Berges reflects on US Quadball’s rebuild as leadership turns over

Bernie Berges stepped out as US Quadball’s outgoing Board Chair after the organization named new officers and put its 2026-35 strategic plan under the banner “Building Our Next Decade Together.” The tone of his farewell was less about nostalgia than about whether the board’s repair work has actually held.

US Quadball described Berges as “integral to righting this organization” and one of the main drivers of its strategic-planning effort. That claim carries weight only if matched against the rest of the board’s record, and the organization’s own updates show a governance reset that went beyond ceremony. In its Board of Directors Update, US Quadball said the new officers were announced after a season focused on “stabilization, rebuilding trust, and laying the groundwork for the future.”

The clearest evidence of that reset is the planning process itself. US Quadball’s strategic-planning page is labeled 2026-35, and a March Strategic Planning Update said the work began in January with the goal of charting the organization’s direction for the next decade. That is a longer runway than a single board term, and it suggests Berges’ leadership was aimed at structural repair rather than short-term patching.

US Quadball also tried to make that process public and participatory. It held “Office Hours: CEO & Board Chair” sessions with CEO Amanda Dallas and Berges so members could ask questions and give feedback, and it scheduled a “USQ Town Hall: Strategic Planning Update” for members as well. Those steps matter in a sport where clubs, volunteers, and tournament organizers often feel the effects of board decisions long before those decisions show up in formal minutes.

The leadership turnover itself has been staged carefully. US Quadball announced Amanda Dallas as its next CEO effective Monday, August 4, 2025, while also publishing a 2024 Board Transition Announcement that shows the governance reset began before Berges’ term ended. The sequence points to continuity at the top, but it also leaves the incoming board with a clear test: turn the language of stabilization into measurable gains in membership, competition support, and organizational trust.

That challenge sits alongside a sport still defining itself after the change from Quidditch to Quadball. US Quadball’s current event listings, including the Ball Brothers Brawl in Yorktown, Indiana, and the USQ National Qualifier in York County, South Carolina, show a competitive calendar that still depends on steady administration behind the scenes.

Berges’ exit therefore reads as a checkpoint, not a finish line. US Quadball can point to new officers, a CEO transition, and a decade-long strategic plan as evidence that the rebuild advanced under his watch. The next board now has to prove that those fixes last once the handoff is complete.