supervisor of Officials Publicity Director Roger Judd Bob Guptill COLUMBIA FOOTBALL Northwest Intercollegiate Officials P.O. Box 671 ASSOCIIATION Association Ellensburg WA 98926-0671 927 Munkers Ct. SE Phone: 509-963-1485 Salem, OR 97301 Fax: 509-963-2351 Phone: 503-371-8154 E-mail :
[email protected] James P. Jorgenson Affilation: NCAA Division II & NAIA Established: Fall, 1985 CFA Commissioner (1st Year) HISTORY James P. Jorgensen, a 1964 graduate of The Columbia Football Association is beginning its 14th season Seattle University, is in his first season as the '•i ···.I-+- .· 11; • ' Commissioner of the Columbia Football ~ this fall. Current members include Central Washington, Western Association. ,_ Washington, Simon Fraser, Western Oregon, Southern Oregon Jorgensen is the first permanent and Humboldt State. ~ .. ' All but Humboldt State are charter members of the association commissioner in the 14-year history of the ., *•' which was formed in 1985 when the 14 football-playing schools in CFA. Previously the duties were performed on a rotating basis by athletic directors of CFA the Pacific Northwest combined into one league. school members. Two schools later dropped football - Pacific following the 1991 While Jorgensen is new to the CFA, he has nealry three decades season and Oregon Tech following the 1992 season. The of experience in athletic administration at the junior high, high conference shrunk to six teams in 1996 when the six membeers school and collegiate level. of the Northwest Conference elected to withdraw from the CFA to For the previous 13 seasons, he served as the commissioner of form their own football league. the Northern California Athletic Conference, which disbanded in In 1997, Eastern Oregon elected to withdraw from the CFA to June.