SCRABBLE back to the Central Florida area. He has used Facebook to enlighten and educate outsiders on elements of strategy and the tournament scene in general. In doing so he has lured others into becoming active NASPA members.<br> He is co-director of Club #438 in Casselberry (Orlando), FL and currently serves on the [[Club/Director Committee]]. He has competed in the [[National Scrabble SCRABBLE Championship]] in 2008 and 2012 in Orlando. He will serve as a Division Leader at this year's NSC.; [[Chris Lipe]]: Chris has been playing competitive Scrabble since 2005 and since then has attended nearly 200 tournaments both in the US and Canada and overseas. He is also a tournament director and has been active on NASPA [[committees]] for several years. Currently Chris is on the [[Rules Committee]], developing changes and improvements to the rule book; the [[International Committee]], developing criteria and dealing with issues related to NASPA's participation in overseas events and liaising with other nations' national Scrabble Organizations, and the NASPA and WESPA dictionary committees, working on upcoming updates for both the TWL and the CSW word lists, and is a NASPA liaison between the committees trying to coordinate these two updates.
; Gary Moss
: Gary is a first-time nominee. He been a player since 1987 and director of Club #350 since the early '90s, first in southern Michigan and now in Orange County, California. He has directed more than 250 sanctioned tournaments and has instituted several community outreach events to create awareness to our organizations and draw new players into our ranks. At this summer's Nationals Gary will be earning donations and pledges for every point he scores and every win he achieves, to benefit Autism Speaks. Gary has used SCRABBLE events to raise funds for Jerry's Kids, Firefighters, disaster victims, Breast Cancer Research, and others. An educator by profession, Gary understands the value of the SCRABBLE game beyond the game board: as memory tool for seniors; as a game where students learn study systems; as a meeting place for people with similar interests.