2027-28 USTA Southern Board of Directors Nominated

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Southern announced today that Drew Meyers, of Zwolle, LA, was nominated to serve as USTA Southern Board of Directors President & CEO for the 2027-28 term. John Herring, of Lexington, KY, was nominated as Executive Vice President.

Drew Meyers was nominated to serve as USTA Southern President & CEO for the 2027-28 term after serving as Executive Vice President since 2025 and as Vice President since 2017. Previously, he served a two-year term as USTA Southern Secretary and a three-year term as USTA Louisiana President from 2012-14. He has served on USTA Southern Adult and Junior Competition committees and as Chair of the Callen Cup Subcommittee. In addition to serving two terms on the USTA Adult Competition Committee, Meyers was appointed in 2017 as Chair of the USTA Senior International Team Selection Committee, which selects teams representing the United States. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the USTA Rules Council. From 2003-17, he served as captain of the Louisiana Men’s The Callen Cup team and has captained Team Southern for the Keith Donoff Challenge Cup, a men’s intersectional competition, since 2014. Along with his family, Meyers was inducted into the Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012. Meyers retired as an attorney specializing in civil litigation.

John Herring was nominated to the post of USTA Southern Executive Vice President for the 2027-28 term. He has served as Vice President since 2019. He served as USTA Southern Director at Large (2017-18 term). He served as President of USTA Kentucky from 2012-13 and was inducted into the Kentucky Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012. He serves as Chair of the Southern Tennis Foundation Audit Committee and as a member of the Southern Tennis Foundation Budget Committee and the USTA Local Play & Competition Committee. Herring has served on various USTA Southern committees, including Vice Chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Senior Cup Subcommittee, and a member of the USTA School/After-School Committee and the USTA Junior Team Tennis Committee. Herring is a practicing CPA, accredited in business valuation and certified in financial forensics. In addition, he is the assistant men’s tennis coach at Centre College and serves as a Board member of the Bluegrass Tennis Association.