This week, Western Standardbred Alliance, Inc. (WSA) appointed Steven Wolf to its Board of Directors.

Wolf is the Director of North American and European Operations for Harnesslink.com and oversees story placement, editing and writing.  He was inducted into the U.S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame as a Communicator in 2019. Wolf is also a former president and longtime member of the United States Harness Writers Association, and is on the Hall of Fame Screening Committee that helps select the Hall of Famers.

Wolf has served as Senior Director of Racing Operations at the Isle Casino and Racing and was Chairman of the Greater Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce.  He is currently a Board of Trustee with a 501(c)(3) organization, Pompano Has Heart, which raises funds and commodities for disaster areas in Pompano Beach, Florida and abroad.  

"We see him as a positive force in the lives of students, business owners, the Standardbred industry and countless others," said Timothy J. Bohannon, CEO and President of Western Standardbred Alliance. "Steven is a masterful storyteller and has a deep knowledge of the Standardbred industry.  We look forward to him bringing his wisdom and passion for the harness racing industry to WSA."

WSA is a Nevada, for profit, C Corporation that was formed to help develop the Standardbred industry. The company is a development partner with the Nevada Standardbred Association on the planned first pari-mutuel harness racing facility ever in Nevada. Located about an hour from the Las Vegas Strip, Pahrump, a rural bedroom community, is in Nye County, the third largest contiguous county in the United States. WSA is currently raising funds through use of the Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act to enable development, operations and more in the Standardbred industry.

(With files from Western Standardbred Alliance)