Mark Peifer
Chairman, USA Pickleball Rules Committee, USA Pickleball Chairman of the USA Pickleball Rules Committee for 4 years.
About this speaker
A former nuclear submarine officer, Mark Peifer started playing pickleball after his retirement (in 2015) as an electric utility chief operating officer.
In 2017, Mark became a certified referee and was selected as Chairman of the Rules Committee. In 2019, he was selected to be USA Pickleball’s first Director of Officiating. As managing director, Mark is responsible for the overall training, development, and mentoring of Level 1, Level 2, and Certified Referees, which number approximately 650 across the country and in Canada. As Chairman of the Rules Committee, he is accountable for the rulebook and its revision process.
Mark is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.