Candidate Statement for the Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association Board Election

How Your Vote Will Support an Honest Community Organization

Previously: 2019 Candidate Statement & 2020 State of the CMSA.

Get to Work, Play, and a Candidate With a Dog

My name is Kyle Palmer and I am asking for your vote to be on the Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association’s Executive Board. I am an appointed director and belong to the independent committee tasked with investigating the fraud perpetrated within our organization. I am responsible for the preliminary review used in the claim filed against one of our former Treasurers following its discovery by our current President, Treasurer, and the Independent Auditors. I credit my Master’s Degree in Public Administration and twelve years of professional experience in finance, payroll, and data analytics for supporting this effort. If elected, I will ask to become the organization’s next Treasurer.

Despite this most recent financial scandal, my accomplishments within the organization stand on their own in support of my candidacy. Since 2007, I have participated in almost every sport offered by the organization. Soccer teams I have organized and captained have won both national and international tournaments. In August, I will be co-director for the fifth annual Pride on the Pitch soccer tournament which has…