Mike Hoffpauir is a National Tournament Director and FIDE Arbiter with experience directing several National-level US Chess events in Scholastics, College, and Military chess. Mike currently is the Executive Board Liaison to the committees for Rules, Tournament Director Certification, Military Chess, and FIDE Events. He also is a Councilor on the Rules Commission in FIDE. Mike is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, with 27 years of military experience and 15 years as a Defense Contractor. He is a past-President and the current Executive Secretary and Treasurer of the Virginia Chess Federation, and is President of the Virginia Scholastic Chess Association. Mike is a native of south Louisiana, but retired in the Norfolk, VA, area where he continues directing many tournaments across the state of Virginia.
