Paul Estok, general counsel and corporate secretary of Harness Tracks of America for the last 15 years, has assumed his new HTA duties as Executive Director

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Estok served in his previous role, and as an executive assistant and researcher, during his honours career at the University of Arizona in the College of Agriculture and since his graduation from the Race Track Industry Program and from the University of Arizona College of Law.

In his new role Estok will be responsible for the overall management of the day-to-day operations and budget of HTA, providing oversight and administration of all membership services. He will work alongside Executive Vice President Stan Bergstein, who will continue producing and editing the association’s daily, weekly and monthly newsletters and editorial content and public relations image.

Estok, who graduated magna cum laude and was named the outstanding graduating senior in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Arizona in 1994, previously studied at the University of California San Diego, the Baruch College of the City University of New York, and the New School for Social Research in New York City. Before his Arizona days, he worked as an editor at Lucent Books and Greenhaven Press in Rancho Bernardo, California and as a legal proofreader at Cleary, Gottlieb, Stein and Hamilton in New York City.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Estok said he is “looking forward to working with Bergstein to keep HTA the vibrant and vocal organization it has been for the last 50 years.”

Along with HTA president Hugh Mitchell’s announcement of Estok’s promotion, Estok and Bergstein announced the advancement of Jennifer Foley from manager of web development and information services, a position she will continue to serve, to a new role as executive assistant of HTA.

(Harness Tracks of America)