Deputy chairperson of the FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee, Judy Daniel, has died. She was 63 years old.
The late attorney with extensive experience in environmental law and management was part of a three-member normalisation committee, headed by chairman Robert Hadad, appointed to take over the governance of T&T football on March 27, 2020.
On Thursday, the T&T Football Association (TTFA) normalisation committee, via a media release extended condolences to the loved one of Daniel, who was said to be ailing for some time, her illness was not revealed.
It said: "The TTFA is saddened by the passing of Ms Judy Daniel, the deputy chair of the FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee.
"Judy died peacefully today in the US in the presence of her relatives and family.
"The members of the TTFA and the Normalisation Committee extend its deepest condolences to Judy’s family and friends and will remember her as a tireless and devoted friend, who always selflessly gave her best in service of the Association."
Daniel was an attorney-at-law of over 30 years, who had a broad practice in civil law. She started working in the Attorney General’s Chambers of T&T where she focused on providing advice and litigation on constitutional law, contracts, disputes, tort, and liability claims.
The late deputy chair worked as Legal Consultant to Environmental Advisors Inc her own self-starter company in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and was highly regarded as a key advisor by senior managers as having a unique combination of strong legal and technical skills in a broad range of areas and the ability to produce workable solutions.
Daniel, Hadad, and ordinary member Nigel Romano replaced the elected TTFA board headed by president William Wallace following the decision taken by the Bureau of the FIFA Council. Another member Trevor Nicholas Gomez was added to the normalisation committee on March 26, 2021.
The committee was not supposed to last more than two years, with a mandate that also included organising fresh elections of a new administration of the embattled football association but on December 24, FIFA gave the four-member normalisation committee a one-year extension to fulfill its mandate.
SOURCE: T&T Guardian