Ms. Kate Jackson will relocate to the World Games 2010 Foundation office in January 2008, to begin working full-time in Lexington, Kentucky as the Competition Director of the 2010 Games. Ms. Jackson was selected as the Games’ competition director in September 2007. Her duties will include all logistical arrangements for the importation, quarantine, stabling, veterinary and training facilities for more than 900 horses, as well as overseeing and coordinating the production of the competitions. "Kate brings to the Foundation an outstanding background of directing large-scale equestrian events," said COO Rob Hinkle. "We are very pleased to have her joining us at the World Games Foundation office and to have her expertise as we work day-by-day on what will be the largest equestrian event ever held in the United States." Ms. Jackson currently serves as an FEI Executive Board Member and FEI Bureau member. Her experiences in competition management include serving as Competition Director of Equestrian Sports and the Modern Pentathlon for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games; as a Technical Advisor for equestrian sports at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games; and as Director of the Equestrian Three Day Event competition for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She has also served as the Director of International Competitions for the National Horse Show Association, and was Executive Director of the American Horse Shows Association. "I am greatly honored to be selected for this position and am eagerly looking forward to the opportunity to work with such an excellent team of Discipline Managers," said Ms. Jackson. "Together, I am sure we will be able to produce the finest World Equestrian Games ever on the finest possible site for them, the Kentucky Horse Park."